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