Kunio Matsumoto

Kunio Matsumoto
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Professional Status
Former Affiliation	The Japanese Police
Occupation	Retired
Former Occupation	Police Officer
Former Team	Misaki Kirihara, Yutaka Kouno
Behind The Scenes
First Seen	Season 1, Episode 1
Last Seen	Shikkoku No Hana, chapter 26
Japanese Voice	Nobuaki Fukuda
English Voice	Kenny Green

Kunio Matsumoto (松本 邦夫, Matsumoto Kunio) is the oldest member of Section 4.

Appearance

An older man, Kunio has grey hair and dark eyes. He typically wears a suit.

Personality

Matsumoto read literature when he was younger, such as works from Kamizaki and Kajii.

Part in the Story

Shikkoku No Hana

In the events of Shikoku no Hana, Matsumoto was severely wounded with his left arm dismembered while being on a Section 4 assignment, forcing him to early retirement.

Appearances

Season One Appearances
The Star of a Contract Fell...	The New Star Twinkles...	The Red Dream of a Calamity	The Gardenia Gives Off Fragrance...	The Pure White Dress Is Stained...	Within the Wall...
On a Silver Night...	The Memory of Betrayal...	I'll Sing a Love Song...	Without Dreaming Shallow Dreams...	The City of Regulations...	God's in His Heaven...
Meteor Shower	Is the Dream That a God of Death Has...	Beneath Cherry Blossoms...

Etymology

• The name Kunio means "country" (邦) (kuni) and "man, husband" (夫) (o).
• Kunio's surname Matsumoto means "pine tree" (松) (matsu) and "base, root, origin" (本) (moto).