My younger brother is Kentai Matsuhei, a dark horse in the 59th Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships in 2009.
He is a student of Aomori Yamada High School and a member of the Japanese national team. In 2009, he participated in the 50th Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships.
He is also a classmate (middle school) of Japanese table tennis player Toshiichi Shuigu.