Sinama sa malaking cast ng The Last Prince ang Japanese-Brazilian model na si Daniel Matsunaga. Una siyang nakilala sa isang toothpaste commercial kunsaan ka-partner niya si KC Concepcion. Ngayon ay naglalakihan ang mga billboards niya sa EDSA para sa isang mobile network at gamot para sa ubo.
Isang prinsipe na nagiging werewolf ang role niya sa The Last Prince at makaka-love triangle niya sina Aljur Abrenica at Kris Bernal. Nakapag-taping na si Daniel ng episodes at natuwa naman ito dahil first TV show niya ito sa Pilipinas.
"I thank God for everything and I want to say thank you to the people of GMA-7 for giving me this opportunity. I know it's very hard for them to consider me to be part of this, but they gave me the opportunity to work here. Thanks for trusting me.
"In The Last Prince, I play Prince Nicolai. I can be good but I can also be bad. I will be acting together with Aljur and he's okay. We've worked together before, last year in the Cosmo Bachelor event. He was number one, right?
"He's a great guy and I had the opportunity to talk with him and his partner Kris Bernal. They are both very nice people and very helpful.
"Kris, by the way, is a very nice girl. I met her when I had my second- day taping for the show. She is very friendly, very nice and such a beautiful girl," sey pa ni Daniel.
ACTING CHOPS. Pinaarte nga raw kaagad si Daniel sa unang TV role niya bilang werewolf na mai-in love kay Kris.
"In my role, I need to control my anger or else I turn into a werewolf. And it's a very bad werewolf. I need to rely on what I know in acting since I have been doing commercials.
"But when I get to meet Lara [played by Kris], things changed. It has something to do with love. But then, Prince Almiro [played by Aljur] will be the one to interfere. They have to watch the show to see what happens to the three of us."
Noong una siyang nagtrabaho sa Pilipinas, puro TV commercials and print ads ang ginawa niya. Ngayon ay bukod sa The Last Prince, kinukuha pa siyang mag-guest sa iba't ibang shows ng GMA-7.
"I get to meet new friends by working here. I really don't know a lot of people here. I only know people who I work with. Now that I am part of a TV series, I gain new friends and it helps me not to miss my family back in Brazil.
"I always miss my family when I work here or in any country. I always make sure that I go back to my family and spend time with them before I work again in another continent."
FEELS LIKE HOME. Nagsimula ang modeling career ng 21-year-old noong 15 pa lang siya. May older sister siya na modelo rin at nakapagtrabaho na rin sa Pilipinas.
Sa pamamagitan ng pagmomodelo ay nakarating na si Daniel sa iba't ibang bansa tulad ng Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Amsterdam, Germany, Paris and Spain para mag-photo shoot para sa iba't ibang magazines at fashion campaigns.
Nakarating si Daniel sa Manila nang papuntahin siya rito ng kanyang agency na Mercator (the same agency that manages Akihiro Sato, JC Tiuseco, Lemuel Pelayo and Victor Basa) at kaagad niyang nagustuhan ang Pilipinas.
"Manila is like home to me. It's an amazing place. The weather is amazing and the people are very nice just like in Brazil. Sometimes I feel that I'm in Rio de Janeiro."
Sinisikap ni Daniel na makapagsalita ng Tagalog. Nakapag-aral na siya sa ilang classes at nakapagsasalita na siya ng ilang Tagalog words. Malaking tulong daw iyon para sa kanyang pagpasok sa showbiz.