Yasunori Matsumoto

Acting

Yasunori Matsumoto

Born 1960-02-07 · Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

Yasunori Matsumoto is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with Sigma Seven. Some of Matsumoto's most notable roles are Wataru Akiyama in Initial D, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Magnum Ace in Shippū! Iron Leaguer, Gourry Gabriev in Slayers and Ryo Hibiki in Sonic Soldier Borgman. His wife was voice actress Junko Sakuma, who died in March 2011.

Acting credits

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users poster
7.2

Nobita wishes the world into a magic-reliant one with Doraemon's Moshimo-Box, and, along with his friends, must stop an asteroid from hitting the planet with help from a sorcerer-in-training.

Doraemon: Nobita's New Great Adventure Into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users

2007

Stand by Me Doraemon poster
7.4

Sewashi and Doraemon find themselves way back in time and meet Nobita. It is up to Doraemon to take care of Nobita or else he will not return to the present.

Stand by Me Doraemon

2014

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback poster
7.2

As police inspector Yamato Kansuke pursues a certain man in the snowy mountains of Nagano, a shadow suddenly appears in his field of vision. While he's distracted, a rifle bullet fired by someone grazes his left eye and causes an avalanche accompanied by a roar. Ten months later, Kansuke, having miraculously survived the avalanche, receives a report that a researcher at the Nobeyama National Astronomical Observatory has been attacked.

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

2025

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising poster
8.1

Class 1-A visits Nabu Island where they finally get to do some real hero work. The place is so peaceful that it's more like a vacation... until they're attacked by a villain with an unfathomable Quirk! His power is eerily familiar, and it looks like Shigaraki had a hand in the plan. But with All Might retired and citizens' lives on the line, there's no time for questions. Deku and his friends are the next generation of heroes, and they're the island's only hope.

My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising

2019

Halo Legends poster
7.3

The universe of the Halo video game series is expanded in seven short animated films from Japan's greatest anime directors and studios.

Halo Legends

2010

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa poster
7.3

Munich, Germany, 1923. Two years have passed since Edward Elric was dragged from his own world to ours, leaving behind his country, his friends and his younger brother, Alphonse. Stripped of his alchemical powers, he has been all this time researching rocketry together with Alphonse Heiderich, a young man who resembles his own brother, hoping to one day find a way back home. His efforts so far had proven fruitless, but after lending a hand to a troubled gipsy girl, Edward is thrown in a series of events that can wreak havoc in both worlds. Meanwhile, at his own world, Alphonse Elric ventures deeper into the mysteries of alchemy in search for a way to reunite with his older brother.

Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

2005

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur poster
7.4

After bringing a fossilized egg back to life with the Time Cloth, Nobita finds himself the owner of a baby dinosaur. Everything is fine until it grows up. Nobita and friends use Doraemon's time machine to return it back to its own time.

Doraemon: Nobita's Dinosaur

2006

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration poster
7.3

After being mocked for believing that rabbits live on the Moon, Nobita uses one of Doraemon’s gadgets to create a hidden lunar kingdom. Accompanied by a mysterious new classmate named Luca, Nobita and his friends travel to the Moon’s far side, where they discover children with extraordinary powers and become drawn into a dangerous conflict that reaches far beyond Earth.

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration

2019

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island poster
7.0

Upon hearing about the story of Treasure Island, Nobita dreams of discovering and exploring his own treasure island, despite the fact all of the Earth has been mapped already.

Doraemon: Nobita's Treasure Island

2018

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia poster
7.1

Doraemon, Nobita and his friends go to find Utopia, a perfect land in the sky where everyone lives with happiness, using an airship having a time warp function.

Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's Sky Utopia

2023

SK8 the Infinity EXTRA PART poster
7.5

Theatrical version of the OVA containing an extra 35 minutes of content, comprised of a special compilation video of the first season and a cast video.

SK8 the Infinity EXTRA PART

2025

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi poster
6.5

Doraemon and Nobita discover a mysterious golden ring far beneath the ice in Antarctica, leading them to uncover an ancient, ruined city.

Doraemon: Nobita's Great Adventure in the Antarctic Kachi Kochi

2017

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan poster
6.8

Doraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

2016

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure poster
6.8

Nobita and Doraemon use time tree Mochi and catch a big bird, which has been extinct for 500 years ago. To protect the animal, Nobita and Doraemon go to Beremon Island, overseen by a golden beetle named Herakles.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles – Animal Adventure

2012

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves poster
7.1

Doraemon and his friends have to rescue the people of Birdopia from the wrongdoing of vengeful former bird troopers before they unleash a wicked ancient dragon.

Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves

2001

Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler poster
7.7

Inuyasha and his brother, Sesshomaru, each inherited a sword from their father after his death. However, their father had a third sword, named Sounga, that he sealed away. Seven hundreds years after his death, Sounga awakens and threatens mankind's very existence. How will the children of the Great Dog Demon stop this unimaginable power?

Inuyasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

2003

Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness poster
7.4

Two years have passed since the Great War. Akito and Yurika have vanished. The Jovians and the Earthlings have joined forces and Ruri is now captain of Nadesico B. As the popularity of Boson Jumping grows, a vast transportation network has been developed. Dubbed the Hisago Plan, this network of Chulip portals holds the answers to the mysteries behind Bose particles and their power. If those secrets should fall into the wrong hands, it could mean big trouble. And big trouble there is. A Martian splinter group has launched an offensive, leaving the United Forces befuddled and desperate. So much so, in fact, that the former crew of the Nadesico is called back to active duty for a special unsanctioned mission-to save us all. Does this menagerie of misfits have what it takes? Who will win the race for the Boson technology? And what the heck happened to Akito and Yurika?

Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness

1998

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie poster
6.6

Sonic's arch nemesis Dr. Robotnik has been banished from the Land of Darkness by an evil Metal Robotnik. The devious doctor tells Sonic that the Robot Generator has been sabotaged and will blow Planet Freedom to kingdom come. But it's not until the President's beautiful daughter Sara turns on the charm that Sonic springs into action.

Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie

1996

Fight!! Spirit of the Sword poster
6.1

Yonosuke Hikura appears to be an ordinary high school student. Yet he has inherited the important role of protecting the harmony between Heaven and Earth. With the help of the magical sword Chitentai, and Tsukinojo Inbe, he courageously battles the demons, sending them back to the Earth World, from which they have escaped.

Fight!! Spirit of the Sword

1993

Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb poster
5.8

In this sequel to Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, the unbelievable violence of the Overfiend and his cohorts from Hell continues to wreak havoc on the earth. Who can stop this relentless onslaught?

Urotsukidōji II: Legend of the Demon Womb

1991

Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend poster
6.6

As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture the tyrant's daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the Gods.

Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend

1993

Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman poster
6.5

When realty TV host Carlos Kurozaki breaks into a mysterious underground pyramid for a television event, he removes a special gem. . . and unwittingly releases a diabolical monster called Zaigorg! The evil creature wants Kurozaki's gem, so it spawns an army of giant kaijus to get it! It's up to the famous superheroes Ultraman X, Ultraman Tiga, and the one and only original Ultraman to stop the worldwide monster war!

Ultraman X The Movie: Here He Comes! Our Ultraman

2016

Black Lion poster
5.7

The year is 1580 and Nobunaga Oda is working to consolidate his power over Japan. In his army are weapons of great destructive power: rapid fire machine guns, lasers, missiles and, most frightening of all, the reputedly immortal ninja Ginnai Doma. Like a sentence of divine wrath he hunts down and destroys dissident monks, ninjas and others, wherever they may be. With the clans on the brink of destruction, a single ninja accepts the impossible task: kill the immortal Ginnai.

Black Lion

1992

Jungle Emperor Leo poster
7.0

Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first time to depict the theme that "All life is equal" through Leo's self-sacrifice.

Jungle Emperor Leo

1997