Jun Matsumoto is a member of Japanese boy band, Arashi. Not only is he a singer, but is an actor and a radio host as well. His nickname is MatsuJun.
He was born in August 30, 1983
His grandmother wanted to name him Jun with a Kanji character of 純.
However, other family members suggested it would be difficult to spell that character, and there is a canned drink with a label with the word, 純 in their house at the time. It would be cheap to name their child the same name with the drink, so they went with a different spelling, 潤.
Here are some cute photos of Jun when he was a baby.
He has an older sister
His sister is 3 years older than June. When she was little, she was a big fan of Kinki Kids, another boy band consisting of two members; Tsuyoshi Domoto and Koichi Domoto.
She wanted to get close to them so she decided to send an application for his little brother to the talent agency, Johnnys, where Kinki Kids belonged.
She also calls her brother, MatsuJun.
He joined Johnnys at age 12
After his sister sent in the application to Johnnys for his little brother, he was acceptted without any auditions.
It took the agency only 1.5 months to give him a call he passed the screening.
There are only five other members at Johnnys who were able to join the agency without any auditions;
Atsuhiro Sato
Kenichi Okamoto
Higashiyama Noriyuki
Koichi Domoto
Tsuyoshi Domoto
His screen debut was at age 14
After taking lessons at Johnnys for 1.5 years, he began his acting career on three TV dramas in 1997.
