Matsumoto (松本, "base of the pine tree") is the 16th most common Japanese surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
Hajime Matsumoto (born 1974), activist
Hideto Matsumoto (1964–1998), musician better known by his stage name hide
Hideya Matsumoto, mathematician
Hiroyo Matsumoto (born 1985), professional wrestler
Hitoshi Matsumoto (born 1963), comedian
Ikuo Matsumoto (born 1941), footballer
Izumi Matsumoto (born 1958), manga author
Jirō Matsumoto (born 1970), manga author
Jun Matsumoto (born 1983), singer and actor
Kaoru Matsumoto (born 1960), professional wrestler
Katsuji Matsumoto (1904–1986), illustrator and manga author
Matsumoto Kōshirō, stage name for a lineage of kabuki actors
Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (1870–1949), tachiyaku kabuki actor from the Meiji Period through the 1940s
Matsumoto Kōshirō IX (born 1942), tachiyaku kabuki actor currently performing
Leiji Matsumoto (born 1938), manga author
Miyako Matsumoto (born 1985), actress and professional wrestler
Namika Matsumoto (born 1992), Japanese weightlifter
Rica Matsumoto (born 1968), voice actor and singer
Rie Matsumoto (born 1985), anime director
Roy Matsumoto (1914–2014), a United States Army soldier and inductee of the U.S. Army Rangers Hall Of Fame and the Military Intelligence Corps Hall of Fame
Seichō Matsumoto (1909–1992), author
Tak Matsumoto (born 1961), musician and guitarist
Takashi Matsumoto (lyricist) (born 1949), lyricist and former musician
Takashi Matsumoto (poet) (1906–1956), writer
Tortoise Matsumoto (born 1966), singer
Toshio Matsumoto (born 1932), avant garde film director
Yasunori Matsumoto (born 1960), voice actor
Yukihiro Matsumoto (born 1965), programmer, author and creator of Ruby programming language
Shoko Asahara (born 1955), a.k.a. Chizuo Matsumoto, founder of the Aum Shinrikyo religion and convicted murderer
