Sumire Matsubara

Sumire Matsubara has always struck me as someone who refuses to be defined by a single lane. Born in Tokyo to a famous acting family, she could have coasted on name recognition, yet she earned a degree from Carnegie Mellon and built a career spanning modeling, music, and acting on her own terms. At 175 cm she has the presence of a model, but it's the intellectual curiosity behind it that I find most appealing. Multi-hyphenate talents sometimes spread themselves thin, but Sumire seems to fold everything she does into one coherent, self-possessed identity, and I'm rooting for her.

Name (English)

Sumire Matsubara

Name (Japanese)

すみれ

Reading

すみれ

Born

July 15, 1990 (age 36)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Height

175 cm

Occupation

fashion model / singer / actor / tarento / model

University

Carnegie Mellon University

• Official sitehttps://www.universal-music.co.jp/sumire
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sumire808/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumire%20Matsubara
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%99%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8C%20(%E3%83%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11269871

Tags

• Tokyo
• fashion model
• singer
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-21

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