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§ Name: 松本潤
§ Name (romaji): Matsumoto Jun
§ Nicknames: Matsujun, Junji, King [by all Arashi], Jun~Chan, Matsumoto~kun, Do-S
§ Profession: Actor, singer
§ Birthdate: 1983-Aug-30
§ Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
§ Height: 173cm
§ Weight: 58kg
§ Star sign: Virgo
§ Blood type: A-
§ Family: Older sister
Jun Matsumoto (松本 潤 Matsumoto Jun) (born August 30, 1983), often called by the portmanteau nicknameMatsuJun (松潤), 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 Dangoseries, 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 12. 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 went on to appear in numerous dramas and movies, receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles. (Read more here)
Facts and Trivia
Ø Joined Johnny’s Entertainment on 17/May/96.
Ø Although often mentioned that his blood type is "A", in technicality his blood type is really rhesus negative-- a very rare blood type.
Ø Instead of going through a series of auditions, he was exceptional because he received a personal call from the Johnny Kitagawa himself to come straight for practice.
Ø He is one of the very well-known "A"-list young actors in dramas and movies. He is also known for roles derived from popular manga (Japanese comics) series. His latest role (Fall 2005) was the unforgettable Tsukasa Domyouji in the Japanese live-action version of the manga series Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers).
Ø Won Best Supporting Actor awards at the Television Drama Academy Awards for the role of Shin Sawada in Gokusen in 2002, and for Domyouji Tsukasa in Hana Yori Dango in 2005.
Ø His favorite word is “Enjoy”. (楽しむ - Tanoshimu in Japanese)
Ø Once crashed Aiba’s car after driving a few metres.
Ø He likes his drinks warm (at room temperature) because his stomach isn’t strong.
Ø He doesn’t drink much but likes to make other people drink. Once made Nino really drunk but took good care of him. He got really drunk once and spilled red wine on Aiba (Aiba had white a shirt on).
Ø Doesn’t remember anything after a hangover.
Ø He played baseball in grade school.
Ø He can’t do a back flip (all Johnny’s boys are suppose to be able to).
Ø He admits he’s neurotic – he likes to clean and can’t stand anything messy or dirty.
Ø He’s very honest and has a sharp tongue.
Ø He can get very emotional.
Ø Watching emotional movies makes him cry sometimes. But he doesn’t like people to see him cry. When he was younger he watched the movie Forrest Gump with his family. Moved, he could feel the tears coming out already at some points of the movie, but because he was with his family he was embarrassed to cry in front of them. Finally, when he could no longer keep in his emotions, he ran out of the theatre and cried.
Ø Got a win cellar at his house.
Ø Loves wine. A LOT.
Ø Hideaki Takizawa (of Tackey and Tsubasa) is his good friend. For Hideaki’s birthday a couple of years ago, Jun brought him a balloon and a cake at midnight. On Takki’s 16th birthday, they were all working outstation. Jun burst into his room to celebrate with him, but Takki refused to wake up. Jun was so angry that he finished up Takki’s cake.
Ø After acting in the popular J-drama Kimi Wa Petto (You’re My Pet), he was voted as the best celebrity you want as your pet.
Ø He once almost got blown off by strong wind while holding a flag.
Ø He doesn’t like a dirty table. If he sees one, he uses his sleeves to clean it.
Ø He doesn’t like kids, but wants them some time in future.
Ø During one scene in Hana Yori Dango, he had to put a bandage on his face but due to his small face, he had to cut it to make it look proportional to his face.
Ø He’s the first Japanese celebrity to appear on the cover of Marie Claire magazine (all the other guys who’ve graced the cover in its 24-year history were all from other countries including David Beckham).
Ø Oguri Shun and Narimiya Hiroki are his good friends.
Ø He loves exercise ball.
Ø He has pet turtles (5 of them). They were given by Nino (Arashi bandmate) on his 17th birthday and he still hasn’t named them. He gave one back to him on Nino’s 21st birthday. His 17th birthday presents from other members: Electric Massager from Sho, Skateboard from Aiba, and Self Portrait from Ohno. Jun felt really happy that the members remembered his birthday.
Ø Those turtles Nino gave him are “fine”. Other than changes in size, they were once frozen to death, and were ‘revived’ after being dipped into hot water. On August 30, 2007 (his birthday) his mother sent him a birthday e-mail. Attached to it was a picture of his turtles and a message along the lines of "Your turtles have grown one year older too."
Ø He accidentally kissed Nino at a concert (23/July/2006), but Nino meant to do it.
Ø Earned the nickname Do-S Banchou (S stands for Sadist).
Ø He is near-sighted. He usually wears contact lenses for work, but other times he wears glasses.
Ø Had buckteeth when he was younger.
Ø Chief attractions in girls are eyes and hair.
Ø He’s not comfortable being touched freely by others.
Ø When he first read the Hana Yori Dango manga, his favorite character was Hanazawa Rui. However, when he was given the role of Tsukasa Domyouji, he revisited the manga again and was able to identify with Domyouji's character so much that he admitted to crying while reading some parts of the manga.
Ø Oguri Shun got the role of Hanazawa Rui in Hana Yori Dango because Jun told producers that he would not play Domyouji if Shun didn’t get the role of Rui.
Ø He didn’t like the Hana Yori Dango curls as much as any of us because of the fashion problems it posed on him. When he was on set, it was fine because he had costumes; but once he was out, he couldn’t find anything in his wardrobe to compliment his curly hairstyle.
Ø He’s a fan of Tom Hanks and Harry Potter.
Ø Loves to change his hairstyle.
Ø He gets really shy when it comes to expressing his feelings to girls.
Ø Sho (another Arashi bandmate) was once his private tutor. In fact, Sho was the one who encouraged Jun to finish High School.
Ø A choreographer once made him cry.
Ø He isn’t known to be punctual.
Ø He used to idolize Sho when he was younger.
Ø Finds Mandarin extremely hard to learn.
Ø Is good at football.
Ø Loves dry plums to bits (so much that he once stole them fro Aiba).
Ø Known to be the most fashionable in Arashi.
Ø His best friend in Arashi is Aiba.
Ø Went on a holiday in Los Angeles in summer ’07 with a friend. He recalled that he once said to an American girl, “I don’t speak English.”
Ø He loves to go to the beach.
Ø Loves surfing. His so-called mentor is his senpai Tatsuya Yamaguchi of Tokio.
Ø Favourite activity at the beach is swimming and playing with a dog (but he doesn’t have one).
Ø During an episode of Music Station, he was seen staring intently at Utada Hikaru beside him. In fact, Jun-kun and Hikki-chan were challenging each other to pick their nose in front of the camera. Hikki-chan didn’t, but Jun did at the end of the show when he was answering Tamori’s question!
Ø Loves attention.
Ø Has a rack of clothes above his bed, as it’s ‘convenient’ to grab something instead of searching through his wardrobe. Jun used to have a room so messy that sometimes when he slept, he would jerk awake when clothes fell onto his face. Now though, he has a sort of clothesline above his bed, and he just grabs the clothes he wants to wear, saying its a lot more convenient.
Ø The places he would love to visit are Los Angeles and Las Vegas. He was able to visit both-- Las Vegas, for the filming of Hana Yori Dango Final (2008) and L.A. for the advanced screening of his movie Kakushi Toride no San Akunin (2008).
Ø He greatly admires Johnny Depp, Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt as actors. He also enjoys Kabuki.
Ø Aoki Kotomi, the author of the manga "Boku wa Imouto Ni Koi O Suru", confessed being so excited that she nearly fainted when she found out that Jun was chosen to play the lead role of brother, Yori. She is a big fan of Matsujun and named one of her manga characters "Jun" because of him.
Ø Jun is very picky about movie/drama scripts, and will only act the roles and scripts that interest him.
Ø One of the reasons why Jun took on the role of Domyouji Tsukasa was so that Arashi could release a new single, "Wish".
Ø Sato Atsuhiro is a very respected senpai of Jun. He feels that they are "fated" to be friends since they share the same birthday and hobbies.
Ø He likes dry plums so much that he snatches them away from Aiba.
Ø His height when he first entered Johnny’s: 150cm.
Ø When he was in 2nd grade, there was an incident wherein he ran out onto the road and was knocked over by a van and was severely injured. Despite this, he was as chirpy and cheerful as he could be. So cheerful that when the ambulance came, he just kept apologizing to the uncle, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road.
Ø He really likes KichiToka workroom's "Sound of Waves" and has watched it over four times.
Ø In the Official Arashi Calendar 2001, Jun’s pictures were edited to hide his leg hair, but there are still some pictures that “they forgot to edit”. Sho kept teasing Jun about this, as Sho thinks this is really entertaining.
Ø Loves to change his hairstyle.
Ø Jun’s legend: he was once in the football team! But he never played a real game before, left when he entered Johnny’s.
Ø During Video Concert, he forced Ohno to sleep with him on the same pillow.
Ø During elementary days, he saw a white floating figure when he was visiting a deserted hospital with his schoolmates.
Ø He joined a ‘courage competition’ during elementary school, they had to go through the forest in the night without light to reach their destination. Because he was afraid, he walked in the middle of the line.
Ø His personal time is from 12mn-3am.
Ø He is never able to sleep whenever he is in the same room with Aiba or Nino, because Aiba grinds his teeth and Nino howls in the middle of the night.
Ø When he was in 2nd grade, he ran out onto the road and was knocked over by a van, he was severely injured, but he was as chirpy and cheerful as he could be. when the ambulance came, he kept apologizing to the uncle, saying he was naughty for running out onto the road.
Ø His favorite food is SOBA.
Ø He loves mangoes.
Ø His shoe size is 26.5 cm (size 10)
Ø His teeth are not fixed by braces, they were extracted and replaced.
Ø In June 1999, he knew they will debut, but he didn't find out they'll be name Arashi until the end of August when he was told by Nino and Sho.
Ø The first thing he does in the morning is wash his face.
Ø He loves to change his hair style.
Ø He didn’t really like Oguri Shun at first when they met in Gokusen, but now they’ve become good friends.
Ø He worries quite a fair bit about Arashi and how the public will respond to them, especially overseas fans.
Ø He’s troubled over the fact that he gets recognized easily even though he tried to disguised himself.
Ø At an interview for "Natsu no Koi wa Kijiiro ni Kagayaku" Jun-san confessed that he had never felt in love at first sight and that he would like to know how is that like.
Ø For his 27th birthday Arashi members (along with staff members from Hitmitsu no arashi-chan and Arashi ni Shiyagare) prepared him a surprised party, they rented an Italian restaurant and told him that they were going to film one of the episodes of Himitsu no Arashi-chan at the restaurant. When they got there they gave him presents and presented a video of the 4 members of Arashi (Matsumoto-san was not in it) consisting of pictures their debut to present and special narrations and music put by each member. Matsumoto-san was moved to tears and said: "IT IS HAPPINESS TO BE A MEMBER OF ARASHI".
Ø As he had recently become interested in Onzen (Hot springs) and Yakiniku (Korean BBQ) Arashi members Nino and Ohno got him hot spring vouchers as his 27th B-DAY present; while Aiba and Sho got him "free vouchers for 10 servings of yakiniku".
(Note: The facts and trivia here are from vanillacherryice of wordpress, dosmatsujun of multiply, a crunchyroll forum and matsumoto jun fan page in facebook I happened to visit; I just edited/joined the facts for further explanation.)
TV Dramas:
Movies:
· Shinjuku Tanteidan Shonen (Shinjuku Boy Detectives) (1998)
· Pika*nchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy 「ピカ☆ンチ Ｌｉｆｅ ｉｓ Ｈａｒｄ だけど Ｈａｐｐｙ」 (2002) as Futaba Rentaro/Bon
· Pika*nchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy (2004) as Futaba Rentaro/Bon
· Tokyo Tower as Koji (2004)
(Note: The dramas/movies colored green are dramas that I’ve watched already, while the ones colored with orange are dramas/movies I’m not able to watch yet. The parenthesize dates at the end is the airing date of the drama/movie.)
Awards:
· 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actor for Gokusen (2002)
· 47th Television Drama Academy Awards – Best Supporting Actor for Hana Yori Dango (2005)
· 10th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Winter) – Best Supporting Actor for Hana Yori Dango 2 (2007)
· 53rd Television Drama Academy Awards – Best Actor for Bambino! (2007)
· GQ Japan Men of the Year 2008 Awards – GQ Man Of The Year Award 2008 for Hana Yori Dango series (2008)
· 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring) – Best Actor for Smile (2009)
· 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Summer) – Best Actor for Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku (2010)
My thoughts:
And well, since this is my blog, I will let out my own thoughts! Matsumoto Jun is my ichiban of all Japanese talents. I first saw him when Gokusen was aired in my country a couple of years ago but no, it was not love at first sight for me. I just fell completely in love with him after watching Gokusen for the 3rd time and that’s on April 2010! Seriously! I might’ve been stupid before. Yeah, I’m stupid and BLIND. LOL. Jun is 10 years older than I, but I don’t care, AGE NEVER MATTERS~ One thing that disheartens me is the fact that she likes girls who has a knack for cooking! Gracious! I don’t even know how to cook eggs, you know! Enough on that. Call it bias or whatever but even though Riida (Ohno Satoshi) is known as Arashi’s best dancer, I prefer Jun’s dancing more! (But yeah, Riida is the best singer, I shall attest to that!) I believe there’s no one who could portray HYD’s Domyoji Tsukasa better than him! And his portrayal of Takeshi Goda or Momo in Kimi wa Petto? Goodness! Isn’t he such an oh-so-adorable pet? Haha. Imma end this ranting now. Ja ne. J
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thanks for sharing :D
ReplyDeleteDo u know his older sister name....
ReplyDeleteSorry for replying so late! I'm not really sure but from what I've read somewhere, the name of his sister is Megumi.^^
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