
See also: 松本大洋 and 松本 大洋 Although Taiyo Matsumoto desired a career as a professional soccerplayer at first, he eventually chose an artistic profession. He gained his first success through the Comic Open contest, held by the magazine Comic Morning, which allowed him to make his professional debut. He started out with 'Straight', a comic about basketball players. Sports remain his main influence in his next comic, 'Zéro', a story about a boxer. In 1993 Matsumoto started the 'Tekkonkinkurito' trilogy in Big Spirits magazine, which was even adapted to a theatre play. He continued his comics exploits with several short stories for the Comic Aré magazine, which are collected in the book 'Nihon no Kyodai'. Again for Big Spirits, Taiyo Matsumoto started the series 'Ping Pong' in 1996. 'Number Five' followed in 2001, published by Shogakukan. Source: Lambiek website bio .
Series
Books

Sunny, Vol. 4
2013

Bamboo Samurai
2006
![鉄コン筋クリート 3 [Tekkon Kinkreet 3] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1419033640i/23790922.jpg)
鉄コン筋クリート 3 [Tekkon Kinkreet 3]
1994

Sunny, Vol. 5
2014

Ping Pong, Tome 1
1996

Tokyo These Days, Volume 1
2021

Blue Spring
1993

ピンポン(2)
1996

Ping Pong Omnibus, Vol. 1
1996

Sunny, Vol. 6
2015
![鉄コン筋クリート 1 [Tekkon Kinkreet 1] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385699376i/19036297.jpg)
鉄コン筋クリート 1 [Tekkon Kinkreet 1]
1994

Tokyo These Days, Volume 2
2022

GoGo Monster
2000

The Tipping Point
2015

Ping pong - Édition prestige T01
2023

I Gatti del Louvre, Vol. 2
2018

Sunny, Vol. 2
2012
![鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] All in One book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357094251i/17202710.jpg)
鉄コン筋クリート [Tekkon Kinkreet] All in One
1999

Cats of the Louvre
2018

Sunny, Vol. 1
2011

Japan As Viewed By 17 Creators
2005

ピンポン(4)
1997
![鉄コン筋クリート 2 [Tekkon Kinkreet 2] book cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1385704410i/19037447.jpg)
鉄コン筋クリート 2 [Tekkon Kinkreet 2]
1994

Sunny, Vol. 3
2013

Les Chats du Louvre, Tome 1
2017