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 ArcanaChildren2WebsiteOfficial 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

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Ties	Sadatora Ogata	Lead role	^[9]
2020	Wiseguy			^[10]
2024	Aimitagai			^[11]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	GTO Shōgatsu Special! Fuyuyasumi mo Nekketsu Jugyōda	Mizushima	Television film	^[12]
2014	Minowa: Love and Law	Bunta Minowa	Lead role	^[13]

TV programmes

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2016-2020	Matsu bocchi	MC; first crown programme, first solo MC	^[14]

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	^[15]

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.
^ "晴れのち晴れ、ときどき晴れ". eiga.com. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "無頼". eiga.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
^ "アイミタガイ". eiga.com. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "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.
^ "ビンタ！〜弁護士事務員ミノワが愛で解決します〜の出演者・キャスト一覧". The Television. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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