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.
Known for
Credits
The Raid 2 (2014)
as Keiichi
Isle of Dogs (2018)
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
Unreachable (2025)
Actor
Nana (2005)
as Ren Honjou
Blue Spring (2001)
as Kujo
Taboo (1999)
as Sozaburo Kano
Cutie Honey (2004)
as NSA Client
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi (2007)
as Tatsuji
Izo (2004)
as His Highness
The Magnificent Nine (2016)
as Moku Kayaba
Before We Vanish (2017)
as Shinji Kase
9 Souls (2003)
as Michiru Kaneko
Rampo Noir (2005)
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
The Scythian Lamb (2018)
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
Kanikôsen (2009)
as Shinjo
Transcending Dimensions (2025)
as Shinno
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity (2009)
as Ikuta
Disconcerto (2014)
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter (2017)
as Zenjiro Ikeda
Otakus in Love (2004)
as Mon Aoki
Nightmare Detective (2007)
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
The Last Shot in the Bar (2017)
as Takada
I'm Flash! (2012)
as Bodyguard
Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
as Haruhiko Gyoten
A Chorus of Angels (2012)
as Isamu
Detective in the Bar (2013)
as Takada
ZOKKI (2021)
as Fujimura
The Great Passage (2013)
as Mitsuya Majime
Love Ghost (2001)
as Shibayama Ryuske
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker (2007)
as Kawasaki
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue (2017)
as Tomoyuki
Karaoke Terror (2003)
as Ishihara
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)
as Jun Ariyoshi
The Suicide Song (2007)
as Riku Nagase
Chosyu Five (2006)
as Yozo Yamao
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda (2009)
Actor
Demon Pond (2005)
Actor
Phone Call to the Bar (2011)
as Takada
Ichigeki (2023)
as Shimada Konosuke
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (2018)
as Shoji Segawa
A Farewell to Jinu (2015)
as Takeharu Takami
Boys on the Run (2010)
as Aoyama
Run Ichiro Run (2001)
as Ryu Mochizuki
My Little Sweet Pea (2013)
as Norio Koiwa
Tokyo Serendipity (2007)
as Takashi Ohno
Beneath the Shadow (2019)
as Hiasa Norihiro
My Uncle (2016)
as Uncle
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord (2021)
as Shibata Katsuie
The Day of Destruction (2020)
as Mr. Shinno
Nightmare Detective 2 (2008)
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Age 17 (2003)
as Book Boy
Collage of Our Lives (2003)
as Masato Segawa
Kaisen Zenya (2026)
Actor
Who Were We? (2024)
as Ao
The Mohican Comes Home (2016)
as Eikichi Tamura
Sai: Disaster (2026)
Actor
Synesthesia (2005)
as Kaoru Homura
Life Can Be So Wonderful (2007)
as Shuichi
A Stranger in Shanghai (2019)
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Nobody To Watch Over Me (2009)
as Shogo Mishima
The 300 million yen robbery (2000)
Actor
The Vulture (2009)
as Osamu Nishino
Can't Protect Anyone (2009)
Actor
Happiness in August (2003)
Actor
Wolf's Calling (2019)
as Samurai
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters (2009)
Actor
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
BYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる (2026)
as Takada
Making of 9 Souls (2005)
as Self