Matsumoto
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'''Matsumoto''' (松本, "base of the pine tree") is the 16th most common [[Japan]]ese [[surname]] and the name of a city ([[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto-shi]]) in [[Nagano Prefecture]].
People named Matsumoto:
* [[Chizuo Matsumoto]], a.k.a. [[Shoko Asahara]], founder of [[Aum Shinrikyo]]
* [[Hajime Matsumoto]], (activist)
* [[Hideto Matsumoto]], a.k.a. "hide" (musician)
* [[Hitoshi Matsumoto]] (comedian)
* [[Ichiyo Matsumoto]] (artist)
* [[Jiro Matsumoto|Jirō Matsumoto]] (manga author)
* [[Jun Matsumoto]] (singer, actor)
* [[Leiji Matsumoto]] (manga author)
* [[Rika Matsumoto]] (voice actor, singer)
* [[Seicho Matsumoto|Seichō Matsumoto]] (author)
* [[Shigemi Matsumoto]] (soprano)
* [[Tak Matsumoto]] (guitarist)
* [[Takashi Matsumoto (haiku poet)|Matsumoto Takashi]] (writer)
* [[Tortoise Matsumoto]] (vocalist)
* [[Toshio Matsumoto]] ([[avant garde]] [[film director]])
* [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] (voice actor)
* [[Yukihiro Matsumoto]] (programmer, author, creator of [[Ruby programming language]])
* [[Matsumoto Kōshirō]] (lineage of kabuki actors)
Fictional characters named Matsumoto:
* [[Rangiku Matsumoto]] in ''[[Bleach (manga)|Bleach]]''
Places named Matsumoto:
* [[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]]-shi, city in [[Nagano Prefecture]], largest city in southern Nagano
* [[Matsumoto, Kagoshima|Matsumoto]]-cho (松元町), town in [[Kagoshima Prefecture]]
Other Matsumotos:
* [[Matsumoto Castle]] in Matsumoto-shi
* [[Peninsula Hotel|The Matsumoto Hotel]], the name of The Peninsula hotel during [[Japanese Occupation of Hong Kong]]
* [[Matsumoto incident]], [[Sarin]] gas release in Matsumoto-shi
* [[Matsumoto Shave Ice]], famous shave ice store in [[Haleiwa, Hawaii|Hale{{okina}}iwa, Hawaii]]
==See also==
* [[Japanese name]]
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