Mateus Asato, born December 29, 1994 in Campo Grande, Brazil, is a Brazilian guitarist who began playing at ten. He moved to Los Angeles in 2013 to study at the Musicians Institute, where industry professionals discovered him through Instagram, leading to performances with Tori Kelly, Jessie J, and Bruno Mars. In 2019, Guitar Magazine named him one of the 50 most exciting young guitarists in the world. The boutique brand Suhr Guitars revealed his signature guitar model at the 2020 NAMM Show, and he conducted clinics in South Korea and Singapore.