Matsushita

Matsushita (written: 松下 lit. "below the pine tree") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Daisuke Matsushita (born 1981), a former Japanese football player
• Hiro Matsushita (born 1961), former Japanese Champ Car racing driver, businessman and grandson of Konosuke Matsushita. Chairman of Swift Engineering & Swift Xi
• Hitomi Matsushita (松下 仁美, born 1954), Japanese handball player
• Ko Matsushita, a Japanese conductor and composer
• Kohei Matsushita (born 1985), a Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Ehime F.C.
• Konosuke Matsushita (1894–1989), a Japanese industrialist and founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., now known as Panasonic Corporation
• Masaharu Matsushita (1912–2012), a Japanese businessman, the second president of Matsushita Electric, and son-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita
• Miyuki Matsushita (born 1969), a Japanese voice actress
• Moeko Matsushita (born 1982), a Japanese singer and actress
• Nao Matsushita (born 1985), a Japanese actress and pianist
• Nobuharu Matsushita (born 1993), a Japanese racing driver
• Sayami Matsushita (born 1982), a Japanese archer
• Shinpei Matsushita (born 1966), a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan
• Susumu Matsushita (born 1950), a Japanese manga artist
• Tadahiro Matsushita (born 1949), member of the House of Representatives of Japan
• Toshihiro Matsushita (born 1983), a Japanese football (soccer) player currently playing for Albirex Niigata
• Yuki Matsushita (actress) (松下 由樹, born 1968), Japanese actress
• Yuki Matsushita (footballer) (松下 裕樹, born 1981), Japanese footballer
• Yukihiro Matsushita (松下 幸広, born 1973), Japanese swimmer
• Yuya Matsushita (born 1990), a Japanese R&B and Hip Hop singer and performer

See also

• Matsushita Electric Industrial, now Panasonic Corporation, a multinational electronics corporation based in Kadoma, Japan
• Matsushita Electric Works, now Panasonic Electric Works, a lighting, building materials, and appliance manufacturer in Japan
• Matsushita Station, a train station on the JR Central Sangū Line in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan
• Matsushita Whiteline Skip, a compression scheme employed on Panasonic fax machines