Matsumoto 1117189 187337894 2008-01-27T22:15:22Z Nc105012 6298454 '''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]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Japanese surnames]] [[de:Matsumoto (Begriffsklärung)]] [[eo:Macumoto]] [[fr:Matsumoto]] [[ja:松本]] [[pt:Matsumoto]] [[ru:Мацумото]] [[zh:松本]]