About
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...
Known for
AmachanSeries • 2013
Isle of DogsMovie • 2018
The Raid 2Movie • 2014
AsuraSeries • 2025
My Dear ExesSeries • 2021
QuartetSeries • 2017
TabooMovie • 1999
NanaMovie • 2005
Cutie HoneyMovie • 2004
Blue SpringMovie • 2001
Before We VanishMovie • 2017
Rampo NoirMovie • 2005
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of BlueMovie • 2017
The Great PassageMovie • 2013
9 SoulsMovie • 2003
Nightmare DetectiveMovie • 2007
IzoMovie • 2004
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin LockerMovie • 2007
Big Bang Love, Juvenile AMovie • 2006
Tada's Do-It-All HouseMovie • 2011
The Scythian LambMovie • 2018
Nightmare Detective 2Movie • 2008
The Day of DestructionMovie • 2020