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Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
About Taiyō Matsumoto
- Taiyo Matsumoto (Japanese: ????, Hepburn: Matsumoto Taiyo, born October 25, 1967) is a manga artist from Tokyo.
- He made his debut with STRAIGHT in Morning, Kodansha's monthly seinen manga magazine, but is known for his works with Kodansha's rival publisher Shogakukan, including Tekkonkinkreet, Ping Pong and Number Five.
- He has received critical praise for his unconventional and often surrealist art style.
- 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.
- In 2007 he received an Excellence Award for manga at the Japan Media Arts Festival for the art of Takemitsu Zamurai.
- He is the cousin of Santa Inoue, another manga artist.
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