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Taiyo Matsumoto

Born

in Japan

October 25, 1967

Genre

Manga, Comics, Graphic Novels

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See also: 松本大洋 and 松本大洋

Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer.

In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto st ...more

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	鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] All in One (鉄コン筋クリート, #1-3) by Taiyo Matsumoto, 松本大洋 4.37 avg rating — 3,475 ratings — published 1994 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunny, Vol. 1 (Sunny, #1) by Taiyo Matsumoto, Michael Arias (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 2,342 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cats of the Louvre (Musée du Louvre #14 & 15) by Taiyo Matsumoto, Michael Arias (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 2,417 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tokyo These Days, Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto, Michael Arias (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 1,416 ratings — published 2021 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	GoGo Monster 4.02 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 2000 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunny, Vol. 2 (Sunny, #2) 4.47 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 2012 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ping Pong Omnibus, Vol. 1 4.39 avg rating — 1,080 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunny, Vol. 3 (Sunny, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 816 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ping Pong Omnibus, Vol. 2 4.61 avg rating — 727 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunny, Vol. 4 (Sunny, #4) 4.50 avg rating — 688 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sunny (6 books)
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鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] (3 books)
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松本大洋

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ルーヴルの猫 [Louvre no neko] (2 books)
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ピンポン [Ping Pong] (5 books)
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東京ヒゴロ [Tokyo Higoro] (3 books)
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“That's right, Snowbébé. This world—it's cold and smelly.”
― Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre

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“Your coming here...made me so very happy. I wanted to keep dancing with you forever. That we should be so sad now...means we are very dear to each other. But really, there is nothing to be sad about...nothing at all.”
― Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre

tags: dancing-forever, dancing-with-you, dear-to-each-other, happiness, happy-to-meet-you, nothing-to-be-sad-about, parting-ways, sadness, very-happy

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“Snowbébé, you've probably forgotten by now, but... Once, you looked at my body—my hairless body—and said it was pretty. So you see, your words made me so very happy. I always thought I was unattractive...”
― Taiyo Matsumoto, Cats of the Louvre

tags: cats, cats-quotes, compliment, compliments, confidence, hairless, low-self-esteem, low-self-image, paying-compliments, self-esteem

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