Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

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.

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2025

Transcending Dimensions
Transcending Dimensions
as Shinno
Movie - Released: 2/1/2025
Tokyo Salad Bowl
Tokyo Salad Bowl
as Ryo Arikino
TV - Released: 1/7/2025
Asura
Asura
as Shizuo Katsumata
TV - Released: 1/9/2025
Sai
Sai
as Shinichiro Kuramoto
TV - Released: 4/6/2025

2024

Who Were We?
Who Were We?
as Ao
Movie - Released: 5/31/2024

2023

Ichigeki
Ichigeki
as Shimada Konosuke
Movie - Released: 1/3/2023
0.5 Man
0.5 Man
as Tachibana Masaharu
TV - Released: 5/28/2023
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
as Numakura Koichi
TV - Released: 9/22/2023

2022

Uzukawamura Incident
Uzukawamura Incident
as Iwamori Akira
TV - Released: 8/28/2022

2021

Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
as Shibata Katsuie
Movie - Released: 3/26/2021
ZOKKI
ZOKKI
as Fujimura
Movie - Released: 4/2/2021
My Dear Exes
My Dear Exes
as Hassaku Tanaka
TV - Released: 4/13/2021
チェインストーリー 大豆田とわ子を知らない三人の男たち
チェインストーリー 大豆田とわ子を知らない三人の男たち
as 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku
TV - Released: 4/13/2021

2020

Beneath the Shadow
Beneath the Shadow
as Hiasa Norihiro
Movie - Released: 2/14/2020
The Day of Destruction
The Day of Destruction
as Mr. Shinno
Movie - Released: 7/24/2020

2019

Wolf's Calling
Wolf's Calling
as Samurai
Movie - Released: 9/20/2019
A Stranger in Shanghai
A Stranger in Shanghai
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Movie - Released: 12/28/2019
歪んだ波紋
歪んだ波紋
TV - Released: 11/3/2019

2018

The Scythian Lamb
The Scythian Lamb
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
Movie - Released: 2/3/2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
as Shoji Segawa
Movie - Released: 9/7/2018
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/23/2018
Weakest Beast
Weakest Beast
as Kosei Nemoto
TV - Released: 10/10/2018
Smoking
Smoking
as Sakakibara Masayuki
TV - Released: 4/20/2018

2017

Before We Vanish
Before We Vanish
as Shinji Kase
Movie - Released: 9/16/2017
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
as Tomoyuki
Movie - Released: 2/13/2017
The Last Shot in the Bar
The Last Shot in the Bar
as Takada
Movie - Released: 12/1/2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
as Zenjiro Ikeda
Movie - Released: 4/18/2017
Quartet
Quartet
as Tsukasa Beppu
TV - Released: 1/17/2017

2016

The Mohican Comes Home
The Mohican Comes Home
as Eikichi Tamura
Movie - Released: 4/9/2016
The Magnificent Nine
The Magnificent Nine
as Moku Kayaba
Movie - Released: 5/14/2016
My Uncle
My Uncle
as Uncle
Movie - Released: 11/3/2016
Natsuko Kira
Natsuko Kira
as Keisuke Takagi
TV - Released: 7/21/2016

2015

A Farewell to Jinu
A Farewell to Jinu
as Takeharu Takami
Movie - Released: 4/4/2015

2014

The Raid 2
The Raid 2
as Keiichi
Movie - Released: 3/27/2014
Disconcerto
Disconcerto
as 行天春彦
Movie - Released: 10/18/2014

2013

The Great Passage
The Great Passage
as Mitsuya Majime
Movie - Released: 4/13/2013
Detective in the Bar 2
Detective in the Bar 2
as Takada
Movie - Released: 5/11/2013
My Little Sweet Pea
My Little Sweet Pea
as Norio Koiwa
Movie - Released: 12/21/2013
Tada's Do-It-All House
Tada's Do-It-All House
as Gyoten Haruhiko
TV - Released: 1/11/2013
Amachan
Amachan
as 水口琢磨
TV - Released: 4/1/2013

2012

I'm Flash!
I'm Flash!
as Bodyguard
Movie - Released: 8/31/2012
A Chorus of Angels
A Chorus of Angels
as Isamu
Movie - Released: 11/3/2012

2011

Phone Call to the Bar
Phone Call to the Bar
as Takada
Movie - Released: 9/10/2011
Tada's Do-It-All House
Tada's Do-It-All House
as Haruhiko Gyoten
Movie - Released: 4/23/2011

2010

Boys on the Run
Boys on the Run
as Aoyama
Movie - Released: 1/30/2010

2009

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Ikuta
Movie - Released: 6/20/2009
Nobody To Watch Over Me
Nobody To Watch Over Me
as Shogo Mishima
Movie - Released: 1/24/2009
Kanikôsen
Kanikôsen
as Shinjo
Movie - Released: 7/4/2009
The Vulture
The Vulture
as Osamu Nishino
Movie - Released: 6/6/2009
Movie
Can't Protect Anyone
Movie - Released: 1/24/2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Movie - Released: 11/6/2009

2008

Nightmare Detective 2
Nightmare Detective 2
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Movie - Released: 12/20/2008
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
as Yashiro Heita
TV - Released: 1/8/2008

2007

The Suicide Song
The Suicide Song
as Riku Nagase
Movie - Released: 8/18/2007
Nightmare Detective
Nightmare Detective
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
Movie - Released: 1/13/2007
Tokyo Serendipity
Tokyo Serendipity
as Takashi Ohno
Movie - Released: 8/18/2007
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
as Kawasaki
Movie - Released: 6/23/2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Life Can Be So Wonderful
as Shuichi
Movie - Released: 9/15/2007
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
as Tatsuji
Movie - Released: 5/5/2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
as Osamu Nishino
TV - Released: 2/17/2007

2006

Chosyu Five
Chosyu Five
as Yozo Yamao
Movie - Released: 10/22/2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
as Jun Ariyoshi
Movie - Released: 2/11/2006

2005

Demon Pond
Demon Pond
Movie - Released: 5/25/2005
Nana
Nana
as Ren Honjou
Movie - Released: 9/3/2005
Synesthesia
Synesthesia
as Kaoru Homura
Movie - Released: 3/1/2005
Rampo Noir
Rampo Noir
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
Movie - Released: 5/11/2005

2004

Cutie Honey
Cutie Honey
as NSA Client
Movie - Released: 5/29/2004
Izo
Izo
as His Highness
Movie - Released: 9/7/2004
Otakus in Love
Otakus in Love
as Mon Aoki
Movie - Released: 10/20/2004

2003

Karaoke Terror
Karaoke Terror
as Ishihara
Movie - Released: 11/8/2003
Collage of Our Lives
Collage of Our Lives
as Masato Segawa
Movie - Released: 5/16/2003
9 Souls
9 Souls
as Michiru Kaneko
Movie - Released: 7/19/2003
Age 17
Age 17
as Book Boy
Movie - Released: 6/21/2003
Movie
Happiness in August
Movie - Released: 8/2/2003

2001

Blue Spring
Blue Spring
as Kujo
Movie - Released: 9/9/2001
Run Ichiro Run
Run Ichiro Run
as Ryu Mochizuki
Movie - Released: 4/28/2001
Love Ghost
Love Ghost
as Shibayama Ryuuhei
Movie - Released: 3/24/2001

2000

The 300 million yen robbery
The 300 million yen robbery
Movie - Released: 12/30/2000

1999

Taboo
Taboo
as Sozaburo Kano
Movie - Released: 12/18/1999