Shuzo Matsuoka

Most people outside Japan know Shuzo Matsuoka, if they know him at all, as the shouting man in the motivational clips. I prefer the other half of the story. He reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals, peaked at world No. 46, and won exactly one tour singles title, in Seoul in 1992. For a Japanese man of that era, that was close to the ceiling. What makes his second career convincing to me is that the encouragement comes from someone who spent years losing to better players and kept turning up anyway. That is why it never sounds hollow. Cheerleading only works when the cheerleader knows what it costs.

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Name (English)

Shuzo Matsuoka

Name (Japanese)

松岡修造

Reading

まつおか しゅうぞう

Born

November 6, 1967 (age 58)

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

185 cm

Weight

85 kg

Occupation

tennis player / tarento

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Goat

Spouse

田口惠美子

Works summary

Appearances

60 (1988–2023)

By year

1988: 1, 1998: 1, 2000: 3, 2001: 2, 2002: 2, 2003: 1, 2004: 5, 2005: 1, 2006: 3, 2007: 4, 2008: 3, 2009: 4, 2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 4, 2013: 1, 2014: 4, 2015: 2, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 1

Debut work

富士ゼロックス

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.shuzo.co.jp/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuzo%20Matsuoka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E5%B2%A1%E4%BF%AE%E9%80%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978594

Tags

• Tokyo
• tennis player
• tarento

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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