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Samurai star and musician Ken Matsudaira (松平 健, Matsudaira Ken, familiarly shortened as Matsuken, born on 28 November in Toyohashi, Aichi) earned celebrity status in Japan thanks to his starring role as Tokugawa Yoshimune in Japanese television series The Unfettered Shogun, which began in the early 1970s and continued for a quarter of a century. Along the way, he picked up a string of other notable acting projects, assuming the role of Hōjō Yoshitoki in the 1979 NHK series Kusa Moeru, Shibata Katsuie in the 2002 NHK series Toshiie to Matsu and, more recently, as Taira no Kiyomori in 2022 Japanese historical drama The 13 Lords of the Shogun. Since 1980, Ken Matsudaira has forged a successful music career in tandem with his acting career, scoring a breakthrough hit with 2004's "Matsuken Samba II" (マツケンサンバII) and continuing to issue releases over the next two decades, including the rocky 2007 single "Koi Ninotsugini," 2008's Hoshizorano honeymoon EP, 2011's Hoshizorano honeymoon EP, 2020's Kitabojou / Matsuyama No Yoru EP and the 2022 J-pop single "Matsuken Samba II," which also came in an English version. 2023 saw the release of new Japanese single "パンダピラニア."
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