birthdate: '1938-01-25'
birthplace: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
deathdate: '2023-02-13'
discography:
- catalog: CK-501
  date: '1978-03-25'
  link: album/93001
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Kareki Reika/Hoshi no Tabibito / Isao Sasaki
    ja: 枯木霊歌/星の旅人 / ささきいさお
    ja-latn: Kareki Reika/Hoshi no Tabibito / Isao Sasaki
  type: drama
- catalog: CQ-7002
  date: '1978-03-25'
  link: album/51559
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  - Lyricist
  - Illustrator
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: space fantasy Emeraldus
    ja: スペースファンタジー エメラルダス
    ja-latn: space fantasy Emeraldus
  type: drama
- catalog: CH-66
  date: '1978-07-01'
  link: album/70781
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: TV Manga Action Series Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    ja: テレビまんがアクション・シリーズ 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック
    ja-latn: TV Manga Action Series Space Pirate Captain Harlock
  type: anime
- catalog: CS-7070
  date: '1978-08-25'
  link: album/52016
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Theme / Insert Songs
    ja: 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック 主題歌/挿入歌集
    ja-latn: Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock Shudaika / Sounyuukashuu
  type: anime
- catalog: CPY-530
  date: '1978-09-01'
  link: album/84676
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Otoko no Uta ~Narration to Uta de Tsuzuru Wakamono no Message~ / Isao Sasaki
    ja: おとこの詩 ～ナレーションと歌で綴る 若者へのメッセージ～ / ささきいさお
    ja-latn: Otoko no Uta ~Narration to Uta de Tsuzuru Wakamono no Message~ / Isao
      Sasaki
  type: anime
- catalog: CS-7072
  date: '1978-09-01'
  link: album/72722
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Otoko no Uta ~Narration to Uta de Tsuzuru Wakamono no Message~ / Isao Sasaki
    ja: おとこの詩 ～ナレーションと歌で綴る 若者へのメッセージ～ / ささきいさお
    ja-latn: Otoko no Uta ~Narration to Uta de Tsuzuru Wakamono no Message~ / Isao
      Sasaki
  type: anime
- catalog: CK-516
  date: 1978-11
  link: album/62302
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: The Cockpit / Amakakeru Yume
    ja: ザ・コクピット / 天駆ける夢
    ja-latn: The Cockpit / Amakakeru Yume
  type: drama
- catalog: CQ-7016
  date: 1978-11
  link: album/52937
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  - Lyricist
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: THE COCKPIT
    ja: ザ・コクピット
    ja-latn: THE COCKPIT
  type: drama
- catalog: CS-7090
  date: 1979-01
  link: album/62270
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Matsumoto Leiji no Sekai
    ja: 松本零士の世界
    ja-latn: Matsumoto Leiji no Sekai
  type: anime
- catalog: CK-535
  date: '1979-05-10'
  link: album/77987
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Utsukushii Hito... Emeraldas/Otokotachi no Ballad / Yoshito Machida
    ja: 美しい女(ひと)…エメラルダス/男たちのバラード / 町田義人
    ja-latn: Utsukushii Hito... Emeraldas/Otokotachi no Ballad / Yoshito Machida
  type: drama
- catalog: CQ-7021
  date: '1979-06-10'
  link: album/66640
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Emeraldus II
    ja: エメラルダスII
    ja-latn: Emeraldus II
  type: drama
- catalog: CS-7129
  date: '1979-08-25'
  link: album/67546
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Drama-hen
    ja: 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック ドラマ編
    ja-latn: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Drama-hen
  type: anime
- catalog: CTK-514
  date: 1979-10
  link: album/137939
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Saishin Anime Best Hit & Hit 24
    ja: 最新アニメベストヒット&ヒット24
    ja-latn: Saishin Anime Best Hit & Hit 24
  type: anime
- catalog: CW-7223~4
  date: 1979-10
  link: album/78250
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Saishin Anime Best Hit & Hit 24
    ja: 最新アニメベストヒット&ヒット24
    ja-latn: Saishin Anime Best Hit & Hit 24
  type: anime
- catalog: CS-7189
  date: '1980-05-01'
  link: album/66638
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: TV Special Galaxy Express 999 Eien no Tabibito Emeraldas
    ja: テレビスペシャル 銀河鉄道999 永遠の旅人エメラルダス
    ja-latn: TV Special Galaxy Express 999 Eien no Tabibito Emeraldas
  type: anime
- catalog: VIH-28012
  date: 1980-08
  link: album/28371
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: Marine Snow no Densetsu
    ja: マリンスノーの伝説
    ja-latn: Marine Snow no Densetsu
  type: anime
- catalog: CQ-7056
  date: 1980-10
  link: album/113649
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Akira Kamiya Best Hit
    ja: 神谷明 ベストヒット
    ja-latn: Akira Kamiya Best Hit
  type: anime
- catalog: CZ-7091~2
  date: 1980-12
  link: album/138972
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: 'Ginga Tetsudou 999: Kimi wa Haha no You ni Aiseru ka!! ~Toumeikai Umi no
      Artemis yori~'
    ja: 銀河鉄道999 君は母のように愛せるか!!～透明海のアルテミスより～
    ja-latn: 'Galaxy Express 999 Galaxy Express 999: Can You Love Like a Mother!!'
  type: anime
- catalog: CQ-7059~60
  date: '1980-12-25'
  link: album/33350
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Special Appearance
  titles:
    en: '''80 YAMATO FESTIVAL IN BUDOKAN LIVE'
    ja: '''80ヤマト・フェスティバル・イン・武道館－ライヴ－'
    ja-latn: '''80 YAMATO FESTIVAL IN BUDOKAN LIVE'
  type: anime
- catalog: K25A-118
  date: '1981'
  link: album/109811
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Guest
  titles:
    en: animetopia / Rihoko Yoshida & Yoko Asagami
    ja: アニメトピア / 吉田理保子&麻上洋子
    ja-latn: animetopia / Rihoko Yoshida & Yoko Asagami
  type: drama
- catalog: CB-7114~5
  date: '1981-07-25'
  link: album/24155
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: Symphonic Poem Adieu Galaxy Express 999
    ja: 交響詩 さよなら銀河鉄道999－アンドロメダ終着駅－
    ja-latn: Koukyoushi Sayonara Ginga Tetsudou 999 -Andromeda Shuuchakueki-
  type: anime
- catalog: CZ-7125~6
  date: '1981-09-25'
  link: album/82437
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: LEIJI MATSUMOTO no Subete Roman no Sekai
    ja: 松本零士のすべて SFロマンの世界
    ja-latn: LEIJI MATSUMOTO no Subete Roman no Sekai
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7051
  date: '1982-04-21'
  link: album/44684
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: TV Original BGM Collection SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HARLOCK
    ja: テレビオリジナルBGMコレクション 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック
    ja-latn: TV Original BGM Collection Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock
  type: anime
- catalog: CTY-508
  date: 1982-09
  link: album/131318
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  - Lyricist
  - Liner Notes
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: 'Space Fantasy Emeraldus SPECIAL TWIN: Emeraldus / Emeraldus II'
    ja: スペース・ファンタジー エメラルダス 総集編 エメラルダス / エメラルダスII
    ja-latn: 'Space Fantasy Emeraldus Soushuuhen: Emeraldus / Emeraldus II'
  type: drama
- catalog: CB-7129~30
  date: '1982-09-21'
  link: album/85834
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Project Planner
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: MY YOUTH IN ARCADIA Drama-hen
    ja: 東急エージェンシー・東映映画 わが青春のアルカディア オリジナルサウンドトラック・ドラマ編
    ja-latn: Tokyu Agency Toei Eiga Waga Seishun no Arcadia Original Soundtrack Drama-hen
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7071
  date: '1982-10-21'
  link: album/50011
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Character Designer
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP MY YOUTH IN ARCADIA SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: DIGITAL TRIP わが青春のアルカディア シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Waga Seishun no Arcadia Synthesizer Fantasy
  type: anime
- catalog: CX-7085
  date: 1983-02
  link: album/51577
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: DIGITAL TRIP Queen Emeraldus SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
    ja: デジタルトリップ クイーン・エメラルダス シンセサイザー・ファンタジー
    ja-latn: DIGITAL TRIP Queen Emeraldus SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
  type: print
- catalog: 28CC-2294
  date: '1988-05-21'
  link: album/19629
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: TIME CAPSULE "CD" TV Original BGM Collection Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    ja: TIME CAPSULE "CD" テレビ・オリジナル・BGM・コレクション 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック
    ja-latn: TIME CAPSULE "CD" TV Original BGM Collection Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock
  type: anime
- catalog: CC-4193
  date: '1989-10-21'
  link: album/52952
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: MEMORIAL SONGS COLLECTION:4 Space Pirate Captain Harlock
    ja: メモリアル・ソング・コレクション4 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック
    ja-latn: MEMORIAL SONGS COLLECTION:4 Space Pirate Captain Harlock
  type: anime
- catalog: CC-4341~2
  date: '1989-11-21'
  link: album/51613
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: TIME TRIP CD SERIES Matsumoto Leiji no Sekai
    ja: TIME TRIP CD SERIES 松本零士の世界
    ja-latn: TIME TRIP CD SERIES Matsumoto Leiji no Sekai
  type: anime
- catalog: CC-4364~5
  date: '1989-12-01'
  link: album/71275
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: TIME TRIP CD SERIES SF & SPACE ANIMATION vol.1
    ja: タイムトリップCDシリーズ SF&スペースアニメ大全集 vol.1
    ja-latn: TIME TRIP CD SERIES SF & SPACE ANIMATION vol.1
  type: anime
- catalog: COCC-13042
  date: '1995-11-21'
  link: album/132482
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Otoko no Uta / Isao Sasaki
    ja: 男の詩 / 佐々木功
    ja-latn: Otoko no Uta / Sasaki Isao
  type: anime
- catalog: BVDR-1197
  date: '1997-10-22'
  link: album/131235
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Original Work
  titles:
    en: Ginga no Hate Made / Susie Kang
    ja: 銀河の果てまで / スージー・カン
    ja-latn: Ginga no Hate Made / Susie Kang
  type: live
- catalog: COCC-15074
  date: '1998-06-20'
  link: album/22643
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: Queen Emeraldas Original Soundtrack
    ja: クイーンエメラルダス オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Queen Emeraldas Original Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-30275~9
  date: '1999-03-20'
  link: album/121919
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Isao Sasaki Deluxe Collection -Otoko no Uta Special-
    ja: 佐々木功 デラックス・コレクション 一男の詩スペシャルー
    ja-latn: Isao Sasaki Deluxe Collection -Otoko no Uta Special-
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-30770
  date: '2000-01-01'
  link: album/51598
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: The World of QUEEN EMERALDAS
    ja: クイーンエメラルダスの世界
    ja-latn: Queen Emeraldas no Sekai
  type: anime
- catalog: GES-31170~9
  date: '2000-05-28'
  link: album/28484
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: The Music Encyclopedia of LEIJI MATSUMOTO 1999
    ja: 松本零士音楽大全
    ja-latn: Matsumoto Leiji Ongakutaizen
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-31082~3
  date: '2000-09-30'
  link: album/33383
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Supervisor
  - Project Planner
  - Liner Notes
  - Original Plan
  titles:
    en: SPACE BATTLE SHIP YAMATO ETERNAL EDITION File No.0 & 1
    ja: 宇宙戦艦ヤマト ETERNAL EDITION File No.0 & 1
    ja-latn: Uchuu Senkan Yamato ETERNAL EDITION File No.0 & 1
  type: anime
- catalog: VJCP-68283
  date: '2001-03-10'
  link: album/97089
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Discovery / Daft Punk
    ja: ディスカバリー / Daft Punk
    ja-latn: Discovery / Daft Punk
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-31703~4
  date: '2002-02-21'
  link: album/23781
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Eternal Edition File No.7&8 ~ Songs of Arcadia
    ja: ETERNAL EDITION File No.7&8 宇宙海賊キャプテンハーロック SONGS of ARCADIA
    ja-latn: Space Pirate Captain Harlock Eternal Edition File No.7&8 ~ Songs of Arcadia
  type: anime
- catalog: VPCG-84766
  date: '2002-12-21'
  link: album/22642
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Liner Notes
  titles:
    en: SPACE PIRATE CAPTAIN HERLOCK OUTSIDE LEGEND ~The endless odyssey~
    ja: キャプテンハーロック アウトサイド・レジェンド ~ジ・エンドレス・オデッセィ~ オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Captain Herlock Outside Legend ~The Endless Odyssey~ Original Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: CODC-2106
  date: '2003-05-21'
  link: album/125111
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Illustrator
  titles:
    en: SUBMARINE SUPER 99 / Ichirou Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie
    ja: サブマリン スーパー99主題歌 / 水木一郎 & 堀江美都子
    ja-latn: SUBMARINE SUPER 99 Shudaika / Ichirou Mizuki & Mitsuko Horie
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-32297~8
  date: '2003-07-30'
  link: album/131344
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Leiji Matsumoto Animation World
    ja: 松本零士の世界
    ja-latn: Matsumoto Leiji no Sekai
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-32477
  date: '2003-11-19'
  link: album/24009
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Package Illustrator
  - Project Planner
  titles:
    en: SYMPHONIC POEM "THE GALAXY RAILWAYS
    ja: 交響詩 銀河鉄道物語
    ja-latn: Koukyoushi Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-32546
  date: '2004-01-21'
  link: album/24010
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Project Planner
  titles:
    en: SYMPHONIC POEM "THE GALAXY RAILWAYS" The 2nd Movement -BGM Collection-
    ja: 交響詩 銀河鉄道物語 第二楽章 -BGMコレクション-
    ja-latn: Koukyoushi Ginga Tetsudou Monogatari Daini Gakushou -BGM Collection-
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-33356
  date: '2005-09-28'
  link: album/143221
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Jacket Illustrator
  titles:
    en: Debut 45th Anniversary Isao Sasaki BEST -Ginga Koukaishi-
    ja: デビュー45周年記念盤 ささきいさおベスト -銀河航海誌-
    ja-latn: Debut 45-shuunen Kinenban Isao Sasaki BEST -Ginga Koukaishi-
  type: anime
- catalog: COCX-37636~45
  date: '2012-11-14'
  link: album/36037
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Lyricist
  titles:
    en: Composer SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI 50th Anniversary CD-BOX
    ja: 菊池俊輔 作曲50周年 CD-BOX
    ja-latn: Kikuchi Shunsuke Sakkyoku 50-shuunen CD-BOX
  type: anime
- catalog: TTCD-0214
  date: '2014-01-04'
  link: album/126317
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Visual Creator
  titles:
    en: 'Galaxy Express 999: Akai Hoshi Betelgeuse ~ Inochi no Kagayaki Original Soundtrack'
    ja: 銀河鉄道999 赤い星ベテルギウス～いのちの輝き オリジナルサウンドトラック
    ja-latn: 'Galaxy Express 999: Akai Hoshi Betelgeuse ~ Inochi no Kagayaki Original
      Soundtrack'
  type: anime
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Jan 25, 1938
  Birthplace: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
  Bloodtype: B
  Credited works: 48 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 26 lyricist
  - 11 original work
  - 8 liner notes
  - 6 illustrator
  - 4 project planner
  - 1 special appearance
  - 1 guest
  - 1 original character designer
  - 1 supervisor
  - 1 original plan
  - 1 special thanks
  - 1 package illustrator
  - 1 jacket illustrator
  - 1 visual creator
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: L. Matsumoto
link: artist/8782
meta:
  added_date: 2010-06-03T10:15
  edited_date: 2023-07-30T16:31
  fetched_date: 2026-01-11T08:54
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3828
name: Leiji Matsumoto
name_real: 松本 零士
name_trans: まつもと れいじ
notes: 'Mangaka known for creating series such as Space Battleship Yamato and Galaxy
  Express 999. His real name is Akira Matsumoto (松本晟).

  Husband of Miyako Maki'
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/artists/28/8782/8782-1676869485.jpg
picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/28/8782/8782-1676869485.jpg
sex: male
twitter_names:
- leijimatsumoto
type: Individual
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/8782?perpage=99999
websites:
  Official: []
