Acting · Suginami, Tokyo, Japan · Born May 9, 1983
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.
MovieBYE BYE LOVE 探偵はBARにいる
2026
as Takada
MovieThe Secret Battlefield
2026
MovieSai: Disaster
2026
TVHey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
2026
as Ichinose Yosuke
TVSai
2025
as Shinichiro Kuramoto
MovieUnreachable
2025
MovieTranscending Dimensions
2025
as Shinno
TVAsura
2025
as Shizuo Katsumata
TVTokyo Salad Bowl
2025
as Ryo Arikino
MovieWho Were We?
2024
as Ao
TVGive My Regards to Kenshirō
2023
as Numakura Koichi
TV0.5 Man
2023
as Tachibana Masaharu
MovieIchigeki
2023
as Shimada Konosuke
TVUzukawamura Incident
2022
as Iwamori Akira
TVMy Dear Exes
2021
as Hassaku Tanaka
TVChain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
2021
as 田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku
MovieZOKKI
2021
as Fujimura
MovieOkehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
2021
as Shibata Katsuie
MovieThe Day of Destruction
2020
as Mr. Shinno
MovieA Stranger in Shanghai
2019
as Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
MovieBeneath the Shadow
2019
as Hiasa Norihiro
TV歪んだ波紋
2019
MovieWolf's Calling
2019
as Samurai
TVWeakest Beast
2018
as Kosei Nemoto
MovieThe Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2018
as Shoji Segawa
TVSmoking
2018
as Sakakibara Masayuki
MovieIsle of Dogs
2018
as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
MovieThe Scythian Lamb
2018
as Ichirō Miyakoshi
MovieThe Last Shot in the Bar
2017
as Takada
MovieBefore We Vanish
2017
as Shinji Kase
MovieKurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
2017
as Zenjiro Ikeda
MovieThe Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2017
as Tomoyuki
TVQuartet
2017
as Tsukasa Beppu
MovieMy Uncle
2016
as Uncle
TVNatsuko Kira
2016
as Keisuke Takagi
MovieThe Magnificent Nine
2016
as Moku Kayaba
MovieThe Mohican Comes Home
2016
as Eikichi Tamura
MovieA Farewell to Jinu
2015
as Takeharu Takami
MovieDisconcerto
2014
as Haruhiko Gyoten
MovieThe Raid 2
2014
as Keiichi
MovieMy Little Sweet Pea
2013
as Norio Koiwa
MovieDetective in the Bar
2013
as Takada
MovieThe Great Passage
2013
as Mitsuya Majime
TVAmachan
2013
as Takuma Mizuguchi
TVTada's Do-It-All House
2013
as Gyoten Haruhiko
MovieA Chorus of Angels
2012
as Isamu
MovieI'm Flash!
2012
as Bodyguard
MoviePhone Call to the Bar
2011
as Takada
MovieTada's Do-It-All House
2011
as Haruhiko Gyoten
MovieBoys on the Run
2010
as Aoyama
MoviePhotographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
MovieSOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
MovieKanikôsen
2009
as Shinjo
MovieThe Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Ikuta
MovieThe Vulture
2009
as Osamu Nishino
Movie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！～」
2009
MovieNobody To Watch Over Me
2009
as Shogo Mishima
Can't Protect Anyone
2009
MovieNightmare Detective 2
2008
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
TVKita Yoshio's Tomorrow
2008
as Yashiro Heita
MovieLife Can Be So Wonderful
2007
as Shuichi
MovieThe Suicide Song
2007
as Riku Nagase
MovieTokyo Serendipity
2007
as Takashi Ohno
MovieThe Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2007
as Kawasaki
MovieThe Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007
as Tatsuji
TVHagetaka: Road to Rebirth
2007
as Osamu Nishino
MovieNightmare Detective
2007
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
MovieChosyu Five
2006
as Yozo Yamao
MovieBig Bang Love, Juvenile A
2006
as Jun Ariyoshi
MovieNana
2005
as Ren Honjou
MovieDemon Pond
2005
MovieRampo Noir
2005
as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
MovieSynesthesia
2005
as Kaoru Homura
Making of 9 Souls
2005
as Self
MovieOtakus in Love
2004
as Mon Aoki
MovieIzo
2004
as His Highness
MovieCutie Honey
2004
as NSA Client
MovieKaraoke Terror
2003
as Ishihara
Happiness in August
2003
Movie9 Souls
2003
as Michiru Kaneko
MovieAge 17
2003
as Book Boy
MovieCollage of Our Lives
2003
as Masato Segawa
MovieBlue Spring
2001
as Kujo
MovieRun Ichiro Run
2001
as Ryu Mochizuki
MovieLove Ghost
2001
as Shibayama Ryuske
MovieThe 300 million yen robbery
2000
MovieTaboo
1999
as Sozaburo Kano
