Hitoshi Matsumoto

Hitoshi Matsumoto was born on Sep 08, 1963 in Japan. Hitoshi Matsumoto's big-screen debut came with Densetsu no kyôshi - Season 1 directed by Tarô Ohtani in 2000, strarring Jirô Nanba.

Hitoshi Matsumoto and his childhood friend Masatoshi Hamada teamed up as comedy duo Downtown. When they had their own TV shows in late 80s, they became phenomenal pop culture among young Japanese people. Unlike other comedy duos in Japan, they are still together, and they dominate prime time TV shows in Japan. They are most notably famous for their yearly "batsu" TV special aired on New Years Eve from 18:30 - 00:00 that has been running for 10 consecutive years which gained a large following internationally via YouTube.