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Matsunaga Teitoku
Matsunaga Teitoku (松永貞徳, 1571–1653) was a Japanese renga master, waka poet, and classical scholar who founded the Teimon school, the first haikai school to spread nationwide.
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉) was a Japanese poet who elevated the Edo-period genre of haikai into serious art, establishing the Bashō style and laying groundwork for haiku.
matsuri technologies
matsuri technologies is a Tokyo-based vacation rental (minpaku) operation company founded by Keita Yoshida in 2016, managing about 4,000 lodging facilities across Japan through its software-centered StayX model.
Matsurika Kanriden (茉莉花官吏伝)
Matsurika Kanriden (茉莉花官吏伝) is a Japanese light novel series by Rinne Ishida about a palace maid with perfect memory who rises to officialdom; 19 volumes, 2.68 million copies, TV anime by MAHO FILM in January 2027.
Matsusaka beef (松阪牛)
Matsusaka beef (松阪牛) is a Mie Prefecture wagyu brand from never-calved Japanese Black heifers fattened 900+ days near Matsusaka, GI-registered in 2017, famed for low-melting marbling fat, rivaling Kobe and Omi beef.
Matsushima power station
Matsushima power station (松島火力発電所) is a coal-fired power station on Matsushima island in Saikai, Nagasaki, Japan, owned by J-POWER. Its two 500 MW units, commissioned in 1981, were Japan's first supercritical coal-fired generators.
Matsutake (松茸)
Matsutake (松茸), Tricholoma matsutake, is a prized wild ectomycorrhizal pine mushroom of Eurasia; it forms shiros, cannot yet be farmed, and Japanese production has fallen over 90% in 50 years.
Matsutō-shi
Matsutō-shi (松任市, Matto) was a city in central Ishikawa Prefecture on the Tedori River fan, a Hokuriku post station and early-harvest rice shipping center, city status 1970; merged 1 February 2005 with 2 towns and 5 villages to form Hakusan City.
Matsuura (machine tool manufacturer)
Matsuura Machinery Corporation (株式会社松浦機械製作所) is a Japanese machine tool manufacturer in Fukui City, founded in 1935 and known for 5-axis machining centers and the LUMEX hybrid metal 3D printer.
Matsuura power station
Matsuura power station is a coal-fired power site in Matsuura, Nagasaki, Japan, with four units totaling 3.7 million kilowatts run by J-POWER and Kyushu Electric.
Matsuyama
Matsuyama (松山市), capital of Ehime Prefecture on Shikoku, Japan; largest Shikoku city, about 491,000 residents, home to Matsuyama Castle and Dōgo Onsen, Japan's oldest hot spring.
Matsya (मत्स्य)
Matsya (मत्स्य, "fish") is the first avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, who as a fish saves Manu, the Vedas, and the seeds of life from a cosmic flood; earliest told in the Shatapatha Brahmana, elaborated in the Puranas.
Matsya Kaand
Matsya Kaand is a 2021 Hindi MX Player crime-drama web series, also called MX Original Matsya Kaand, directed by Ajay Bhuyan. Ravi Dubey plays conman Matsya Thada pursued by Ravi Kishan's ACP Tejraj Singh across 11 Mahabharata-titled episodes released 18 November 2021.
Matsyendranath
Matsyendranath, also Machindranath, is a revered figure in the Nath Sampradaya and Kaula tantra, placed by scholars in ninth- or tenth-century eastern India and credited with founding the Yogini-Kaula school.
Matt and Kim
Matt and Kim are a Brooklyn indie pop duo formed in 2004, Matt Johnson on keys and Kim Schifino on drums, known for upbeat party anthems, the viral hit "Daylight," and the MTV VMA-winning "Lessons Learned" video.
Matt and Mara
Matt and Mara is a 2024 Canadian drama by Kazik Radwanski, 80 minutes, starring Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson as old friends whose reunion strains Mara's marriage; premiered at Berlinale Encounters, released by Cinema Guild.
Matt Anderson (volleyball)
Matt Anderson (Matthew John Anderson, born 1987) is an American opposite hitter, 6'10", four-time Olympian with two bronzes (2016, 2024), U.S. leading scorer since 2011, six-time USAV Player of the Year, returning for LA28.
Matt Araiza
Matt Araiza, "Punt God", American NFL punter for the Kansas City Chiefs; NCAA-record 51.2-yard 2021 punting average at San Diego State, Ray Guy Award winner, 2022 sixth-round Bills pick released amid a rape lawsuit that was later dropped.
Matt Ball
Matt Ball, sometimes Matthew Ball, is an American Democratic politician representing Colorado Senate District 31 in Denver, chosen by vacancy committee in 2025 after serving as Denver's Director of Policy.
Matt Barkley
Matt Barkley, USC quarterback and 2013 Eagles fourth-round pick (98th overall); Pac-12 career records of 12,327 passing yards and 116 touchdowns; 20 NFL games, mostly a backup.
Matt Barlow
Matt Barlow (Matthew Barlow, born 1970, Biloxi, Mississippi) is an American heavy metal vocalist, longtime singer of Iced Earth and since 2012 of Ashes of Ares, who left music in 2003 after 9/11 to become a police officer.
Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes (born 1980) is a retired NBA forward who played 14 seasons for nine teams, won the 2017 title with Golden State, and declined his championship ring.
Matt Barr
Matt Barr (born 1984, Allen, Texas) is an American actor known for Johnse Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys, Danny McNamara in Blood & Treasure, Hoyt Rawlins in Walker and Walker: Independence, and Calvin Whitlock in AMC's Thunder Road.
Matt Beard
Matt Beard (Matthew Beard, 1978-2025) was an English women's football manager who won back-to-back WSL titles with Liverpool in 2013 and 2014, managed Chelsea, Boston Breakers, West Ham, Bristol City, and Burnley, and was posthumously inducted into the WSL Hall of Fame in 2026.
Matt Bellamy
Matt Bellamy (born 1978, Cambridge) is the English lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and main songwriter of Muse, formed in Teignmouth in 1994; known for his D2-C♯6 falsetto-led range and owner of Manson Guitar Works since 2019.
Matt Bennett
Matt Bennett (Matthew H. Bennett, born 1991, Massapequa, New York) is an American actor, singer, and DJ, best known as Robbie Shapiro on Nickelodeon's Victorious; also The Virginity Hit, Terminal Cases, and the Party101 DJ night.
Matt Bentley
Matt Bentley (Matthew James Bentley, b. December 10, 1979, Clinton, Iowa), also known as Michael Shane, Maverick Matt, and Martyr, is a retired American wrestler, Shawn Michaels's cousin, and two-time TNA X Division champion who won the first Ultimate X match in 2003.
Matt Berninger
Matt Berninger (born 1970) is the American baritone frontman and lyricist of indie rock band The National, Grammy winner for Sleep Well Beast, and solo artist behind Serpentine Prison (2020) and Get Sunk (2025).
Matt Berry
Matt Berry (Matthew Charles Berry, born 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and musician; Laszlo in What We Do in the Shadows, co-creator and BAFTA-winning star of Toast of London, voice of Shlub, and solo artist. Not the Seahawks executive of the same name.
Matt Besser
Matt Besser (born 1967, Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American comedian, Upright Citizens Brigade co-founder, improv4humans podcast host, Crossballs creator, and co-author of the UCB Comedy Improvisation Manual.