Toshio Matsumoto (dancer)

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Toshio Matsumoto
松本 利夫
Matsumoto at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Japan
Born (1975-05-27) 27 May 1975 (age 48)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Other namesMatsu
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actor
  • director
Years active1994–
Notable work
  • Film
  • Long Caravan
  • Stage
    • Taiyō ni Yaka rete
    • Matsu bocchi
TelevisionHeaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Children2
WebsiteOfficial website

Toshio Matsumoto[1] (松本 利夫, Matsumoto Toshio, nicknamed Matsu (stylized as MATSU); born 27 May 1975, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa)[2] is a Japanese dancer, actor and director. He is member and former performer of J-Pop group Exile.[3][4] He was part of the first generation J Soul Brothers. Since 2016 he has been serving as the chairman of the Gekidan Exile Matsu-gumi.

Matsumoto is represented with LDH.

Participating groups[edit]

Group Period of time Ref.
Baby Nail 1994 – 1998
Hip Hop Junkeez 1998 [5]
J Soul Brothers 1999 – 24 August 2001
Exile 24 August 2001 –

Personal life[edit]

On July 22, 2013, Matsu announced his engagement to a non-celebrity woman after 7 years of dating.[6] The couple registered their marriage on January 1, 2014.[7]

On April 21, 2016, it was announced that the couple had welcomed their first child, a boy.[8]

Filmography[edit]

For his appearances with Exile, see Exile (Japanese band).

※His roles in bold are his leading roles

Stage[edit]

Year Title Role
2007 Taiyō ni Yaka rete Masa
2008 Crown Nemuranai Yoru no Hate ni... Martha
2009 Words –Yakusoku / Uragiri– subete, Ushinawa reshi mono no tame...
2010 Dance Earth: Negai Hide
Matsu bocchi: Laforet Mae made minna Isshodatta no ni...
2012 Matsu bocchi 02: Ginga yori Ai o komete
2013 Matsu bocchi 03: Position
2014 Utahime Taro Shimanto
2016 Katana Maiki: Kabuki
Matsu bocchi 04: Doors

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Ref
2009 Long Caravan Kenzaburo Shibata
2013 Little Maestra Masaru Arasawa
Shazai no Ōsama / King of Apology Funaki
Hare no Chihare, Tokidoki Hare / Ties Sadatora Ogata
2016 Kabuki Drop
2019 Sleep in the Shadows Masato Tsujimura
2020 Wiseguy [9]

TV dramas[edit]

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2011 Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana Haru TBS
Hagane no Onna Season 2 Asano Tatsuya TV Asahi
Rokudenashi Blues Ioka-sensei NTV
Kamisama no Nyobo Toshio Iue NHK
2013 GTO Shōgatsu Special! Fuyuyasumi mo Nekketsu Jugyōda Mizushima KTV [10]
Goen Hunter Sakamoto Eikichi NHK
2014 Dousousei: Hito wa, San-do, Koi o suru Taro Kamakura TBS
Tokkō Jimuin Minowa / Binta! Bunta Minowa YTV
2015 Keiseizaimin no Otoko Eigo Fukai NHK Episode 1
2017 Utsubokazura no Yume / The Dream of Nepenthes Keisuke Yoshioka Fuji TV
2018 Osaka Kanjousen Part 3 / Osaka Loop Line Part 3 Kikawada KTV
2019 Yakusoku no Stage Mitsuo Nezu YTV 60th Anniversary Special

Internet drama[edit]

Year Title Role Website
2011 3-Mai-me no Bodyguard: Boku wa Kimi dake o Mamori nuku Nozomi Mishima Bee TV

TV programmes[edit]

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2010-2014 Shūkan Exile TBS MC
2012-2013 Baka Soul TV Tokyo
2016-2020 Matsu bocchi Fuji TV MC; first crown programme, first solo MC [11]
2021-present Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi Taiketsu Tabi Rosen Bus de Onigokko TV Tokyo Regular with Yosuke Tagawa

Advertisements[edit]

Year Title Ref.
2009 Meiji Kinoko no yama-Takenoko no sato
2011 Meiji Chip! Chop "OsoMatsu-kun"
Recruit Hot Pepper Gourmet
NTT Communications 050 plus
2012 GREE Seisen Cerberus
Fujitsu FMV
Fujitsu Arrows
2013 Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Air Salon Path
2015 Suntory The Malts [12]

Radio[edit]

Year Title Network Notes
Sessions 4 North Wave
2008 One Step Beyond Japan FM Network
2011 Exile Ex-Press Tokyo FM Main personality

Voice acting[edit]

Year Title Role
2008 Examurai Matsu

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Notes
2008 Color "Just a Little Bit"
2014 Pharrell Williams "Happy" Japanese version

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

Year Title ISBN
2005 Love Music Dance ISBN 978-4391131055
2016 Kizuna ISBN 978-4344028760

Lyrics[edit]

Year Title
2006 Exile "Why oh why...?"

Productions[edit]

CD jackets[edit]

Year Title
2003 Exile "Choo Choo Train"
Exile "Eternal..."
Exile "Ki-zu-na"
Exile "O'ver"

DVD[edit]

Year Title Notes
2004 Exile EXPV 3 Director

Directorial theatre works[edit]

Year Title Ref.
2016 Kagerō [13]

Films[edit]

Year Title Notes
2016 Kabuki Drop General producer

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Exileメンバー5人が改名へ、第四章が始動！ | 芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン". Web The Television (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 22 Jul 2014. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  2. ^ "EXILE" (in Japanese). LDH. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  3. ^ "EXILE・松本利夫、USA、MAKIDAIが年内パフォーマー卒業". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 22 Jun 2015. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  4. ^ "ＥＸＩＬＥのＵＳＡ、ＭＡＫＩＤＡＩ、松本利夫がパフォーマー引退「開拓の旅へ」". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 22 Jun 2015. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  5. ^ "デジタルジャンキーズって知って". Chu's Blog: Ikiru (in Japanese). 18 Sep 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  6. ^ "EXILE's MATSU engaged to non-celebrity woman 10 years his junior | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  7. ^ "EXILE's MATSU announces his marriage to a non-celebrity woman | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  8. ^ "EXILE MATSU announces the birth of his first child | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  9. ^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  10. ^ "AKIRA主演『GTO』正月SP決定　MATSUがキャバクラ店長役で友情出演". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. 16 Nov 2012. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  11. ^ "松本利夫、ＥＸＩＬＥ初のソロ冠番組　単独ＭＣ初挑戦". Sports Hochi (in Japanese). 16 Mar 2016. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  12. ^ "ザ・モルツ" (in Japanese). Suntory The Malts. 3 Sep 2015. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
  13. ^ "EXILE MATSU演出 舞台『かげろう』情報更新！" (in Japanese). Ex Family. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.

External links[edit]

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