Ryuhei Matsuda
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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. Since then, Matsuda has continued to work steadily across film and television. His notable award-winning period remains centered on his earlier career — most notably his Best Actor win at the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize in 2013 for The Great Passage, alongside a Best Actor win at the 2nd Hainan Island International Film Festival in 2019 for the film Shadow. More recently, his credits include the films Ichigeki (2023), Who Were We? (2023–2024), and Transcending Dimensions (2025). On television, he starred in the Netflix drama Asura (2025), based on Kazuo Kikuta's play, and in Tokyo Salad Bowl (2025). His film Disaster was released on February 20, 2026, and was also selected for the competition section of the San Sebastián Film Festival. In January 2026, Matsuda took on his first-ever leading role in a TV Asahi drama with Hey Detective, Your Backpack Is Open! He also appeared in UNDERGIRL a first movie from UNDERCOVER production, a superhero film released in Shibuya.
Known for
Credits
Isle of Dogs (2018)
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
The Raid 2 (2014)
as Keiichi
Taboo (1999)
as Sozaburo Kano
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi (2007)
as Tatsuji
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)
Actor
Blue Spring (2001)
as Kujo
UNDERGIRL (2026)
as UNDERMAN
Cutie Honey (2004)
as NSA Client
Before We Vanish (2017)
as Shinji Kase
I'm Flash! (2012)
as Bodyguard
Nana (2005)
as Ren Honjou
Unreachable (2025)
Actor
Izo (2004)
as His Highness
Phone Call to the Bar (2011)
as Takada
Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar (2026)
as Takada
Age 17 (2003)
as Book Boy
Nightmare Detective (2007)
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Transcending Dimensions (2025)
as Shinno
The Great Passage (2013)
as Mitsuya Majime
The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
as Eikichi Tamura
9 Souls (2003)
as Michiru Kaneko
The Scythian Lamb (2018)
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
The Secret Battlefield (2026)
Actor
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
as Ikuta
The Magnificent Nine (2016)
as Moku Kayaba
Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Karaoke Terror (2003)
as Ishihara
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
as Kawasaki
Rampo Noir (2005)
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
Happiness in August (2003)
Actor
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
as Tomoyuki
Otakus in Love (2004)
as Mon Aoki
My Uncle (2016)
as Uncle
Sai: Disaster (2026)
Actor
ZOKKI (2021)
as Fujimura
Disconcerto (2014)
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Boys on the Run (2010)
as Aoyama
Beneath the Shadow (2019)
as Hiasa Norihiro
Kanikôsen (2009)
as Shinjo
My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
as Norio Koiwa
A Chorus of Angels (2012)
as Isamu
The Suicide Song (2007)
as Riku Nagase
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
as Jun Ariyoshi
Synesthesia (2005)
as Kaoru Homura
The Vulture (2009)
as Osamu Nishino
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
as Shoji Segawa
Making of 9 Souls (2005)
as Self
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017)
as Zenjiro Ikeda
Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007)
as Shuichi
Collage of Our Lives (2003)
as Masato Segawa
Nightmare Detective 2 (2008)
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Nobody To Watch Over Me (2009)
as Shogo Mishima
The Last Shot in the Bar (2017)
as Takada
Love Ghost (2001)
as Shibayama Ryuske
Run Ichiro Run (2001)
as Ryu Mochizuki
Detective in the Bar (2013)
as Takada
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord (2021)
as Shibata Katsuie
Chosyu Five (2006)
as Yozo Yamao
Tokyo Serendipity (2007)
as Takashi Ohno
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda (2009)
Actor
The Day of Destruction (2020)
as Mr. Shinno
Who Were We? (2024)
as Ao
Wolf's Calling (2019)
as Samurai
Ichigeki (2023)
as Shimada Konosuke
A Stranger in Shanghai (2019)
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
A Farewell to Jinu (2015)
as Takeharu Takami
Demon Pond (2005)
Actor
The 300 million yen robbery (2000)
Actor
Can't Protect Anyone (2009)
Actor
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters (2009)
Actor