Acting
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. 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.
Filmography
Sai: Disaster
Film · 2026
Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar
Film · 2026
The Secret Battlefield
Film · 2026
UNDERGIRL
Film · 2026
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Series · 2026
Transcending Dimensions
Film · 2025
Unreachable
Film · 2025
Tokyo Salad Bowl
Series · 2025
Asura
Series · 2025
Sai
Series · 2025
Who Were We?
Film · 2024
Ichigeki
Film · 2023
0.5 Man
Series · 2023
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Series · 2023
Uzukawamura Incident
Series · 2022
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Film · 2021
ZOKKI
Film · 2021
My Dear Exes
Series · 2021
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
Series · 2021
The Day of Destruction
Film · 2020
Beneath the Shadow
Film · 2019
Wolf's Calling
Film · 2019
A Stranger in Shanghai
Film · 2019
歪んだ波紋
Series · 2019
Distorted Ripples
Series · 2019
The Scythian Lamb
Film · 2018
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Film · 2018
Isle of Dogs
Film · 2018
Weakest Beast
Series · 2018
Smoking
Series · 2018
Before We Vanish
Film · 2017
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Film · 2017
The Last Shot in the Bar
Film · 2017
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Film · 2017
Quartet
Series · 2017
The Mohican Comes Home
Film · 2016
The Magnificent Nine
Film · 2016
My Uncle
Film · 2016
Natsuko Kira
Series · 2016
A Farewell to Jinu
Film · 2015
The Raid 2
Film · 2014
Disconcerto
Film · 2014
The Great Passage
Film · 2013
Detective in the Bar
Film · 2013
My Little Sweet Pea
Film · 2013
Tada's Do-It-All House
Series · 2013
Amachan
Series · 2013
I'm Flash!
Film · 2012
A Chorus of Angels
Film · 2012
Phone Call to the Bar
Film · 2011
Tada's Do-It-All House
Film · 2011
Dōki
Series · 2011
Boys on the Run
Film · 2010
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Film · 2009
Nobody To Watch Over Me
Film · 2009
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
Film · 2009
Kanikôsen
Film · 2009
The Vulture
Film · 2009
Can't Protect Anyone
Film · 2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
Film · 2009
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！～」
Film · 2009
Nightmare Detective 2
Film · 2008
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Series · 2008
The Suicide Song
Film · 2007
Nightmare Detective
Film · 2007
Tokyo Serendipity
Film · 2007
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
Film · 2007
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Film · 2007
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Film · 2007
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
Series · 2007
Chosyu Five
Film · 2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Film · 2006
Demon Pond
Film · 2005
Nana
Film · 2005
Synesthesia
Film · 2005
Rampo Noir
Film · 2005
Making of 9 Souls
Film · 2005
Cutie Honey
Film · 2004
Izo
Film · 2004
Otakus in Love
Film · 2004
Karaoke Terror
Film · 2003
Collage of Our Lives
Film · 2003
9 Souls
Film · 2003
Age 17
Film · 2003
Happiness in August
Film · 2003
Blue Spring
Film · 2001
Run Ichiro Run
Film · 2001
Love Ghost
Film · 2001
The 300 million yen robbery
Film · 2000
Taboo
Film · 1999