Ryusuke Matsumoto

Sanyutei Kinba

  • Name: Sanyutei Kinba
  • Native name: 三遊亭小金馬
  • Also Known as: 松本 龍典, まつもとりゅうすけ, さんゆうてい きんば
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 19, 1929
  • Died: October 1, 2018
As of 2020, it is the oldest rakugo storyteller in both the east and the west , and the only war-time rakugo storyteller who still survives .

When he was a child, he dreamed of training for a soldier, but he became interested in rakugo by listening to the SP record of Yanagiya Kingoro . He showed rakugo to his family and neighbors, and they burst into laughter.

In July 1941, at the age of 12 after graduating from elementary school, he was a messenger manager and introduced to the third generation Sanyutei Kinma. A second promotion on August 18th, immediately after the end of the 1945 war he was renamed Sanyutei Kinba . Edit Biography
Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
2003 Korogashi o Gin: Chichi Musume (Oyako) Adauchi Edo Nikki
Japanese Drama, 2003, 9 eps
(Support Role)
9
Support Role
0.0
1966 Kore ga Seishun da
Japanese Drama, 1966, 39 eps
Ideme Tayoshi [Ideme Jiro's father] / Sanyutei Kinma (Ep. 25) (Support Role)
39
Ideme Tayoshi [Ideme Jiro's father] / Sanyutei Kinma (Ep. 25)
Support Role
0.0
1956 New Family Album
Japanese Drama, 1956, 8 eps
Saburo (Ep. 3) (Guest Role)
8
Saburo (Ep. 3)
Guest Role
0.0
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
1965 Seishun to Hananda
Japanese Movie, 1965,
Terada Kiyosaku [Yusaku Terada's father] (Bit part)
Terada Kiyosaku [Yusaku Terada's father]
Bit part
6.0
1961 Comedy Threesome Beware of Suspicious Guys
Japanese Movie, 1961,
Ryusuke (Support Role)
Ryusuke
Support Role
0.0
1961 Comedy Trio Crybaby Weakling and Twisted Insect
Japanese Movie, 1961,
Ryusuke (Support Role)
Ryusuke
Support Role
0.0
1961 I am a Mountain Man in the City
Japanese Movie, 1961,
Manpuku hall owner (Bit part)
Manpuku hall owner
Bit part
4.0
1958 Comedy Trio
Japanese Movie, 1958,
Kin-chan (Main Role)
Kin-chan
Main Role
0.0
Special
Year Title # Role Rating
1985 Onna Kenji Kasumi Yuko 1
Japanese Special, 1985, 1 eps
(Guest Role)
1
Guest Role
4.0
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  • First Name: Ryusuke
  • Family Name: Matsumoto
  • Native name: 三遊亭小金馬
  • Also Known as: 松本 龍典, まつもとりゅうすけ, さんゆうてい きんば
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Gender: Male
  • Born: March 19, 1929
  • Died: October 1, 2018

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