is a Japanese actor and

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from

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, Japan.

Early life

He was born in

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, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University. After studying at Aoyama Gakuin High School, he dropped out of

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's Faculty of Letters and Department of Education. Among his classmates is a member of the Diet and the House of Councilors Renhō (his classmate from high school to university). He joined the Himawari Theatre Group at age five and made his child debut in the TV drama ''Mother's Suzu'' in 1974. He gained attention as an actor in the 1983 TBS television drama ''Family Game'' (as Shigeyuki Numata). He appeared in '' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' in 1984, and in 1987, portrayed the main character Shuna in '' Shuna's Journey''. In 1997, he voiced Ashitaka in the anime movie ''

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'', and voiced

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's role Jack Dawson in the American film ''

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'' to raise his profile. In 2006, he taught acting as a lecturer at Tokyo Animation College. He became active around the stage, working with directors such as Yukio Ninagawa and Yoji Aoi. He appeared in the drama ''From the North Country''.

Filmography

Film

*'' Blue Christmas'' (1978) (Osamu Min) *''Komugiiro no Tenshi: Suzume to Shōnen'' (1978) (Sabu) *'' Hana no Asuka-gumi!'' (1988) (Kasuga) *''Dogura magura'' (1988) (Ichirō Kure) *''Riyū'' (2004) (Wealthy person's husband) *'' The Hidden Blade'' (2004) *''

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'' (2006) *'' Kabei: Our Mother'' (2008) (Shimazaki) *''Character'' (2021)

Television

*''

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'' (1983) ( Matsudaira Motoyasu) *''Hojo Tokimune'' (2001) Emperor Kameyama *'' Unbound'' (2025) (Murataya Jirobei)

Radio drama

*'' Shuna's Journey'' (1987) (Shuna)

Television animation

*'' Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' (2002) (Marshall McLachlan) *'' Kurau Phantom Memory'' (2004) (Vint) *''

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'' (2006) (Ichirō Yanagi)

Theatrical animation

*'' Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind'' (1984) (Asbel) *''

'' (1997) (Ashitaka) *'' The Girl Who Leapt Through Time'' (2006) (Sōjirō Takase)

Video games

*'' Octopath Traveler II'' (2023) (Hikari Ku)

Tokusatsu

*'' Kamen Rider Amazon'' (1974) (Masahiko Okamura)

Narration

*'' Sekai Fureaki Machi Aruki'' (????)

CD

*'' Hakkiya Kōshō'' (????) (Akama) *'' Kaze Hikaru'' (????) ( Okita Sōji)

Dubbing roles

**'' The Beach'' (Richard) **''

'' (1998 VHS edition) (Jack Dawson) *''

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'' (Thomas Graham Connor ( Christian Cooke)) *'' Burnt Offerings'' (1981 TBS edition) (David "Davey" Rolf ( Lee Montgomery)) *''

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'' (Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran)) *''

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'' (2012 TV Asahi edition) (Arthur ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt)) *'' Spring Waltz'' (Yoon Jae-ha/Su-ho (

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References

External links

Official blog

Official agency profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda, Yoji 1967 births 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors Living people Male voice actors from Setagaya Male voice actors from Tokyo Japanese male child actors Japanese male film actors Japanese male video game actors Japanese radio personalities