was a Japanese model who worked in Paris during the 1960s. She is considered to be one of the first Japanese supermodels.
Biography Matsumoto met Pierre Cardin in his 1960 trip to Japan. She would eventually follow him to Paris where she was Cardin's top model.Matthias Gurtler, Pierre Cardin , VSD, 19 July 2006Jean-Noël Liaut, Cover Girls and Supermodels 1945-1965 Known as Miss Hiroko, she was the first ever Japanese model for a French clothing collection.
Matsumoto ended her modeling career in 1967 and married Henry Berghauer, a manager at groupe Pierre Cardin. Berghauer went on to become a manager at Hanae Mori, and later of fashion company Hervé Léger.L'Officiel de la mode n° 729, 1987, pp. 30–31, Jalou GallerySommaire de la lettre Executives n°351 , le 7 février 1997 In 1970, Matsumoto played the prominent part of Kyoko, the Japanese lover, in French director François Truffaut's movie Bed and Board. Many of the dresses worn in the movie were designed by the Hanae Mori fashion company.Filmotruffaut
A few years later, Hiroko Matsumoto married Jean-Claude Cathalan, who, at the time, was a manager at Roussel Uclaf.Who's Who in France01.12.2010 – Comité Montaigne: "La Saga des Industries du Luxe: Un atout pour la France", Club des Affaires en Rhénanie du Nord-Westphalie He later became the president of Revillon, Parfums Caron, Jean-Louis ScherrerJean-Claude Cathalan: "Une démarche très systématique", in L'Anti-Crise, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and M-F Guignard, Dunod, Paris, 1994, pp. 26–28 and is the current president of Comité Montaigne.L'Officiel de la mode n 800, 1995, pages 78, 79, Jalou Gallery Their daughter, Maxime Cathalan, was kidnapped in Neuilly-sur-Seine at the age of 20 months in front of her nurse. The child was returned on 23 June 1975 for a ransom of 1.5 million Franc.La Nouvelle République of 23 June 1975: "Maxime Cathalan libérée par ses ravisseurs"
In 2003, Hiroko Cathalan died in Paris at the age of 66 after a long period in the hospital. The cause of her death was not disclosed.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1970 Bed and Board Kyoko
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