Tortoise Matsumoto

Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス松本 Tōtasu Matsumoto, born December 28, 1966 as 松本敦 Atsushi Matsumoto) is the lead singer of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with Namida o Fuite (涙をふいて) in 2000.

Trigun character Nicholas D. Wolfwood is modeled after him.

On July 11, 2018 it was announced via a press conference video that Tortoise Matsumoto, Kazuyoshi Saito, Tamio Okuda, Takashi Hamazaki, Yohito Teraoka and YO-KING have formed a musician supergroup, the "Curling Sitones" (カーリングシトーンズ, Kāringu Shitōnzu).

Discography

Albums

• TRAVELLER (2003)
• FIRST (2009)
• Myway Highway (2010)
• NEW FACE (2012)
• TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY (2012)

Singles

• Hatsu Koi no ⁓What'sGoing On⁓ (LITTLE feat. Tortoise Matsumoto) (2005)
• OhayoJAPAN (RYO the SKYWALKER & Tortoise Matsumoto) (2007)
• Namida o todokete (2008)
• Hana no you ni Hoshi no you ni (2008)
• Boku ga tsuiteru (2009)
• Myoujou (2009)
• Straight (2010)
• Clear! (2010)
• Clear!/Dore dake no asa to yoru o ⁓shuarii samudei⁓ (2010)
• Happy Hour (2010)
• Myway Highway - Single (2009)
• Waimokun ekaki uta (2011)
• Ue o muite arukou (2011)
• Buranko (2012)
• Waa!/Charidaa (2014)
• L-O-V-E (Fuyumi Sakamato & Tortoise Matsumoto) (2015)
• Main Street (Ringo Sheena & Tortoise Matsumoto) (2017)