Tortoise Matsumoto

{{Short description|Japanese singer (born 1966)}} '''Tortoise Matsumoto''' (トータス松本 ''Tōtasu Matsumoto'', born December 28, 1966, as 松本敦 '''Atsushi Matsumoto''') is the lead singer<ref>{{cite news|title=Pouch Light – Tortoise Matsumoto|url=http://kpopunderworld.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/pouch-light-tortoise-matsumoto/|accessdate=30 December 2010|newspaper=Kpop Underworld|date=20 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718101513/http://kpopunderworld.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/pouch-light-tortoise-matsumoto/|archivedate=18 July 2011}}</ref> of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with ''Namida o Fuite'' (涙をふいて) in 2000.

Trigun character Nicholas D. Wolfwood is modeled after him.

On July 11, 2018, Matsumoto, Tamio Okuda, Kazuyoshi Saito, Yohito Teraoka (Jun Sky Walkers), Takashi Hamazaki (Flying Kids) and Yo-King (Magokoro Brothers) announced the formation of a supergroup called the {{nihongo|Curling Sitones|カーリングシトーンズ|Kāringu Shitōnzu}}. Each member is a multi-instrumentalist with all of them at-least being able to provide vocals and guitar and, like the Traveling Wilburys, each uses a pseudonym featuring "Sitone".<ref name="sitones">{{cite web |title=奥田民生・斉藤和義・トータス松本ら"全員50代"新バンド結成 9・23デビューライブ |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2115335/full/ |work=Oricon |language=Japanese |date=2018-07-11 |accessdate=2021-03-28}}</ref> They formed for a concert on September 23, 2018, at Zepp Tokyo celebrating Teraoka's 25th anniversary as a musician.<ref name="sitones"/>

==Discography==

===Albums=== {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * ''TRAVELLER'' (2003) * ''FIRST'' (2009) * ''Myway Highway'' (2010) * ''NEW FACE'' (2012) * ''TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY'' (2012) {{div col end}}

===Singles=== {{Div col|colwidth=35em}} * "Hatsu Koi no ⁓What'sGoing On⁓ (LITTLE feat. Tortoise Matsumoto)" (2005) * "OhayoJAPAN (RYO the SKYWALKER & Tortoise Matsumoto)" (2007) * "Namida o todokete" (2008) * "Hana no you ni Hoshi no you ni" (2008) * "Boku ga tsuiteru" (2009) * "Myoujou" (2009) * "Straight (Tortoise Matsumoto song)|Straight" (2010) * "Clear!" (2010) * "Clear!/Dore dake no asa to yoru o ⁓shuarii samudei⁓" (2010) * "Happy Hour" (2010) * "Myway Highway - Single" (2009) * "Waimokun ekaki uta" (2011) * "Ue o muite arukou" (2011) * "Buranko" (2012) * "Waa!/Charidaa" (2014) * "L-O-V-E (Fuyumi Sakamato & Tortoise Matsumoto)" (2015) * "Main Street (Ringo Sheena & Tortoise Matsumoto)" (2017) {{div col end}}

==Filmography== ===Films=== * ''Yasuko, Songs of Days Past'' (2025), Takano<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101978/|title= ゆきてかへらぬ|access-date= 16 November 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Mission: Sorta Possible'' (2025)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103168/|title= 裏社員。スパイやらせてもろてます|access-date= 3 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Who Cares?: The Movie'' (2025), Yōichi Kamata<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/103629/|title= 映画おっさんのパンツがなんだっていいじゃないか!|access-date= 22 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>

===Television=== * ''Ryōmaden'' (2010), John Manjirō<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/10-taiga.html|title= 龍馬伝|access-date= 14 May 2025|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Idaten'' (2019), Sansei Kasai<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/19-taiga.html|title= いだてん東京オリムピック噺|access-date= 16 November 2024|website= Haiyaku Jiten|language=ja}}</ref> * ''Brothers in Arms'' (2026), Araki Murashige<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/656179|title= 髙嶋政伸が武田信玄役に決定、「豊臣兄弟!」新キャストにトータス松本・榎木孝明ら|access-date= 15 January 2026|date= 15 January 2026|website= Natalie|language=ja}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

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