Matsushita

Matsushita (written: 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 , Japanese handball player Ko Matsushita, a Japanese conductor and composer Kōhei 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 , Japanese actress , Japanese footballer , 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