Matsushita (written: lit. "below the
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") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Daisuke Matsushita
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Matsushita was born in Iwata on October 31, 1981. He joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata from youth team in 2000. However he could not play at all in the match behind Yushi Ozaki and Ar ...
(born 1981), a former Japanese football player
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Hiro Matsushita
, also known by , is a Japanese businessman and former racing driver. Matsushita is the first and only Japanese driver to win the Toyota Atlantic Championship (Pacific) in 1989 and also the first Japanese driver to race at the Indy 500. He is th ...
(born 1961), former Japanese Champ Car racing driver, businessman and grandson of
Konosuke Matsushita. Chairman of
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*, Japanese handball player
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Ko Matsushita
Ko Matsushita (松下 耕, born 16 October 1962) is a Japanese conductor and composer.André de Quadros ''The Cambridge Companion to Choral Music'' 2012 1107493390 p.156 "There has been a marked increase in choral compositions since the founding ...
, a Japanese conductor and composer
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Kohei Matsushita (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Ehime F.C.
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Konosuke Matsushita (1894–1989), a Japanese industrialist and founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., now known as
Panasonic Corporation
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
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Masaharu Matsushita
, was a Japanese businessman who served as the second President of Panasonic for sixteen years beginning in 1961. He was the son-in-law of Panasonic's founder, Konosuke Matsushita. Masaharu Matsushita has been credited with expanding Panasonic i ...
(1912–2012), a Japanese businessman, the second president of Matsushita Electric, and son-in-law of
Konosuke Matsushita
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Miyuki Matsushita
is a Japanese voice actress affiliated with Arts Vision. She was born in Saitama Prefecture.
Voice roles
Anime television series
* '' Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands'' (Kate Addleton)
* ''Saiyuki (manga)'' (Xiahua)
* ''The Twelve K ...
(born 1969), a Japanese voice actress
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Moeko Matsushita
is a Japanese singer and actress from Hyōgo, Japan. Currently, she is an artist.
Her most famous TV role to date was on ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon'' as Hina Kusaka. She entered the spotlight at age 15 when she won the multimedia prize of ...
(born 1982), a Japanese singer and actress
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Nao Matsushita
is a Japanese actress and singer.
History
Nao was born in Ikoma, Nara on 8 February 1985 and grew up in Kawanishi, Hyōgo. Winning Japan's Elite Model Look started her modeling career in earnest. She attended the Tokyo College of Music.
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(born 1985), a Japanese actress and pianist
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Nobuharu Matsushita
is a Japanese racing driver currently competing in Super GT and Super Formula. He formerly competed in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship for MP Motorsport before being replaced by current Super Formula driver Giuliano Alesi.
Early career
Kart ...
(born 1993), a Japanese racing driver
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Sayami Matsushita
is an athlete from Japan. She competes in archery.
Matsushita represented Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 35th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 624. In the first round of elimination, she faced ...
(born 1982), a Japanese archer
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Shinpei Matsushita
is a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature). A graduate of Hosei University, he worked at the government of Miyazaki Prefecture from April 1991 to December 1996 ...
(born 1966), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
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Susumu Matsushita
Susumu Matsushita (松下進 ''Matsushita Susumu''; born February 6, 1950 in Fussa, Tokyo) is a Japanese manga artist known for his unique American comic–influenced design. His most famous works are the designing of the mascots and of the Ori ...
(born 1950), a Japanese manga artist
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Tadahiro Matsushita
was a Japanese politician and five-time member of the House of Representatives of Japan. He served in government from 1962 when he joined the Ministry of Construction to 2012. At the time of his death, he was the Minister of State for Financial ...
(born 1949), member of the House of Representatives of Japan
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Toshihiro Matsushita
is a former Japanese football player.
Playing career
Matsushita was born in Kagoshima on 17 October 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka in 2002. He debuted in first season and played several matches a ...
(born 1983), a Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Albirex Niigata
*, Japanese actress
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*, Japanese swimmer
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Yuya Matsushita
is a Japanese pop and R&B singer and actor under Japanese Dream Records. His debut single " foolish foolish" was released on November 26, 2008. He had his first breakthrough as Sebastian Michaelis in the ''Black Butler'' musical and since then, ...
(born 1990), a Japanese R&B and Hip Hop singer and performer
See also
*Matsushita Electric Industrial, now
Panasonic Corporation
formerly between 1935 and 2008 and the first incarnation of between 2008 and 2022, is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation, headquartered in Kadoma, Osaka. It was founded by Kōnosuke Matsushita in 1918 as a lightbulb s ...
, a multinational electronics corporation based in Kadoma, Japan
*Matsushita Electric Works, now
Panasonic Electric Works
is a Japanese company specializing in the production of industrial devices. It can trace its beginnings to a firm that was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. Matsushita began making the flashlight components for bicycles, then progressed to ...
, a lighting, building materials, and appliance manufacturer in Japan
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Matsushita Station, a train station on the JR Central Sangū Line in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
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Matsushita Whiteline Skip, a compression scheme employed on Panasonic fax machines
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Japanese-language surnames