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Hitoshi Matsumoto

1963 - Today

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Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本 人志, Matsumoto Hitoshi; born September 8, 1963) is a Japanese comedian and filmmaker. He was born in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture. He is one half of the comedy duo Downtown, alongside Masatoshi Hamada, and is one of the most popular comedians in Japan. Matsumoto has directed several movies beginning in 2007 with Big Man Japan, in several of which he also starred as the main character. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Hitoshi Matsumoto is the 5,673rd most popular actor (down from 4,902nd in 2024), the 1,542nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,296th in 2019) and the 99th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hitoshi Matsumoto ranks 5,673 out of 13,578Before him are Charles S. Dutton, Regina Bianchi, Noah Taylor, Corey Haim, Kunal Nayyar, and Yelena Safonova. After him are Phoebe Tonkin, Sybil Danning, Wendell Corey, Chunky Panday, Nana Visitor, and Kate O'Mara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Hitoshi Matsumoto ranks 352Before him are Tanju Çolak, Iurie Leancă, Lolita Milyavskaya, Katja Riemann, Manuela Di Centa, and Vadim Perelman. After him are Blanca Portillo, Walter Thurnherr, Guido Crosetto, Oleh Kuznetsov, S. Shankar, and Laurene Powell Jobs.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Hitoshi Matsumoto ranks 1,542 out of 6,245Before him are Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Junji Goto (1971), Akira Kubota (1973), Hidetoyo Watanabe (1971), and Kazuya Nakai (1967). After him are Yuji Sakakura (1967), Koki Negi (2000), Seiichi Negishi (1969), Junichi Inamoto (1979), Jinzō Matsumura (1856), and Takumi Minamino (1995).

Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Hitoshi Matsumoto ranks 99Before him are Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), Keiko Awaji (1933), Ken Uehara (1909), So Yamamura (1910), Kotono Mitsuishi (1967), and Kazuya Nakai (1967). After him are Sachiko Hidari (1930), Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926), Rokurō Naya (1932), Miho Nakayama (1970), Keiji Fujiwara (1964), and Yukiko Okada (1967).