Matsumoto (surname)

Matsumoto
Family name
Meaning	base of the pine tree
Language(s) of origin	Japanese

Matsumoto (松本, "base of the pine tree") is the 16th most common Japanese surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Hajime Matsumoto (born 1974), activist
• Hideto Matsumoto (1964–1998), musician better known by his stage name hide
• Hideya Matsumoto, mathematician
• Hiroyo Matsumoto (born 1985), professional wrestler
• Hitoshi Matsumoto (born 1963), comedian
• Izumi Matsumoto (born 1958), manga author
• Jirō Matsumoto (born 1970), manga author
• Jun Matsumoto (born 1983), singer and actor
• Kaoru Matsumoto (born 1960), professional wrestler
• Katsuji Matsumoto (1904–1986), illustrator and manga author
• Matsumoto Kōshirō, stage name for a lineage of kabuki actors
  • Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (1870–1949), tachiyaku kabuki actor from the Meiji Period through the 1940s
  • Matsumoto Kōshirō IX (born 1942), tachiyaku kabuki actor currently performing
• Leiji Matsumoto (born 1938), manga author
• Miyako Matsumoto (born 1985), actress and professional wrestler
• Rica Matsumoto (born 1968), voice actor and singer
• Roy Matsumoto (1914–2014), a United States Army soldier and inductee of the U.S. Army Rangers Hall Of Fame and the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame
• Seichō Matsumoto (1909–1992), author
• Tak Matsumoto (born 1961), musician and guitarist
• Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist) (born 1949), lyricist and former musician
• Takashi Matsumoto (poet) (1906–1956), writer
• Tortoise Matsumoto (born 1966), singer
• Toshio Matsumoto (born 1932), avant garde film director
• Yasunori Matsumoto (born 1960), voice actor
• Yukihiro Matsumoto (born 1965), programmer, author and creator of Ruby programming language
• Shoko Asahara (born 1955), a.k.a. Chizuo Matsumoto, founder of the Aum Shinrikyo religion and convicted murderer

See also

• Matsumoto (disambiguation)