The Biography

Naoya Matsumoto (松本 直也 Matsumoto Naoya) is a Japanese actor and stuntman affiliated with Red Entertainment Deliver. Having been involved with tokusatsu for over a decade, he has served as a suit actor primarily for Toei's Super Sentai and Kamen Rider franchises, both of which he entered in 2009 through Samurai Sentai Shinkenger and Kamen Rider W, respectively. He has been cast in the role of Godzilla for multiple live-action short films, including six by Kazuhiro Nakagawa and the April Fool's video Godzilla vs. the Tigers.