# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tortoise-matsumoto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:12:00.837Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tortoise-matsumoto"
name: "Tortoise Matsumoto"
slug: "tortoise-matsumoto"
description: "Tortoise Matsumoto is the lead singer of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with Namida o Fuite (涙をふいて) in 2000."
tagline: "Japanese singer"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/ibF8yWO6UGp54CmTL2LAuedl7Qc.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.39
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.675088000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 3500
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tortoise_matsumoto_official/"
    handle:    "tortoise_matsumoto_official"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878137/"
    handle:    "nm0878137"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/50MDyQulQMbVbC4wf8T9kz"
    handle:    "50MDyQulQMbVbC4wf8T9kz"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tortoisematsumoto.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdXNM9y6jSp_3ubD4oH2Ww"
    handle:    "Tortoise Matsumoto - Topic"
    followers: 3500
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3550850"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_Matsumoto"
    title: "Tortoise Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "تورتويس ماتسوموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto_Tortoise"
    title: "Matsumoto Tortoise"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "توتایسو ماتسوموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%82%B9%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC"
    title: "トータス松本"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5989e42-11b9-49d2-a752-7768ac2d4b3c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/877420"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1060296"
    title: "Tortoise Matsumoto"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views