Toshio Matsumoto (dancer)

Japanese dancer, actor and director (born 1975)

Film
Long Caravan
Stage
- Taiyō ni Yaka rete
- Matsu bocchi

TelevisionHeaven's Flower The Legend of ArcanaHeight170 cm (5 ft 7 in)Children2WebsiteOfficial 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

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

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

※His roles in bold are his leading roles

Stage

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...	Martha
2010	Dance Earth: Negai	Hide
2010	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
2016	Matsu bocchi 04: Doors

Films

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

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]
2013	Goen Hunter	Sakamoto Eikichi	NHK
2014	Dousousei: Hito wa, San-do, Koi o suru	Taro Kamakura	TBS
2014	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

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

TV programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2010-2014	Shūkan Exile	TBS	MC
2012-2013	Baka Soul	TV Tokyo	MC
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

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

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

Year	Title	Role
2008	Examurai	Matsu

Music videos

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

Bibliography

Books

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

Lyrics

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

Productions

CD jackets

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

DVD

Year	Title	Notes
2004	Exile EXPV 3	Director

Directorial theatre works

Year	Title	Ref.
2016	Kagerō	^[13]

Films

Year	Title	Notes
2016	Kabuki Drop	General producer

References

^ "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.
^ "EXILE" (in Japanese). LDH. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "EXILE's MATSU engaged to non-celebrity woman 10 years his junior | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
^ "EXILE's MATSU announces his marriage to a non-celebrity woman | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
^ "EXILE MATSU announces the birth of his first child | tokyohive.com". www.tokyohive.com. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "ザ・モルツ" (in Japanese). Suntory The Malts. 3 Sep 2015. Retrieved 24 Jan 2017.
^ "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

Official website at Exile Official Website (in Japanese)
Toshio Matsumoto on Instagram (in Japanese)

Exile Tribe

Members

Exile

Hiro
Matsu
Makidai
Usa
Atsushi
Akira
Takahiro
Kenchi
Tetsuya
Nesmith
Shokichi
Naoto
Naoki
Takanori Iwata
Alan Shirahama
Mandy Sekiguchi
Sekai
Taiki Sato

Exile
The Second

Kenchi
Tetsuya
Nesmith
Shokichi
Akira

Sandaime
J Soul Brothers

Jr. Exile

Generations	Alan Shirahama Ryota Katayose Ryuto Kazuhara Hayato Komori Reo Sano Mandy Sekiguchi Yuta Nakatsuka
The Rampage	Likiya Zin Riku Kenta Kamiya Rui Yonamine Shogo Yamamoto Kazuma Kawamura Hokuto Yoshino Shogo Iwaya Shohei Urakawa Itsuki Fujiwara Kaisei Takechi Makoto Hasegawa Ryu Takahide Suzuki Takuma Goto
Fantastics	Sekai Taiki Sato Natsuki Sawamoto Leiya Seguchi Shota Nakao Natsuki Hori Keito Kimura Yusei Yagi Sota Nakajima
Ballistik Boyz	Ryuta Hidaka Yoshiyuki Kanou Ryusei Kainuma Miku Fukahori Rikiya Okuda Riki Matsui Masahiro Sunada
Psychic Fever	Tsurugi Takahashi Ryoga Nakanishi Ren Watanabe Jimmy Kokoro Kohatsu Ryushin Handa Weesa

Neo Exile

Lil League	Sena Iwaki Tatsuhiro Nakamura Kodai Yamada Matora Okao Haima Momoda Sora Nanba
Kid Phenomenon	Kensuke Sorematsu Tsubasa Endo Kohaku Okao Soma Kawaguchi Shunnosuke Sato Kota Yamamoto Rui Suzuki
The Jet Boy Bangerz	Yuhi Uhara Aeron Kota Ishikawa Show Tanaka Takumi Kuwahara Hinata Sato Taki Kojima Nosuke Shigetora Sato Aoi Nakamura
Wolf Howl Harmony	Ryoji Suzuki Ghee Hiroto