Taiyō Matsumoto

Japanese manga artist

Taiyō Matsumoto

松本 大洋

Born|  (1967-10-25) October 25, 1967 (age 57)
Area(s)| Manga artist

Notable works

* Tekkonkinkreet
* Takemitsuzamurai
* Ping Pong
* Sunny

Awards|

* Japan Cartoonists Association Award, 2001 for GoGo Monster[1]
* Japan Media Arts Festival, 2007 for Takemitsuzamurai[2]
* Eisner Awards, 2008 for Tekkonkinkreet[3]
* Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, 2011 for Takemitsuzamurai with Issei Eifuku[4]
* Cartoonist Studio Prize, 2014 for Sunny[5]
* Japan Media Arts Festival, 2016 for Sunny[6]
* Shogakukan Manga Award, 2016 for Sunny[7]
* Eisner Awards, 2020 for Cats of the Louvre[8]

Taiyō Matsumoto (Japanese: 松本 大洋, Hepburn: Matsumoto Taiyō, born October 25, 1967) is a Japanese manga artist.

## Career

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Matsumoto was born in Tokyo. Originally, he wanted to become a soccer player, but changed to artist as an occupation instead. After his initial success in the Comic Open contest, he began touring France in 1986, an event that became a significant point in his career.[9]

Matsumoto published his first manga in 1987 at the age of 20 in Kodansha's Morning magazine. While he published a few works there, he didn't gain enough popularity and was eventually not able to publish anymore in big magazines like Morning. Instead, he came in contact with Yasuki Hori, editor at Shogakukan, who pushed him to draw a manga about boxing, which became Zero and was published in the magazine Big Comic Spirits between 1990 and 1991.[10]

In 1993, he began work on the Tekkonkinkreet manga, which became a success in the Big Spirits magazine, and published a series of short stories in a collection called Nihon no Kyodai that was publicized at the time by Comic Aré magazine. Ping Pong appeared in Big Spirits in 1996, soon followed by the series No. 5 in Shogakukan's Monthly Ikki magazine in 2000.[9][11]

The Tekkonkinkreet anime was released in Japan in late 2006, and both the anime and manga have been published in English.[12]

## Style

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The manga he produced covers a variety of topics, from sports manga to family comedies to science fiction epics. Manga critic Natsume Fusanosuke divided his manga series in 2021 into different distinct categories: Manga like Zero, Hanaotoko and Ping Pong that work within the artistic framework of shōnen manga and seinen manga and that were developed with the pressure of editors in mind that wanted him to fit into the industry's standards. However, dystopian science-fiction manga like Tekkonkinkreet and No. 5 as well as the autobiographical orphanage story Sunny in a lot of ways break with many conventions of the manga industry's norms. Fusanosuke analyzes that these manga follow a path that has been developed after the success of Katsuhiro Otomo and are influenced by French bande dessinée.[10]

His work is seen as "meta manga", often criticizing the genres within which they operate.[10]

Matsumoto draws free-hand, with sketchy wavering lines. He often uses extreme close-ups with perspectives inspired by a fisheye lens, which creates a cinematic effect. He also experiments with panel composition, using it for example in Ping Pong to evoke the feeling of speed.[13]

Matsumoto has cited Moebius, Enki Bilal, Katsuhiro Otomo, Shotaro Ishinomori and Tsuchida Seiki as influences on his work.[14] He has been influenced by the New Wave movement in manga.[15]

## Reception

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Ping Pong and Blue Spring have been adapted into live-action feature films. Animation studio Studio 4°C adapted Tekkonkinkreet into an animated feature film, it was released in Japan in late 2006, and both the anime and manga have been published in English.

Matsumoto influenced younger manga artists like Eiichiro Oda,[16] Masashi Kishimoto,[17] and Daisuke Igarashi.[18]

He has won several awards, including the Shogakukan Manga Award, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Eisner Award:

Award  | Year  | Category  | Recipient(s)  | Result  | Ref.

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Japan Cartoonists Association Award | 2001  |  | GoGo Monster | Won  | [19]
Japan Media Arts Festival | 2001  | Manga Award  | GoGo Monster | Jury selection  | [20]
2003  | Manga Award  | No. 5 | Jury selection  | [21]
2007  | Manga Award  | Takemitsuzamurai | Won  | [22]
2016  |  | Sunny | Won  | [23]
Eisner Awards | 2008  |  | Tekkonkinkreet | Won  | [24]
2020  |  | Cats of the Louvre | Won  | [25]
Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize | 2011  |  | Takemitsuzamurai | Won  | [26]
Cartoonist Studio Prize  | 2014  |  | Sunny | Won  | [5]
Shogakukan Manga Award | 2016  |  | Sunny | Won  | [27]

## Personal life

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Matsumoto's wife is manga artist Saho Tono, who collaborated with him on Sunny.[28] He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another manga artist.

## Works

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Title  | Year  | Notes  | Refs[29]

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Straight (ストレート) | 1989 | Morning, Kodansha Comics, 2 volumes |
Zero | 1990–91 | Big Comic Spirits, 2 volumes |
Chaoanfanteriburu (チャオアンファンテリブル, Chao Anne fan Terrible)
Taiyo Matsumoto / Katsuki Tanaka / Hiro Sugiyama  | 1992  | Tokyo Comic Insider, 1 volume  | [30]
Hanaotoko (花男, A Boy Meet a Papa and Baseball) | 1992  | Big Comics, Big Spirits Comics Special, 3 volumes  |
Blue Spring | 1993  | Anthology collection of short stories
Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume  | [31]
Tekkonkinkreet (鉄コン筋クリート, Tekkonkinkurīto)/Black & White | 1993–94  | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 3 volumes  | [32]
Nihon no Kyōdai (日本の兄弟, Brothers of Japan) | 1995  | Mag Comics, 1 volume  |
100 | 1995  | Big spirits comic special, 2 volumes  |
Ping Pong | 1996–97  | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 5 volumes  | [33]
GoGo Monster | 2000  | Published by Shogakukan, 1 volume  | [34]
No. 5 | 2000–05  | Serialized in Monthly Ikki magazine
Published by Shogakukan in 8 volumes  | [11][35]
Hana (花, Flower) | 2002  | stage play adapted to manga novella, 1 volume  |
Takemitsuzamurai (竹光侍)
with Issei Eifuku (writer)  | 2006–10  | Serialized in Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 8 volumes  | [36]
Sunny | 2010–15  | Serialized in Monthly Ikki and Monthly Big Comic Spirits
Published by Shogakukan, 6 volumes  | [37][38]
Cats of the Louvre (ルーヴルの猫, Rūvuru no Neko) | 2016–17  | Issued by the Louvre museum, 2 volumes  | [39][40][41]
Tokyo These Days (東京ヒゴロ, Tokyo Higoro) | 2019–2023  | Serialized in Big Comic Original Zōkan | [42]
Mukashi no Hanashi (むかしのはなし)
with Issei Eifuku (writer) | 2020–present  | Serialized in Big Comic Superior magazine  | [43][44][45]

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## External links

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* "Taiyō Matsumoto's ~30th Anniversary Exhibit~Event Report". Manga Planet. July 18, 2018.
* Taiyo Matsumoto listing at Shogakukan (in Japanese)
* Taiyō Matsumoto at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Works by Taiyō Matsumoto

* Hanaotoko (1991–92)
* Blue Spring (1993)
* Tekkonkinkreet (1993–94)
* Ping Pong (1996–97)
* GoGo Monster (2000)
* No. 5 (2000–05)
* Takemitsuzamurai (2006–10)
* Sunny (2010–15)
* Cats of the Louvre (2016–17)
* Tokyo These Days (2019–23)

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Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize

Grand Prize|

| 1990s|

* Fujiko Fujio for Doraemon (1997)
* Jiro Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekikawa for the trilogy Bocchan No Jidai (1998)
* Naoki Urasawa for Monster (1999)

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2000s|

* Daijiro Morohoshi for Saiyū Yōenden (2000)
* Reiko Okano and Baku Yumemakura for Onmyōji (2001)
* Takehiko Inoue for Vagabond (2002)
* Fumiko Takano for The Yellow Book: A Friend Named Jacques Thibault (2003)
* Kyoko Okazaki for Helter Skelter (2004)
* Naoki Urasawa for Pluto (2005)
* Hideo Azuma for Disappearance Diary (2006)
* Ryoko Yamagishi for Terpsichora (2007)
* Masayuki Ishikawa for Moyashimon (2008)
* Fumi Yoshinaga for Ōoku: The Inner Chambers and Yoshihiro Tatsumi for A Drifting Life (2009)

2010s|

* Yoshihiro Yamada for Hyouge Mono (2010)
* Motoka Murakami for Jin and Issei Eifuku and Taiyō Matsumoto for Takemitsuzamurai (2011)
* Hitoshi Iwaaki for Historie (2012)
* Yasuhisa Hara for Kingdom (2013)
* Chica Umino for March Comes In like a Lion (2014)
* Yoiko Hoshi for Aisawa Riku (2015)
* Kei Ichinoseki for Hanagami Sharaku and Kiyohiko Azuma for Yotsuba&! (2016)
* Fusako Kuramochi for Hana ni Somu (2017)
* Satoru Noda for Golden Kamuy (2018)
* Shinobu Arima for Jitterbug The Forties (2019)

2020s|

* Kan Takahama for Nyx no Lantern (2020)
* Kazumi Yamashita for Land (2021)
* Uoto for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (2022)
* Kiwa Irie for Yuria-sensei no Akai Ito (2023)
* Mari Yamazaki, Miki Tori for PLINIVS (2024)

Special
Award|

| 1990s|

* Toshio Naiki (1997)
* Shotaro Ishinomori (1998)
* Fusanosuke Natsume (1999)

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2000s|

* Frederik L. Schodt (2000)
* Akira Maruyuma (2001)
* Shigeru Mizuki (2003)
* Tarō Minamoto (2004)
* Kawasaki City Museum (2005)
* Kousei Ono (2006)
* International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka Prefecture (2008)

2010s|

* Yoshihiro Yonezawa (2010)
* Weekly Shōnen Jump (2012)
* Fujiko Fujio (A) (2014)
* Chikako Mitsuhashi for Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (2015)
* Kyoto International Manga Museum (2016)
* Osamu Akimoto for Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kōen-mae Hashutsujo (2017)
* Tetsuya Chiba for Ashita no Joe (2018)
* Takao Saito for Golgo 13 (2019)

2020s|

* Machiko Hasegawa for Sazae-san (2020)
* Koyoharu Gotouge for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2021)
* Kazuo Umezu for Zoku Shingo: Chiisana Robot Shingo Bijutsukan (2023)
* COMITIA (2024)

Award for
Excellence|

* Moto Hagio for A Cruel God Reigns (1997)
* Yūji Aoki for Naniwa Kin'yūdō (1998)
* Akira Sasō for Shindō (1999)
* Minetarō Mochizuki for Dragon Head (2000)
* Kotobuki Shiriagari for Yajikita in Deep (2001)
* Kentaro Miura for Berserk (2002)

Creative
Award|

* Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata for Hikaru no Go (2003)
* Takashi Morimoto for Naniwadora ihon (2004)
* Fumiyo Kōno for Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms (2005)
* Asa Higuchi for Big Windup! (2006)
* Nobuhisa Nozoe, Kazuhisa Iwata and Kyojin Ōnishi for Shinsei Kigeki (2007)
* Toranosuke Shimada for Träumerei (2008)

New Artist
Prize|

* Suehiro Maruo for The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2009)
* Haruko Ichikawa for Mushi to Uta (2010)
* Hiromu Arakawa for Fullmetal Alchemist (2011)
* Yu Itō for Shut Hell (2012)
* Miki Yamamoto for Sunny Sunny Ann! (2013)
* Machiko Kyō for Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2014)
* Yoshitoki Ōima for A Silent Voice (2015)
* Yuki Andō for Machida-kun no Sekai (2016)
* Haruko Kumota for Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju (2017)
* Paru Itagaki for Beastars (2018)
* Sansuke Yamada for Areyo Hoshikuzu (2019)
* Rettō Tajima for Mizu wa Umi ni Mukatte Nagareru (2020)
* Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (2021)
* Natsuko Taniguchi for Kyōshitsu no Katasumi de Seishun wa Hajimaru and Konya Sukiyaki da yo (2022)
* Ganpu for Danchōtei Nichijō (2023)
* Akihito Sakaue for Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou (2024)

Short Story
Award|

* Hisaichi Ishii for Gendai Shisō no Sōnanshātachi (2003)
* Risu Akizuki for OL Shinkaron (2004)
* Rieko Saibara for Jōkyō Monogatari and Mainichi Kaasan (2005)
* Risa Itō for One Woman, Two Cats, Hey Pitan!, Onna no Mado (2006)
* Hiromi Morishita for Ōsaka Hamlet (2007)
* Yumiko Ōshima for Cher Gou-Gou...mon petit chat, mon petit ami (2008)
* Hikaru Nakamura for Saint Young Men (2009)
* Mari Yamazaki for Thermae Romae (2010)
* Keisuke Yamashina for C-kyū Salaryman Kōza, Papa wa Nanda ka Wakaranai (2011)
* Roswell Hosoki for Sake no Hosomichi (2012)
* Yoshiie Gōda for Love of Machine (2013)
* Yuki Shikawa for Onnoji (2014)
* Sensha Yoshida (2015)
* Tatsuya Nakazaki for Jimihen (2016)
* Kahoru Fukaya for Yomawari Neko (2017)
* Taro Yabe for Oya-san to Boku (2018)
* Ken Koyama for Little Miss P (2019)
* Yama Wayama for Captivated, by You (2020)
* Hiroko Nobara for Kieta Mama Tomo and Tsuma wa Kuchi o Kiite Kuremasen (2021)
* Izumi Okaya for Ii Toshi o and Hakumokuren wa Kirei ni Chiranai (2022)
* Ebine Yamaji for Onna no Ko ga Iru Basho wa (2023)
* Miri Masuda for Tsuyukusa Natsuko no Isshō (2024)

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