Jun Matsumoto
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often called by the portmanteau nickname , is a Japanese idol
, singer, actor
and radio host
. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi
and is best known to Japanese television drama
audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of The Year Award under the singer/actor category for his work in the drama.
Matsumoto began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates
in 1996 at the age of . Prior to his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, Matsumoto started an acting career when he was cast as Teddy Duchamp for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name
. Since then, he has gone on to appear in numerous dramas and movies, receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles.
influenced his decision to join Johnny & Associates in 1996. Thinking it might bode good luck, he sent his application to the agency on his elementary school
graduation day and received a phone call weeks later from president Johnny Kitagawa
himself, inviting him to attend a rehearsal instead of being auditioned. Due to this, Matsumoto is frequently referred to as one of the elite within the agency.
Matsumoto graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen, a renowned high school known for its many performing arts alumnae such as Kyoko Fukada
and Ai Kato
, in March 2002 at the age of .
and "Naked" in 2008 for the album Dream "A" Live
under the penname "Jun".
with future bandmates Masaki Aiba
and Kazunari Ninomiya
. He did not return to do any major stage productions for nearly seven years after Stand by Me, instead focusing on dramas
and movies. However, in 2004, Matsumoto appeared in the stage play West Side Story with bandmates Satoshi Ohno
and Sho Sakurai
. In 2005 and 2006, Matsumoto was given his first lead stage play roles in and respectively.
It was announced on July 21, 2011 that Matsumoto will star in Yukio Ninagawa
’s production play, . This will be his first stage play in five years.
drama special . A few months later, he co-starred with the members of KinKi Kids
and future bandmate Masaki Aiba
in the mystery-thriller series .
Matsumoto gained further popularity as an actor in 2002 when he starred in the first season of Gokusen
with Yukie Nakama
, Shun Oguri
, Tomohiro Waki, Hiroki Narimiya
and Yuma Ishigaki
. His portrayal of the troubled but highly intelligent student, Shin Sawada, drew acclaim and won him Best Supporting Actor at the 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards. He later returned with most of the original cast to star in the special epilogue episode in 2003. Soon after, his character also made a cameo
in Sakurai's comedy series . In the same year, Matsumoto took another high-profile role in the live-action adaptation of manga series Kimi wa Pet as Takeshi "Momo" Goda, starring opposite Koyuki
.
In 2005, Matsumoto took the most prominent role of his career to date when he was cast as Tsukasa Domyōji in the live-action adaptation of shōjo
manga Hana Yori Dango. Co-starring opposite Mao Inoue
, Shun Oguri
, Shota Matsuda
and Tsuyoshi Abe
, the series was a success with an average viewership rating of 19.6%. Matsumoto's portrayal as the air-headed and arrogant leader of four rich heirs won him Best Supporting Actor again at the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards.
In 2007, due to the success of Hana Yori Dango, it spawned a second season
, which was an even bigger hit with television audiences as it had a peak rating of 27.6% on the final episode and an overall rating of 21.57%. Matsumoto won Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for his role. The same year, Matsumoto starred in Bambino!
, which won him his first Best Actor award at the 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards.
In 2008, he re-united with Bambino! co-star Karina
for the drama special , which aired as part of the 24-hour Television telethon in 2008. He portrayed a man diagnosed with CIDP
struggling to recuperate and return to normal life with his wife and young daughter. The drama special received a viewership rating of 25.6%.
In 2009, Matsumoto starred in his first drama series in nearly two years. He portrayed , a half-Japanese, half-Filipino young man who always faces life with a smile in the drama Smile
. Matsumoto subsequently won Best Actor for his role in the 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. Fuji TV
announced on September 10, 2009 that Matsumoto would star in a three-part drama special called scheduled to air for three consecutive days in the spring of 2010.
In January 2010, Matsumoto co-starred with the other members of Arashi in their first drama in nearly ten years in the human suspense drama special . Matsumoto portrayed , a 27-year-old motorcycle courier
rider who is caught up in a building hijack. Matsumoto co-starred with Yūko Takeuchi
in his first Getsuku
drama titled . He also made a guest appearance on the final episode of bandmate Ohno's drama , which is based on the Fujiko Fujio
's Kaibutsu-kun
manga and anime series.
and co-starring opposite Anne Suzuki
.
In 2002, Arashi co-starred in their first movie together called . They came together again for its sequel in 2004. He also starred in the film Tokyo Tower
as a womanizer with a preference for older women with Junichi Okada
the same year.
In 2007, Arashi starred in their third movie together Kiiroi Namida while Matsumoto was cast in the independent film
Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru
with Nana Eikura
as his co-star. He portrayed the lead character , a high school student who falls in love and develops a romantic relationship with his younger twin sister.
In 2008, Matsumoto took on his first jidaigeki
role in a re-make of Akira Kurosawa's
The Hidden Fortress
, Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess
, with award-winning actors Hiroshi Abe
, Kippei Shiina and Masami Nagasawa
. Soon after, TBS
decided to end the Hana Yori Dango series through a film. Hana Yori Dango Final
, which hit the big screen on June 28, 2008 in Japan, became a box office hit.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1998
| Shinjuku Shōnen Tanteidan
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|
|-
| 2002
| Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy
| Rentarō Futaba (Bon)
|
|-
| 2003
| Gokusen SP
| Sawada Shin
|-
| 2004
| Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy
| Rentarō Futaba (Bon)
|
|-
| 2005
| Tokyo Tower
| Kōji
|
|-
| 2007
| Boku wa Imōto Ni Koi wo Suru
| Yori Yūki
| Lead role
|-
| 2007
| Kiiroi Namida
| Yūji Katsumada
|
|-
| 2008
| Kakushi Toride no San’akunin: The Last Princess
| Musashi
| Lead role
|-
| 2008
| Hana Yori Dango Final
| Tsukasa Dōmyōji
|-
| 2010
| Wagaya no Rekishi
| Yame Yoshio
|
|
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1997
| Stand By Me
| Teddy
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|-
| 2004
| West Side Story
| Bernardo
|
|-
| 2005
| East of Eden
| Carl Trask
| Lead role
|-
| 2006
| Byakuya no Valkyrie
| Sasuke Kūhibi
| Lead role
|-
| 2011
| Aa, Kōya
|
| Lead role
|}
|- bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Year
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Organization
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Award
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Work
! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Result
|-
| 2002||33rd Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Gokusen||
|-
| 2005||47th Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Hana Yori Dango||
|-
| rowspan="3"|2007||10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Winter)||Best Supporting Actor||Hana Yori Dango 2||
|-
| 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Actor||rowspan="2"|Bambino!||
|-
|11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring)||Best Actor||
|-
| 2008||GQ Japan Men of the Year 2008 Awards||GQ Man Of The Year Award 2008||Hana Yori Dango series||
|-
| rowspan="2"|2009||13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring)||Best Actor||rowspan="2"|Smile||
|-
| 61st Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Actor||
|}
Japanese idol
In Japanese culture, are media personalities in their teens and early twenties who are considered particularly attractive or cute and who will, for a period ranging from several months to a few years, regularly appear in the mass media, e.g...
, singer, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and radio host
Radio personality
A radio personality is a person with an on-air position in radio broadcasting. A radio personality can be someone who introduces and discusses various genres of music, hosts a talk radio show that may take calls from listeners, or someone whose primary responsibility is to give news, weather,...
. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
and is best known to Japanese television drama
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of The Year Award under the singer/actor category for his work in the drama.
Matsumoto began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
in 1996 at the age of . Prior to his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, Matsumoto started an acting career when he was cast as Teddy Duchamp for the stage play Stand by Me, which was based on the film of the same name
Stand by Me (film)
Stand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...
. Since then, he has gone on to appear in numerous dramas and movies, receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles.
Early life
Matsumoto was born in Toshima, Tokyo, as the youngest child in his family. He has an older sister whose support of KinKi KidsKinKi Kids
is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Although the members share the same surname, the only relation they have to each other is that they both hail from the Kinki region, hence the duo's name....
influenced his decision to join Johnny & Associates in 1996. Thinking it might bode good luck, he sent his application to the agency on his elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
graduation day and received a phone call weeks later from president Johnny Kitagawa
Johnny Kitagawa
, born , is the founder and president of Johnny & Associates, a production agency for numerous popular boy bands in Japan. Kitagawa assembled, produced and managed more than a dozen popular bands, including SMAP, Arashi, Kanjani8, Hey! Say! JUMP, V6, NEWS and KAT-TUN. Kitagawa's influence has...
himself, inviting him to attend a rehearsal instead of being auditioned. Due to this, Matsumoto is frequently referred to as one of the elite within the agency.
Matsumoto graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen, a renowned high school known for its many performing arts alumnae such as Kyoko Fukada
Kyoko Fukada
is an actress and singer. In Japan, her name is sometimes contracted to the nickname Fukakyon. She won the award for Best Actress at the Yokohama Film Festival for Kamikaze Girls.- Career :...
and Ai Kato
Ai Kato
Ai Kato is a Japanese actress and model.Around 2003, a video of her bathing at an onsen surfaced on the internet...
, in March 2002 at the age of .
Music career
Although the majority of Matsumoto's solos for albums and concerts are written by Arashi's staff, he has contributed lyrics for two of his solos: "La Familia" for the 2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!!2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!!
2004 Arashi! Iza, Now Tour!! is the video release of Japanese boyband Arashi which documented their 2004 summer concert tour in conjunction with the promotion and release of their album, Iza, Now!...
and "Naked" in 2008 for the album Dream "A" Live
Dream "A" Live
-Chart performance:The album debuted at the number one on the Oricon singles daily chart upon its release with the sales index number of 57,795 . By the end of its first week, the album sold a total of 220,722 copies...
under the penname "Jun".
Stage
In 1997, Matsumoto was cast in his first stage play, which was based on the American coming of age film Stand by MeStand by Me (film)
Stand by Me is a 1986 American drama film directed by Rob Reiner. Based on the novella The Body by Stephen King, the film takes its title from the Ben E. King song of the same name, which plays over the end credits.-Plot:...
with future bandmates Masaki Aiba
Masaki Aiba
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, television personality and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi.Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of...
and Kazunari Ninomiya
Kazunari Ninomiya
, often called , is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to movie audiences for his portrayal as Private Saigo in the 2006 Clint Eastwood war film Letters from Iwo Jima.Ninomiya began his career in the...
. He did not return to do any major stage productions for nearly seven years after Stand by Me, instead focusing on dramas
Japanese television drama
, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...
and movies. However, in 2004, Matsumoto appeared in the stage play West Side Story with bandmates Satoshi Ohno
Satoshi Ohno
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, and radio host. He is the lead vocalist and leader of Japanese boy band Arashi, hence his nickname ....
and Sho Sakurai
Sho Sakurai
is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, newscaster, host and former radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi....
. In 2005 and 2006, Matsumoto was given his first lead stage play roles in and respectively.
It was announced on July 21, 2011 that Matsumoto will star in Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa
is a Japanese theatre director, particularly known for his Japanese language productions of Shakespeare plays and Greek tragedies. He has directed Hamlet differently six times....
’s production play, . This will be his first stage play in five years.
Drama
Like bandmate Sakurai, Matsumoto made his acting debut as a television actor in April 1997 in the TBSTokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
drama special . A few months later, he co-starred with the members of KinKi Kids
KinKi Kids
is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Johnny & Associates. Although the members share the same surname, the only relation they have to each other is that they both hail from the Kinki region, hence the duo's name....
and future bandmate Masaki Aiba
Masaki Aiba
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, television personality and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi.Aiba began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1996 at the age of...
in the mystery-thriller series .
Matsumoto gained further popularity as an actor in 2002 when he starred in the first season of Gokusen
Gokusen
is a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
with Yukie Nakama
Yukie Nakama
is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
, Shun Oguri
Shun Oguri
is a Japanese actor, director and voice actor.-Career:Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo Oguri, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life...
, Tomohiro Waki, Hiroki Narimiya
Hiroki Narimiya
, better known as , is a Japanese actor.-Early life:He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are Okinawan, so he is of Okinawan descent. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high school, his mother died and he and his brother were raised by his...
and Yuma Ishigaki
Yuma Ishigaki
is a Japanese actor.-Movies:*Lovers' Kiss *Azumi *Battle Royale 2 *Azumi 2 *Thirteen Assassins -TV drama:* Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan 2 * Hanazakari no Kimitachi e * Natsu Kumo Agare...
. His portrayal of the troubled but highly intelligent student, Shin Sawada, drew acclaim and won him Best Supporting Actor at the 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards. He later returned with most of the original cast to star in the special epilogue episode in 2003. Soon after, his character also made a cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in Sakurai's comedy series . In the same year, Matsumoto took another high-profile role in the live-action adaptation of manga series Kimi wa Pet as Takeshi "Momo" Goda, starring opposite Koyuki
Koyuki
, better known as , is a Japanese model and actress.Koyuki was born in Zama. She started her modeling career in 1995 and has since starred in various Japanese dramas, TV and magazine ad campaigns and films. She frequently appears in Japanese print and television campaigns for the electronics...
.
In 2005, Matsumoto took the most prominent role of his career to date when he was cast as Tsukasa Domyōji in the live-action adaptation of shōjo
Shojo
The term refers to manga marketed to a female audience roughly between the ages of 10-18. The name romanizes the Japanese 少女 , literally: "little female". Shōjo manga covers many subjects in a variety of narrative and graphic styles, from historical drama to science fiction — often with a strong...
manga Hana Yori Dango. Co-starring opposite Mao Inoue
Mao Inoue
is a Japanese actress. She debuted as a U-15 idol in 1999. She is best known to Japanese television drama audiences as in and Makino Tsukushi in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which she won Best Actress in the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards and received a newcomer award at the 16th Hashida...
, Shun Oguri
Shun Oguri
is a Japanese actor, director and voice actor.-Career:Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo Oguri, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life...
, Shota Matsuda
Shota Matsuda
is a Japanese actor. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda and Miyuki Matsuda, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.Matsuda has...
and Tsuyoshi Abe
Tsuyoshi Abe
is a Chinese Japanese actor in Japan. Of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent , he is able to speak both Mandarin and Japanese fluently....
, the series was a success with an average viewership rating of 19.6%. Matsumoto's portrayal as the air-headed and arrogant leader of four rich heirs won him Best Supporting Actor again at the 47th Television Drama Academy Awards.
In 2007, due to the success of Hana Yori Dango, it spawned a second season
Hana Yori Dango Returns (TV series)
Hana Yori Dango Returns is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2007. It is the sequel to 2005 Hana Yori Dango TV series, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio, and followed by movie adaptation Hana Yori Dango Final.-Synopsis:Hana Yori Dango returns for...
, which was an even bigger hit with television audiences as it had a peak rating of 27.6% on the final episode and an overall rating of 21.57%. Matsumoto won Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for his role. The same year, Matsumoto starred in Bambino!
Bambino!
is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine Big Comic Spirits. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 bound volumes of the manga...
, which won him his first Best Actor award at the 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards.
In 2008, he re-united with Bambino! co-star Karina
Karina (Japan)
is a Japanese model and actress. Her birth name is . She was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.-External links:...
for the drama special , which aired as part of the 24-hour Television telethon in 2008. He portrayed a man diagnosed with CIDP
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an acquired immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system. The disorder is sometimes called chronic relapsing polyneuropathy. CIDP is closely related to Guillain-Barré syndrome and it is considered the chronic...
struggling to recuperate and return to normal life with his wife and young daughter. The drama special received a viewership rating of 25.6%.
In 2009, Matsumoto starred in his first drama series in nearly two years. He portrayed , a half-Japanese, half-Filipino young man who always faces life with a smile in the drama Smile
Smile (Japanese Drama)
Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto, the lead star plays the role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese who always smile despite all the problems and difficulties he is facing.-Synopsis:...
. Matsumoto subsequently won Best Actor for his role in the 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....
announced on September 10, 2009 that Matsumoto would star in a three-part drama special called scheduled to air for three consecutive days in the spring of 2010.
In January 2010, Matsumoto co-starred with the other members of Arashi in their first drama in nearly ten years in the human suspense drama special . Matsumoto portrayed , a 27-year-old motorcycle courier
Motorcycle courier
A motorcycle courier is a courier operating via a motorcycle or motor scooter. Motorcycle couriers are common in major urban centres, primarily in Europe, South America and Asia, but increasingly in North America.- History :...
rider who is caught up in a building hijack. Matsumoto co-starred with Yūko Takeuchi
Yuko Takeuchi
is a Japanese actress. She made her big break with NHK's television series Asuka and JT Green's commercial. She has gone on to star in many TV shows, movies, and commercials....
in his first Getsuku
Getsuku
is a Japanese abbreviation for , meaning Monday at 9 pm. This is traditionally the time when the most popular TV dramas air in Japan.-History:Fuji TV, one of the major broadcasting companies in Japan, started the pattern of airing the dramas it predicted would be most popular on Monday nights...
drama titled . He also made a guest appearance on the final episode of bandmate Ohno's drama , which is based on the Fujiko Fujio
Fujiko Fujio
was a nom de plume of a manga writing duo formed by two Japanese manga artists. Their real names are and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987....
's Kaibutsu-kun
Kaibutsu-kun
is a shōnen manga and anime series by Fujiko Fujio named after its protagonist.-About:Kaibutsu-kun and his companions, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken, travel from Monster Land to the Human Realm, where they encounter and battle several monsters, mainly assassins from the demon group...
manga and anime series.
Film
Matsumoto appeared on the silver screen for the first time a year later in but his breakthrough did not come until 2001 when he was cast as Hajime Kinda'ichi in the third season of Kinda'ichi Shōnen no Jikenbo, taking over the role from Tsuyoshi DomotoTsuyoshi Domoto
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, writer and illustrator. Along with Koichi Domoto , he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates.- Biography :Born in Nara, Domoto joined the...
and co-starring opposite Anne Suzuki
Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress.A model since the age of three, she got an early break in her acting career at 12 when she starred in the Hollywood film Snow Falling on Cedars with Ethan Hawke. She was next featured in the action movie Returner opposite Takeshi Kaneshiro, and won the Best New Actor at the...
.
In 2002, Arashi co-starred in their first movie together called . They came together again for its sequel in 2004. He also starred in the film Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower (film)
Tokyo Tower is a 2005 Japanese romantic film directed and written by Takashi Minamoto.-Plot:Toru, a 20-year old man, falls in love with a woman who isnot only married but also 20 years older. Complicating...
as a womanizer with a preference for older women with Junichi Okada
Junichi Okada
is a member of Japanese boy band V6, which is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He joined Johnny & Associates at the age of 14.- Music career :...
the same year.
In 2007, Arashi starred in their third movie together Kiiroi Namida while Matsumoto was cast in the independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
Boku wa Imōto ni Koi o Suru
Boku wa Imoto ni Koi o Suru
is manga series by Kotomi Aoki. Originally serialized in Shōjo Comic, the individual chapters were published in ten tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan from May 2003 until August 2005...
with Nana Eikura
Nana Eikura
is a Japanese model, actress, and occasional radio show host.She was born in Izumi, Kagoshima, Kyushu island and grew up in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. She was scouted in front of 109 in Shibuya, Tokyo when she was in junior high school...
as his co-star. He portrayed the lead character , a high school student who falls in love and develops a romantic relationship with his younger twin sister.
In 2008, Matsumoto took on his first jidaigeki
Jidaigeki
is a genre of film, television, and theatre in Japan. The name means "period drama" and is usually the Edo period of Japanese history, from 1603 to 1868. Some, however, are set much earlier—Portrait of Hell, for example, is set during the late Heian period—and the early Meiji era is also a popular...
role in a re-make of Akira Kurosawa's
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...
The Hidden Fortress
The Hidden Fortress
is a 1958 jidai-geki film directed by Akira Kurosawa and starring Toshirō Mifune as General and Misa Uehara as Princess Yuki. A literal translation of the Japanese title is The Three Villains of the Hidden Fortress.-Plot:...
, Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess
Kakushi Toride no San-Akunin: The Last Princess
is a Japanese film directed by Shinji Higuchi released May 10, 2008. It is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress.-About:Principal photography began on November 1, 2007, and location filming has taken place in areas such as Mount Aso, Kumamoto Castle, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Shizuoka...
, with award-winning actors Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe (actor)
is a Japanese model and actor.He began his career as a model, but he successfully made the transition to acting, becoming one of the most regularly visible presences in Japanese media. He is a 1988 graduate of Chuo University.-Career:...
, Kippei Shiina and Masami Nagasawa
Masami Nagasawa
is a Japanese actress under Toho Entertainment. She has performed in many movies and television dramas including Crying out Love, In the Center of the World, Dragon Zakura and Proposal Daisakusen. She graduated from Horikoshi High School in 2006. She is also known as "Ma-chan" or, as Tomohisa...
. Soon after, TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....
decided to end the Hana Yori Dango series through a film. Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final is a 2008 Japanese film, directed by Yasuharu Ishii, and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. The film is the last chapter of the Hana Yori Dango trilogy in Japan, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio....
, which hit the big screen on June 28, 2008 in Japan, became a box office hit.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bokura no Yūki: Miman Toshi | Mori | |
| 1998 | Hitsuyō no Nai Hito | Takuji Ohno | |
| 1999 | Kowai Nichiyōbi: Furugiya | S | Episode 10 guest appearance |
| 1999 | V no Arashi | Jun Matsumoto | Lead role with other members of Arashi Arashi is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii... |
| 2001 | Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo 3 Kindaichi Case Files is a serialized Japanese mystery manga series based on the crime solving adventures of a high school student, Hajime Kindaichi, the supposed grandson of the famous private detective Kosuke Kindaichi. They are written by Yōzaburō Kanari or Seimaru Amagi and illustrated by Fumiya Satō... |
Hajime Kindaichi | Lead role |
| 2002 | Gokusen | Shin Sawada | |
| 2003 | Yoiko no Mikata | Shin Sawada | Episode 9 guest appearance |
| 2003 | Kimi wa Pet Tramps Like Us is a Japanese josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa. It is about Sumire, a young professional woman who takes in a younger man as a pet, and her attempts to keep her coworkers and conventionally-perfect boyfriend from finding out about her pet... |
Momo/Takeshi Goda | |
| 2005 | Hana Yori Dango Hana Yori Dango (TV series) Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2005. It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the third television adaptation of the manga following Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II in Taiwan. It also resulted in... |
Tsukasa Dōmyōji | Lead role |
| 2005 | Propose: Story One | First story of mini-drama | |
| 2006 | Yonimo Kimyona Monogatari: Story Five - Imakiyo-san | Lead role, first story of mini-drama | |
| 2007 | Hana Yori Dango 2 Hana Yori Dango Returns (TV series) Hana Yori Dango Returns is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2007. It is the sequel to 2005 Hana Yori Dango TV series, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio, and followed by movie adaptation Hana Yori Dango Final.-Synopsis:Hana Yori Dango returns for... |
Tsukasa Dōmyōji | Lead role |
| 2007 | Bambino! Bambino! is a Japanese cooking manga written and illustrated by Tetsuji Sekiya. The manga has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen magazine Big Comic Spirits. As of February 2009, Shogakukan has published 14 bound volumes of the manga... |
Shogo Ban | Lead role |
| 2008 | Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru | Hayato Yamaguchi | Lead role, television special |
| 2009 | Smile Smile (Japanese Drama) Smile is a Japanese television drama series, shown on TBS started last April 17, 2009. Jun Matsumoto, the lead star plays the role of Vito, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese who always smile despite all the problems and difficulties he is facing.-Synopsis:... |
Vito Hayakawa | Lead role |
| 2010 | Saigo no Yakusoku Saigo no Yakusoku was a Japanese drama special starring the members of Japanese boy band Arashi in their first drama together in nearly ten years.-Plot:Janitors Satoru Mashiko and Haruo Iio are driving towards Energy Bio Corporation for work when motorcycle courier Nozomu Gotō passes by them... |
Nozomu Gotō | Lead role with other members of Arashi, television special |
| 2010 | Wagaya no Rekishi | Yoshio Yame | Three-part television special |
| 2010 | Kaibutsu-kun | Kaibutsu-kun's butler | Episode 10 guest appearance |
| 2010 | Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku | Taiga Kusunoki | Lead role |
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1998
| Shinjuku Shōnen Tanteidan
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| 2002
| Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy
| Rentarō Futaba (Bon)
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| 2003
| Gokusen SP
| Sawada Shin
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| 2004
| Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy
| Rentarō Futaba (Bon)
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| 2005
| Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower (film)
Tokyo Tower is a 2005 Japanese romantic film directed and written by Takashi Minamoto.-Plot:Toru, a 20-year old man, falls in love with a woman who isnot only married but also 20 years older. Complicating...
| Kōji
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| 2007
| Boku wa Imōto Ni Koi wo Suru
| Yori Yūki
| Lead role
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| 2007
| Kiiroi Namida
| Yūji Katsumada
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|-
| 2008
| Kakushi Toride no San’akunin: The Last Princess
| Musashi
| Lead role
|-
| 2008
| Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final is a 2008 Japanese film, directed by Yasuharu Ishii, and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. The film is the last chapter of the Hana Yori Dango trilogy in Japan, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio....
| Tsukasa Dōmyōji
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| 2010
| Wagaya no Rekishi
| Yame Yoshio
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Stage
{| class="wikitable sortable"! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1997
| Stand By Me
| Teddy
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| 2004
| West Side Story
| Bernardo
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| 2005
| East of Eden
| Carl Trask
| Lead role
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| 2006
| Byakuya no Valkyrie
| Sasuke Kūhibi
| Lead role
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| 2011
| Aa, Kōya
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| Lead role
|}
Awards and nominations
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! style="background-color: #BCBCBC"|Award
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| 2002||33rd Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Gokusen||
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| 2005||47th Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Supporting Actor||Hana Yori Dango||
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| rowspan="3"|2007||10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Winter)||Best Supporting Actor||Hana Yori Dango 2||
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| 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Actor||rowspan="2"|Bambino!||
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|11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring)||Best Actor||
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| 2008||GQ Japan Men of the Year 2008 Awards||GQ Man Of The Year Award 2008||Hana Yori Dango series||
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| rowspan="2"|2009||13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring)||Best Actor||rowspan="2"|Smile||
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| 61st Television Drama Academy Awards||Best Actor||
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