Matsumoto Jun

Matsumoto Jun (松本 潤,) was born in Tokyo, August 30^th,1983. His nickname is Matsujun. Heis one of Japanese top singer and actor. He is best known as Arashi member, a Japanese popular boyband and as the youngest member in the group.

Matsujun is the youngest child. Because his older sister support od KinKi Kids, he made a decision to join Johnny’s Entertainment in 1996, which has popular actors, actresses, and singers, like Hamasaki Ayumi. When he was in elementary school graduation day, he sent his application and a week later, he received a phone from Johnny Kitagawa, the president of Johnny’s Entertainment and he was received without any audition. Matsujun graduated from Horikoshi Gakuen, a renowned high school known for its many performing arts alumnae, at the age of 18.

Matsujun began his career in the entertainment industry as a back-up dancer for other groups before he was gathered into a five-member group named Arashi in 1999 at the age of 16. The group's name means "storm" and is meant to represent the group's ambition of "creating a storm throughout the world" through their music. Arashi's debut single, “A.RA.SHI”. was success reaching number 1 on the charts

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Beside as singer, they also have their own tv shows since 2001. Their first program is Mayonaka no Arashi ("Midnight Arashi") and had 38 episodes. Another tv hows are Arashi no Shukudai-kun ("Arashi's Homework"), Himitsu no Arashi-chan ("Arashi-chan's Secrets") and a game show, VS Arashi.

Matsujun have many dramas and movies where he played in. Such as HanaYori Dango as Doumyoji Tsukasa (he got an award from this drama), Gokusen 1, Banbino!, Kimi wa Petto, and the newest drama is Smile where he played as Japanese-Philippines.