Daniel Matsunaga
Brazilian-Filipino actor, model and football player
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- Born
- 28 November 1988, Brazil
- Citizenship
- Brazil, Philippines
- Sport
- association football
- Occupation
- association football player, model, taekwondo athlete, actor, television actor
- Team / club
- Team Socceroo F.C., Pachanga Diliman F.C., Stallion–Laguna F.C.
Daniel Kenji "Dandan" Silva Matsunaga (born November 28, 1988) is a Brazilian former model, actor, professional footballer, host and businessman. He became known in the Philippines by appearing in Cosmopolitan Philippines’ September 2009 "Cosmo Men" supplement. He was scouted in the Philippines as an actor and was first given TV drama projects on GMA Network. He also joined ABS-CBN's reality TV show Pinoy Big Brother and was declared as the PBB All-In big winner in 2014.
As a footballer he has played for Team Socceroo, Pachanga and Kaya in the United Football League (UFL) which was the top-flight football league in the Philippines during its existence.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.