Hana Matsumoto

What gets me about Hana Matsumoto is that she didn't just survive child acting — she used it as a launchpad to completely flip the equation. Most kid performers are chasing adult roles; she went and picked up a camera, started writing her own scripts, and became a filmmaker. Born in Osaka in 1998, she belongs to a generation that grew up with the internet and still chose the slow, deliberate craft of cinema. There's something quietly radical about someone who knows what it feels like to be directed — really feels it from the inside — and then decides to be the one calling the shots instead. She's clearly not in it for the celebrity. Whatever she's making next, I'm paying attention.

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Hana Matsumoto is a Japanese actress, film director, and screenwriter born on January 24, 1998, in Osaka Prefecture. She began her career as a child actress before expanding her work to writing and directing films. Her multifaceted involvement on both sides of the camera — as a performer and as a filmmaker — marks her as a distinctive voice in contemporary Japanese cinema.

Name (English)

Hana Matsumoto

Name (Japanese)

松本花奈

Reading

まつもと はな

Born

January 24, 1998 (age 28)

Origin

Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Height

164 cm

Occupation

Actress / Film Director / Child Actress / Screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

Agency

CHOCOLATE Inc.

Active years

2006 -

Works summary

Appearances

102 (2006–2025)

By year (titles with a known year)

2006: 4, 2007: 5, 2008: 2, 2009: 3, 2010: 1, 2011: 3, 2012: 2, 2013: 3, 2014: 6, 2015: 3, 2016: 1, 2017: 5, 2018: 11, 2019: 12, 2020: 6, 2021: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 3, 2025: 2, year unknown: 23

Debut work

The Summer of Stickleback

Filmography / notable works

• Xhttps://x.com/hana_m0124
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E8%8A%B1%E5%A5%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531280

Tags

• From Osaka Prefecture
• Actress
• Film Director
• Child Actress

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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