is a Japanese singer and actor originally from

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. He is a founding member of the vocal group

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and in recent years has been a member of the

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group

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, gaining prominence as the vocalist for ''

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''s opening theme song, and more recently for the ending theme of ''

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.'' Matsubara has also appeared in various musical productions in Japan, including performing as

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in a production of ''

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'' and Jack in ''

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''. He began being interested in an

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career when he was 16 and was taught by

Ichirou Mizuki , better known by his stage name , was a Japanese singer, lyricist, composer, voice actor and actor best known for his work on theme songs for anime and tokusatsu. For over 50 years, he had recorded over 1,200 songs for Japanese film, televisio ...

before debuting in the

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vocal ensemble

References

External links

Matsubara's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsubara, Tsuyoshi Living people 1979 births Japanese male pop singers Singers from Tokyo Anime musicians 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers