Cast & creator
Ryuhei Matsuda
Best known for Amachan, Isle of Dogs, The Raid 2
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.
Also known as: 松田龙平, Ryûhei Matsuda, ریوهی ماتسودا, ریوهای ماتسودا
70
film credits
21
television credits
90
1999–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (91)
Showing 91 of 91 credits
Amachan
Takuma Mizuguchi
2013
Isle of Dogs
Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)
2018
The Raid 2
Keiichi
2014
Sai
Shinichiro Kuramoto
2025
Smoking
Sakakibara Masayuki
2018
Taboo
Sozaburo Kano
1999
Quartet
Tsukasa Beppu
2017
Hey Detective, Your Backpack is Open!
Ichinose Yosuke
2026
Asura
Shizuo Katsumata
2025
Tada's Do-It-All House
Gyoten Haruhiko
2013
My Dear Exes
Hassaku Tanaka
2021
Weakest Beast
Kosei Nemoto
2018
Natsuko Kira
Keisuke Takagi
2016Natsuko Kira
Creator
2016
Tokyo Salad Bowl
Ryo Arikino
2025
Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth
Osamu Nishino
2007
Uzukawamura Incident
Iwamori Akira
2022
0.5 Man
Tachibana Masaharu
2023
Give My Regards to Kenshirō
Numakura Koichi
2023
Kita Yoshio's Tomorrow
Yashiro Heita
2008
Distorted Ripples
Masahiko Sawamura
2019
Nana
Ren Honjou
2005
Blue Spring
Kujo
2001
Chain Story Omameda Towako wo Shiranai Otokotachi
田中八作 / Tanaka Hassaku
2021
Unreachable
2025
The Magnificent Nine
Moku Kayaba
2016
Rampo Noir
Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")
2005
Cutie Honey
NSA Client
2004
Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter
Zenjiro Ikeda
2017
Izo
His Highness
2004
Before We Vanish
Shinji Kase
2017
Tada's Do-It-All House
Haruhiko Gyoten
2011
Dōki
Ryouta Udagawa
2011
Sai: Disaster
2026
Disconcerto
Haruhiko Gyoten
2014
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Ikuta
2009
Nightmare Detective
Kyoichi Kagenuma
2007
UNDERGIRL
UNDERMAN
2026
The Great Passage
Mitsuya Majime
2013
I'm Flash!
Bodyguard
2012
Transcending Dimensions
Shinno
2025
Age 17
Book Boy
2003
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
Kawasaki
2007
9 Souls
Michiru Kaneko
2003
The Last Shot in the Bar
Takada
2017
Phone Call to the Bar
Takada
2011
ZOKKI
Fujimura
2021
Run Ichiro Run
Ryu Mochizuki
2001
The Scythian Lamb
Ichirō Miyakoshi
2018
The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
Tatsuji
2007
Beneath the Shadow
Hiasa Norihiro
2019
Otakus in Love
Mon Aoki
2004
A Chorus of Angels
Isamu
2012
歪んだ波紋
2019
The Mohican Comes Home
Eikichi Tamura
2016
Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga Birth of the Overlord
Shibata Katsuie
2021
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
Shoji Segawa
2018
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Jun Ariyoshi
2006
Boys on the Run
Aoyama
2010
Collage of Our Lives
Masato Segawa
2003
Demon Pond
2005
Karaoke Terror
Ishihara
2003
The Secret Battlefield
2026
Kanikôsen
Shinjo
2009
Bye Bye Love: Detective Is in the Bar
Takada
2026
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Tomoyuki
2017
The Vulture
Osamu Nishino
2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
A Farewell to Jinu
Takeharu Takami
2015
The Day of Destruction
Mr. Shinno
2020
Nobody To Watch Over Me
Shogo Mishima
2009
Synesthesia
Kaoru Homura
2005
Detective in the Bar
Takada
2013
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
Tokyo Serendipity
Takashi Ohno
2007
Who Were We?
Ao
2024
Life Can Be So Wonderful
Shuichi
2007
My Uncle
Uncle
2016
The 300 million yen robbery
2000
Ichigeki
Shimada Konosuke
2023
Nightmare Detective 2
Kyoichi Kagenuma
2008
Love Ghost
Shibayama Ryuske
2001
Wolf's Calling
Samurai
2019
My Little Sweet Pea
Norio Koiwa
2013
The Suicide Song
Riku Nagase
2007
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
A Stranger in Shanghai
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
2019
Chosyu Five
Yozo Yamao
2006Making of 9 Souls
Self
2005