Ryuhei Matsuda

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

83

Gender

Male

Birthday

1983-05-09 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

Ryuhei Matsuda

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

  • The Last Shot in the Bar

    The Last Shot in the Bar

  • Amachan

    Amachan

  • The Raid 2

    The Raid 2

  • Detective in the Bar 2

    Detective in the Bar 2

  • Isle of Dogs

    Isle of Dogs

  • Nana

    Nana

  • Quartet

    Quartet

  • Blue Spring

    Blue Spring

  • Unreachable

    Unreachable

  • Asura

    Asura

  • Before We Vanish

    Before We Vanish

  • Phone Call to the Bar

    Phone Call to the Bar

  • Smoking

    Smoking

  • Transcending Dimensions

    Transcending Dimensions

  • The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

    The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi

  • Cutie Honey

    Cutie Honey

  • My Uncle

    My Uncle

  • Taboo

    Taboo

  • Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

  • Tokyo Serendipity

    Tokyo Serendipity

  • Natsuko Kira

    Natsuko Kira

  • The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

    The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

  • The Scythian Lamb

    The Scythian Lamb

  • Life Can Be So Wonderful

    Life Can Be So Wonderful

  • My Dear Exes

    My Dear Exes

  • ZOKKI

    ZOKKI

  • Who Were We?

    Who Were We?

  • Synesthesia

    Synesthesia

  • Nightmare Detective

    Nightmare Detective

  • Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

  • Demon Pond

    Demon Pond

  • The Great Passage

    The Great Passage

  • The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

    The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

  • The Magnificent Nine

    The Magnificent Nine

  • Beneath the Shadow

    Beneath the Shadow

  • Sai: Disaster

    Sai: Disaster

  • Boys on the Run

    Boys on the Run

  • The Day of Destruction

    The Day of Destruction

  • Rampo Noir

    Rampo Noir

  • Weakest Beast

    Weakest Beast

  • Ichigeki

    Ichigeki

  • Tokyo Salad Bowl

    Tokyo Salad Bowl

  • Otakus in Love

    Otakus in Love

  • A Chorus of Angels

    A Chorus of Angels

  • Karaoke Terror

    Karaoke Terror

  • The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

  • Nightmare Detective 2

    Nightmare Detective 2

  • Nobody To Watch Over Me

    Nobody To Watch Over Me

  • Love Ghost

    Love Ghost

  • Collage of Our Lives

    Collage of Our Lives

  • My Little Sweet Pea

    My Little Sweet Pea

  • The Suicide Song

    The Suicide Song

  • The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

    The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan

  • The Mohican Comes Home

    The Mohican Comes Home

  • Chosyu Five

    Chosyu Five

  • Tada's Do-It-All House

    Tada's Do-It-All House

  • The Vulture

    The Vulture

  • A Farewell to Jinu

    A Farewell to Jinu

  • Kanikôsen

    Kanikôsen

  • Run Ichiro Run

    Run Ichiro Run

  • 9 Souls

    9 Souls

  • Sai

    Sai

  • Disconcerto

    Disconcerto

  • A Stranger in Shanghai

    A Stranger in Shanghai

  • 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

  • Wolf's Calling

    Wolf's Calling

  • Age 17

    Age 17

  • Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow

    Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow

  • 0.5 Man

    0.5 Man

  • Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

    Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth

  • Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord

    Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord

  • Give My Regards to Kenshirō

    Give My Regards to Kenshirō

  • Izo

    Izo

  • Uzukawamura Incident

    Uzukawamura Incident

  • Can't Protect Anyone

    Can't Protect Anyone

  • 歪んだ波紋

    歪んだ波紋

  • I'm Flash!

    I'm Flash!

  • Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi

    Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi

  • Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

    Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter

  • Happiness in August

    Happiness in August

  • SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

    SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

  • The 300 million yen robbery

    The 300 million yen robbery

  • Tantei-san, Ruck Aitemasu yo

    Tantei-san, Ruck Aitemasu yo