Hitoshi Matsumoto

Hitoshi Matsumoto , or Matchan as he is commonly known, is a Japanese comedian best known as the boke half the popular owarai duo Downtown alongside Masatoshi Hamada. Like Hamada, Matsumoto was born and raised in Amagasaki, just outside Osaka city and prefecture and technically in Hygo Prefecture, though he usually refers to himself as an Osakan.

Matsumoto was born in Amagasaki, Hygo, to a poor family. He has one older sister and one older brother, Takahiro Matsumoto , an established folk guitarist who released an autobiographical book titled Matsumotos Older Brother . He has expressed his feelings about growing up in a poor household in a poem titled Chicken Rice which Hamada turned into a song in 2004. In his poem, he wrote how laughter was the only way to get through those times. He credits his poverty for giving him a good imagination and sense of play, as it forced him to invent his own games to entertain himself.

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