is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in ''

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'' and the rock star Ren Honjo in ''

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''.

Early life

Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to

Yūsaku Matsuda was a Japanese actor. In Japan, he was best known for roles in action films and a variety of television series in the 1970s as well as a switch to a wider range of roles in the 1980s. His final film appearance was as the villain Sato in Ridley ...

, a Japanese actor of partial

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ancestry, and

Miyuki Matsuda is a Japanese actress, the widow of Yūsaku Matsuda, and the sister of Mami Kumagai. At the age of 17 she appeared in a television series, '' Tantei Monogatari'', starring Yūsaku Matsuda, who was then married. They started a relationship an ...

(

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Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two younger siblings, a younger brother,

Shota Matsuda is a Japanese actor. Matsuda is best known for his roles in the ''Hana Yori Dango'' series, the ''Liar Game'' series, and '' Love Shuffle''. Personal life Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985 in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a ...

, and a younger sister by his parents' marriage and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died from

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in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old. He attended

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Kanō Sōzaburō in

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's 1999 film ''

''. 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 ''

''. 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

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in the film ''A Stranger in Shanghai''. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.

Personal life

On 11 January 2009, Matsuda married , a Russian-Japanese model.First child for Ryuhei Matsuda, Lina Ohta
Tokyograph. Retrieved on 2010-10-26. Their first child, a girl, was born on 4 July 2009. They divorced in December 2017. On 20 October 2021, Matsuda married , a British-Japanese model.

Filmography

Films

* ''

'' (''Gohatto'') (1999) * ''Shibito no Koiwazurai'' (2001) * ''Hashire! Ichiro'' (2001) * '' Blue Spring'' (2002) * ''Collage of Our Life'' (''Renai Shashin'') (2003) * ''17 Sai'' (2003) * ''

9 Souls is a 2003 Japanese crime drama film directed by Toshiaki Toyoda. It was released on July 19, 2003. Cast * Yoshio Harada as Torakichi * Ryuhei Matsuda as Michiru *Genta Dairaku as Ushiyama *Itsuji Itao as Fujio *Kazuki Kitamura *Kiyohiko Shibukaw ...

'' as Michiru (2003) * ''Hachigatsu no Kariyushi'' (2003) * ''Showa Kayo Daizenshu'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2004) * '' Izo'' (2004) * ''

Otakus in Love is a Japanese manga series by Jun Hanyunyū. It was adapted into a live action film in 2004. Cast * Ryuhei Matsuda - Mon Aoki * Wakana Sakai - Koino Akashi * Suzuki Matsuo - Marimoda * Kiyoshirô Imawano * Hijiri Kojima - Mejina * Shinya ...

'' (2004) * ''Yasha no Ike'' (2004) * ''

'' (2005) * ''Gimmy Heaven'' (2005) * ''

Rampo Noir is a 2005 Japanese anthology film consisting of four segments based on works by Edogawa Ranpo. Synopsis Mars Canal A story told without speaking. It tells the story of a naked man who wanders through a depressing and desolate landscape recallin ...

'' (2005) * ''

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A is a 2006 film directed by Takashi Miike. The film premiered at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006. Plot In an unknown future, Jun confesses to the murder of another boy, Shiro, at an all-boy juvenile detention facili ...

'' (2006) * ''

Nightmare Detective is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and hitomi. Masanobu Andō and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. ...

'' (2006) * ''Chosyu Five'' (2006) * ''Sekai ha Tokidoki Utsukushii'' (2007) * ''Purukogi'' (2007) * ''Koisuru Madori'' (2007) * ''Ahiru to Kamo no Koinrokkâ'' (2007) * ''

Densen Uta is a 2007 Japanese satiric Japanese horror film produced by Shochiku Corporation and directed by Masato Harada. Many of the cast are members of the AKB48 idol girl group. Synopsis Anzu Natsuno ( Yuko Oshima), a student at an all-girl high ...

'' (2007) * ''Nobody to Watch Over Me'' (2008) * '' Nightmare Detective 2'' (2008) * ''

Mt. Tsurugidake is a 2009 Japanese film directed by Daisaku Kimura. Cast *Tadanobu Asano as Shibasaki *Teruyuki Kagawa as Uji *Ryuhei Matsuda as Ikuta *Yukijirō Hotaru as Kinsaku Iwamoto *Takashi Sasano as Noriaki Okubo *Toru Nakamura (actor), Toru Nakamura ...

'' (2009) * ''The Cannery Ship'' (''Kanikosen'') (2009) * ''Hagetaka: The Movie'' (''The Vulture'') (2009) * ''Boys on the Run'' (2010) * '' Phone Call to the Bar'' (2011), Takada * '' Tada's Do-It-All House'' (2011) * ''

The Great Passage is a 2013 Japanese drama film directed by Yuya Ishii, starring Ryuhei Matsuda as a dictionary editor. It is based on the best-selling novel by Shion Miura. The film won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, ...

'' (2013) * ''

Mugiko-san to is a Japanese comedy, drama film directed by Keisuke Yoshida and starring Horikita Maki. It was released on December 21, 2013. The story is about parent-child love, in which an otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consu ...

'' (2013) * '' Detective in the Bar'' (2013), Takada * ''

The Raid 2 ''The Raid 2'' ( id, The Raid 2: Berandal, lit=thug; ja, ザ・レイド Gokudo, lit=gangster), also known as ''The Raid: Retaliation'', is a 2014 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by the Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evan ...

'' (2014) * '' Jinuyo Saraba: Kamuroba Mura e'' (2015) * ''

The Magnificent Nine is a 2016 Japanese jidaigeki samurai comedy film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura. It was released in Japan by Shochiku on May 14, 2016. The original story is collected by "Unsung Heroes of Old Japan" written by , a record of the townspeople who ...

'' (2016) * ''My Uncle'' (2016) * '' The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue'' (2017) * ''

Before We Vanish is a 2017 Japanese science fiction film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It is based on a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa's Ikiume Theatre Company and the novel adaptation written by Maekawa. It stars Masami Nagasawa, Ryuhei Matsuda, Mahiro Takasu ...

'' (2017) * ''The Last Shot in the Bar'' (2017), Takada * '' The Scythian Lamb'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) (German-American film) * ''The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan'' (2018),

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* ''Noroshi ga Yobu'' (2019) * ''Beneath the Shadow'' (2020) * ''Hakai no Hi'' (2020) * ''Zokki'' (2021) * ''Transcending Dimensions'' (2024)

TV dramas

* ''San Oku-Yen Jiken'' (2000) - Roku * ''Hagetaka'' (2007) - Osamu Nishino * ''Ashita no Kita Yoshio'' (2008) - Heita Yashiro * ''

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'' (2009) - Date Masamune * ''Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi'' (2013) - Haruhiko Gyōten * ''

Amachan is a Japanese television drama series. It debuted on April 1, 2013, and was broadcast until September 28, 2013. It was scripted by Kankurō Kudō and starred Rena Nōnen as Aki Amano, a high-school girl from Tokyo who moves to the Sanriku Coast i ...

'' (2013) - Takuma Mizuguchi * ''

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'' (2017) - Tsukasa Beppu * ''Kurara: Hokusai no Musume'' (2017) - Zenjirō * ''Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi'' (2018) - Kosei Nemoto * ''Smoking'' (2018) - Masayuki Sakakibara * ''Yuganda Hamon'' (2019) - Masahiko Sawamura * '' Idaten'' (2019) -

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* ''A Stranger in Shanghai'' (2019) -

* ''Okehazama'' (2021) -

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* '' My Dear Exes'' (2021) - Hassaku Tanaka * ''Uzukawamura Jiken'' (2022) - Iwamori

Awards

Matsuda won a Japanese Academy Award for the "Best Supporting Actor" in the 2011 film '' Tantei wa Bar ni Iru'', and Nikkan Sports Film Award for the "Best Actor" in the 2013 film ''

''.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda, Ryuhei 1983 births Living people Japanese male actors of Korean descent Japanese people of Korean descent Japanese male film actors Male actors from Tokyo Horikoshi High School alumni