Matt

, known professionally as or Matt Rose, is a Japanese media personality, model, and musician. Early life His father is former professional baseball player Masumi Kuwata; his older brother Masaki is also a former professional baseball player, and his grandfather is professional golfer Izumi Kuwata. When he was 7 years old, his father began playing piano as a form of rehabilitation; at this time, Kuwata began to teach himself to play piano and violin. However, in elementary school, his father pushed him to continue playing baseball until graduation, in the hope that he would grow to eventually like it and continue. This did not happen; with the support of his mother, Maki, he promptly quit baseball after completing the sixth grade in order to pursue his interest in music. While his older brother appeared to have inherited their father's passion for the sport, Kuwata was reportedly disinterested in it. His mother wrote a book about the experience, titled (You're Fine the Way You Are: Growing Children's Self Esteem, Raising Children in the Kuwata House). On October 2, 2022, he made a TV appearance alongside his mother on Shuukan Sanma to Matsuko.