| Toshio Matsumoto | |
| Native Name: | 松本 利夫 |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Other Names: | Matsu |
| Years Active: | 1994 - |
| Television: | Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana |
| Children: | 2 |
[1] is a Japanese dancer, actor and director. He is member and former performer of J-Pop group Exile.[2] [3] 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.
| Group | Period of time | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baby Nail | 1994 - 1998 | ||
| Hip Hop Junkeez | 1998 | [4] | |
| 1999 - 24 August 2001 | |||
| 24 August 2001 - |
On July 22, 2013, Matsu announced his engagement to a non-celebrity woman after 7 years of dating.[5] The couple registered their marriage on January 1, 2014.[6]
On April 21, 2016, it was announced that the couple had welcomed their first child, a boy.[7]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Long Caravan | Kenzaburo Shibata | ||
| 2013 | Little Maestra | Masaru Arasawa | ||
| Shazai no Ōsama / King of Apology | Funaki | |||
| 2016 | Kabuki Drop | |||
| 2019 | Sleep in the Shadows | Masato Tsujimura | ||
| 2013 | Ties | Sadatora Ogata | Lead role | [8] |
| 2020 | Wiseguy | [9] | ||
| 2024 | Aimitagai | [10] | ||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Heaven's Flower The Legend of Arcana | Haru | |||||||
| Hagane no Onna Season 2 | Asano Tatsuya | ||||||||
| Rokudenashi Blues | Ioka-sensei | ||||||||
| Kamisama no Nyobo | |||||||||
| Goen Hunter | Sakamoto Eikichi | NHK | |||||||
| 2014 | Dousousei: Hito wa, San-do, Koi o suru | Taro Kamakura | TBS | ||||||
| 2015 | Keiseizaimin no Otoko | Episode 1 | |||||||
| 2017 | Utsubokazura no Yume / The Dream of Nepenthes | Keisuke Yoshioka | |||||||
| 2018 | Osaka Kanjousen Part 3 / Osaka Loop Line Part 3 | Kikawada | |||||||
| 2019 | Yakusoku no Stage | Mitsuo Nezu | --> | 2013 | GTO Shōgatsu Special! Fuyuyasumi mo Nekketsu Jugyōda | Mizushima | Television film | [11] | |
| 2014 | Minowa: Love and Law | Bunta Minowa | Lead role | [12] | |||||
| Year | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-2014 | Shūkan Exile | MC | |
| 2012-2013 | Baka Soul | ||
| 2021-present | Local Rosen Bus Noritsugi Taiketsu Tabi Rosen Bus de Onigokko | --> | |
| 2016-2020 | Matsu bocchi | MC; first crown programme, first solo MC | [13] |
| Year | Title | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Love Music Dance | ||
| 2016 | Kizuna |
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Exile "Choo Choo Train" |
| Exile "Eternal..." | |
| Exile "Ki-zu-na" | |
| Exile "O'ver" |