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Ryuhei Matsuda

Acting 43 years old Suginami, Tokyo, Japan ★ 2.2
Born: May 9, 1983

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.

External Links

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Known For

Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice) 2018
The Raid 2
The Raid 2 Keiichi 2014
Blue Spring
Blue Spring Kujo 2001
Unreachable
Unreachable 2025
Taboo
Taboo Sozaburo Kano 1999

Filmography

Acting Credits (86)

BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる
BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる Takada 2026
Sai: Disaster
Sai: Disaster 2026
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open! Ichinose Yosuke 2026
Sai
Sai Shinichiro Kuramoto 2025
Unreachable
Unreachable 2025
Transcending Dimensions
Transcending Dimensions Shinno 2025
Asura
Asura Shizuo Katsumata 2025
Tokyo Salad Bowl
Tokyo Salad Bowl Ryo Arikino 2025
Who Were We?
Who Were We? Ao 2024
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Give My Regards to Kenshirō Numakura Koichi 2023
0.5 Man
0.5 Man Tachibana Masaharu 2023
Ichigeki
Ichigeki Shimada Konosuke 2023
Uzukawamura Incident
Uzukawamura Incident Iwamori Akira 2022
My Dear Exes
My Dear Exes Hassaku Tanaka 2021
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku 2021
ZOKKI
ZOKKI Fujimura 2021
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord Shibata Katsuie 2021
The Day of Destruction
The Day of Destruction Mr. Shinno 2020
A Stranger in Shanghai
A Stranger in Shanghai Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 2019
Beneath the Shadow
Beneath the Shadow Hiasa Norihiro 2019
歪んだ波紋
歪んだ波紋 2019
Wolf's Calling
Wolf's Calling Samurai 2019
Weakest Beast
Weakest Beast Kosei Nemoto 2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan Shoji Segawa 2018
Smoking
Smoking Sakakibara Masayuki 2018
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice) 2018
The Scythian Lamb
The Scythian Lamb Ichirō Miyakoshi 2018
The Last Shot in the Bar
The Last Shot in the Bar Takada 2017
Before We Vanish
Before We Vanish Shinji Kase 2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter Zenjiro Ikeda 2017
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue Tomoyuki 2017
Quartet
Quartet Tsukasa Beppu 2017
My Uncle
My Uncle Uncle 2016
Natsuko Kira
Natsuko Kira Keisuke Takagi 2016
The Magnificent Nine
The Magnificent Nine Moku Kayaba 2016
The Mohican Comes Home
The Mohican Comes Home Eikichi Tamura 2016
A Farewell to Jinu
A Farewell to Jinu Takeharu Takami 2015
Disconcerto
Disconcerto Haruhiko Gyoten 2014
The Raid 2
The Raid 2 Keiichi 2014
My Little Sweet Pea
My Little Sweet Pea Norio Koiwa 2013
Detective in the Bar
Detective in the Bar Takada 2013
The Great Passage
The Great Passage Mitsuya Majime 2013
Amachan
Amachan 水口琢磨 2013
Tada's Do-It-All House
Tada's Do-It-All House Gyoten Haruhiko 2013
A Chorus of Angels
A Chorus of Angels Isamu 2012
I'm Flash!
I'm Flash! Bodyguard 2012
Phone Call to the Bar
Phone Call to the Bar Takada 2011
Tada's Do-It-All House
Tada's Do-It-All House Haruhiko Gyoten 2011
Boys on the Run
Boys on the Run Aoyama 2010
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters 2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda 2009
Kanikôsen
Kanikôsen Shinjo 2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Ikuta 2009
The Vulture
The Vulture Osamu Nishino 2009
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！～」
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
Nobody To Watch Over Me
Nobody To Watch Over Me Shogo Mishima 2009
Can't Protect Anyone
Can't Protect Anyone 2009
Nightmare Detective 2
Nightmare Detective 2 Kyoichi Kagenuma 2008
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow Yashiro Heita 2008
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Life Can Be So Wonderful Shuichi 2007
The Suicide Song
The Suicide Song Riku Nagase 2007
Tokyo Serendipity
Tokyo Serendipity Takashi Ohno 2007
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker Kawasaki 2007
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi Tatsuji 2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth Osamu Nishino 2007
Nightmare Detective
Nightmare Detective Kyoichi Kagenuma 2007
Chosyu Five
Chosyu Five Yozo Yamao 2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A Jun Ariyoshi 2006
Nana
Nana Ren Honjou 2005
Demon Pond
Demon Pond 2005
Rampo Noir
Rampo Noir Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar") 2005
Synesthesia
Synesthesia Kaoru Homura 2005
Making of 9 Souls
Making of 9 Souls Self 2005
Otakus in Love
Otakus in Love Mon Aoki 2004
Izo
Izo His Highness 2004
Cutie Honey
Cutie Honey NSA Client 2004
Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror Ishihara 2003
Happiness in August
Happiness in August 2003
9 Souls
9 Souls Michiru Kaneko 2003
Age 17
Age 17 Book Boy 2003
Collage of Our Lives
Collage of Our Lives Masato Segawa 2003
Blue Spring
Blue Spring Kujo 2001
Run Ichiro Run
Run Ichiro Run Ryu Mochizuki 2001
Love Ghost
Love Ghost Shibayama Ryuske 2001
The 300 million yen robbery
The 300 million yen robbery 2000
Taboo
Taboo Sozaburo Kano 1999

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