Ryuhei Matsuda
Known for Acting · 87 credits
- Born
- 1983-05-09 (age 43)
- Place of birth
- Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as
- 松田龙平 · Ryûhei Matsuda · ریوهی ماتسودا · ریوهای ماتسودا
Biography
Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana.
At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Festival" Awards for the "Best New Actor". Since appearing in Taboo, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film Blue Spring to the rock star Ren Honjo in the 2005 film Nana. In February 2013, it was revealed that Matsuda would play the part of a Japanese gangster in the sequel to the 2012 Indonesian film The Raid, named Berandal.
In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Amachan
2013
as 水口琢磨
My Dear Exes
2021
as Hassaku Tanaka
Quartet
2017
as Tsukasa Beppu
Asura
2025
as Shizuo Katsumata
Tokyo Salad Bowl
2025
as Ryo Arikino
Tada's Do-It-All House
2013
as Gyoten Haruhiko
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Osamu Nishino
Weakest Beast
2018
as Kosei Nemoto
0.5 Man
2023
as Tachibana Masaharu
Natsuko Kira
2016
as Keisuke Takagi
Uzukawamura Incident
2022
as Iwamori Akira
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
2023
as Numakura Koichi
Sai
2025
as Shinichiro Kuramoto
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
2008
as Yashiro Heita
Smoking
2018
as Sakakibara Masayuki
歪んだ波紋
2019
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
2021
as 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
as Ichinose Yosuke
Movies (69)
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
The Raid 2
2014
as Keiichi
Taboo
1999
as Sozaburo Kano
Nana
2005
as Ren Honjou
ZOKKI
2021
as Fujimura
Unreachable
2025
Blue Spring
2001
as Kujo
Cutie Honey
2004
as NSA Client
Nightmare Detective 2
2008
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Izo
2004
as His Highness
Transcending Dimensions
2025
as Shinno
Before We Vanish
2017
as Shinji Kase
The Last Shot in the Bar
2017
as Takada
Disconcerto
2014
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Rampo Noir
2005
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
The Great Passage
2013
as Mitsuya Majime
The Magnificent Nine
2016
as Moku Kayaba
Phone Call to the Bar
2011
as Takada
The Scythian Lamb
2018
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
A Farewell to Jinu
2015
as Takeharu Takami
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Jun Ariyoshi
Otakus in Love
2004
as Mon Aoki
Karaoke Terror
2003
as Ishihara
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2021
as Shibata Katsuie
Beneath the Shadow
2019
as Hiasa Norihiro
Tada's Do-It-All House
2011
as Haruhiko Gyoten
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Ikuta
9 Souls
2003
as Michiru Kaneko
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2017
as Tomoyuki
Detective in the Bar
2013
as Takada
Kanikôsen
2009
as Shinjo
Love Ghost
2001
as Shibayama Ryuske
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2007
as Kawasaki
The Suicide Song
2007
as Riku Nagase
Who Were We?
2024
as Ao
The Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Eikichi Tamura
Boys on the Run
2010
as Aoyama
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007
as Tatsuji
Collage of Our Lives
2003
as Masato Segawa
Chosyu Five
2006
as Yozo Yamao
I'm Flash!
2012
as Bodyguard
Ichigeki
2023
as Shimada Konosuke
Run Ichiro Run
2001
as Ryu Mochizuki
Tokyo Serendipity
2007
as Takashi Ohno
A Chorus of Angels
2012
as Isamu
Nightmare Detective
2007
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
My Little Sweet Pea
2013
as Norio Koiwa
My Uncle
2016
as Uncle
Age 17
2003
as Book Boy
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
as Shoji Segawa
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017
as Zenjiro Ikeda
Life Can Be So Wonderful
2007
as Shuichi
Nobody To Watch Over Me
2009
as Shogo Mishima
Synesthesia
2005
as Kaoru Homura
Can't Protect Anyone
2009
Demon Pond
2005
Wolf's Calling
2019
as Samurai
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
A Stranger in Shanghai
2019
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
The Vulture
2009
as Osamu Nishino
The Day of Destruction
2020
as Mr. Shinno
The 300 million yen robbery
2000
Sai: Disaster
2026
Happiness in August
2003
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる
2026
as Takada
大パルコ人①メカロックオペラ「R2C2～サイボーグなのでバンド辞めます！～」
2009
開戦前夜
2026
Making of 9 Souls
2005
as Self
About Ryuhei Matsuda
Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana. At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Fest… With 87 credits spanning from 1999 to 2026, Ryuhei Matsuda has appeared in 69 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ryuhei Matsuda Movies
- Isle of Dogs (2018) — as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
- The Raid 2 (2014) — as Keiichi
- Taboo (1999) — as Sozaburo Kano
- Nana (2005) — as Ren Honjou
- ZOKKI (2021) — as Fujimura
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