Ryuhei Matsuda Explained

Ryuhei Matsuda
Native Name:松田 龍平
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:9 May 1983
Birth Place:Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:1999 - present
Children:2

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.

Early life

Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry, and Miyuki Matsuda (née Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two younger siblings, a younger brother, Shota Matsuda, who is also an actor, and a younger sister, Yuuki Matsuda, who is a singer, and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died from bladder cancer in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old.[1] He attended Horikoshi High School, a Japanese high school that caters to celebrity students, but did not graduate.[2]

Career

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.[3]

In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.[4]

Personal life

On 11 January 2009, Matsuda married model and actress Rina Ōta. The two met through a mutual friend in the fall of 2007 and soon began dating.[5] The pair share one child together, a daughter, born on 4 July 2009.[5] They divorced in December 2017.[6]

On 20 October 2021, Matsuda married Japanese-British model Mala Morgan, who is 14 years younger than him.[7] In 12 March 2022, the two welcomed the birth of Matsuda's second and Morgan's first child, a son.[8]

Filmography

Films

TV dramas

Awards

Matsuda won a Japanese Academy Award for the "Best Supporting Actor" in the 2011 film Tantei wa Bar ni Iru, and Nikkan Sports Film Award for the "Best Actor" in the 2013 film The Great Passage.[23]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/yusaku-matsuda Yusaku Matsuda
  2. http://www.nipponcinema.com/tag/ryuhei-matsuda Ryuhei Matsuda
  3. Web site: Matsuda Ryuhei, Endo Kenichi and Kitamura Kazuki Joining THE RAID 2: BERANDAL | Twitch . 2013-04-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130314051847/http://twitchfilm.com/2013/02/draft---ryuhei-matsuda-kenichi-endo-kazuki-kitamura-joing-the-raid-2-berandal.html . 14 March 2013.
  4. Web site: World-Japan . Nhk . A Stranger in Shanghai, Dramatic Film that Captures Tumult of 1920's Shanghai, Makes International Broadcast Premiere on NHK WORLD-JAPAN December 27, 28 . GlobeNewswire News Room . 2019-12-03 . 2021-10-02.
  5. http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-5075 First child for Ryuhei Matsuda, Lina Ohta
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140121033215/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/event/prize/news/20131127-OHT1T00254.htm. 松田龍平「思いつながった」史上初！父子で主演男優賞…報知映画賞. Sports Hochi. ja. Hochi Shimbun. 27 Nov 2013. Matsuda Ryuhei & Ohta Rina reported to be getting a divorce. 21 January 2014. 14 Mar 2017.
  7. Web site: 松田龍平、モーガン茉愛羅と結婚 妊娠中で来春出産予定 交際３年半 - 結婚・熱愛 : 日刊スポーツ. 2021-10-24. nikkansports.com. ja.
  8. Web site: 2022-03-14 . 松田龍平の妻・モーガン茉愛羅が男児出産を報告「一人間として、そして母として、これからも成長」 . Ryuhei Matsuda's wife, Morgan Maria, announces the birth of a baby boy: "He will continue to grow as a person and as a mother" . https://web.archive.org/web/20220427075104/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2227722/full/ . 2022-04-27 . 2024-05-28 . ORICON NEWS.
  9. Web site: 9 Souls. Tom Mes. 4 September 2003. Midnight Eye. 2 September 2014. 14 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190314173753/http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/9-souls/. live.
  10. http://www.chosyufive-movie.com/ 映画「長州ファイブ -CHOSYU Five-」ウェブサイト
  11. http://www.sekaihatokidoki.com/ 世界はときどき美しい
  12. http://www.yakiniku-movie.com/ yakiniku-movie.com
  13. http://www.koisurumadori.com/ 恋するマドリ
  14. http://www.ahiru-kamo.jp/ アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー
  15. Web site: 吉岡里帆、鈴木福、満島真之介ら映画『ゾッキ』に豪華キャスト18名. October 21, 2020. Cinematoday. 23 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201023063024/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0119344. live.
  16. Web site: HAF reveals 15 Work-in-Progress projects for 2023 edition. February 26, 2023. Screen Daily. 28 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230228125637/https://www.screendaily.com/news/haf-reveals-15-work-in-progress-projects-for-2023-edition/5178920.article. live.
  17. Web site: 次元を超える TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS. December 10, 2022. eiga.com. 22 June 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240622104056/https://eiga.com/movie/98018/. live.
  18. Web site: Netflix『阿修羅のごとく』に本木雅弘、松田龍平、藤原季節、内野聖陽、國村隼、松坂慶子ら 豪華共演キャスト発表. 17 December 2024. Crank-in!. ja.
  19. Web site: いだてん 東京オリムピック噺. 10 October 2024. Haiyaku Jiten.
  20. Web site: 市川海老蔵主演「桶狭間」緊急放送決定 映像作品で親子初共演も. February 4, 2021. Sankei Shimbun. 3 February 2021. 3 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203222824/https://www.sankei.com/entertainments/news/210204/ent2102040004-n1.html. live.
  21. Web site: 松田龍平主演ドラマ「鵜頭川村事件」に蓮佛美沙子、伊武雅刀、工藤阿須加、山田杏奈ら. June 9, 2022. Natalie. 9 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220609064848/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/480873. live.
  22. Web site: 奈緒×松田龍平で黒丸の「東京サラダボウル」ドラマ化、"胃"の合うコンビ演じる. 10 October 2024. Natalie.
  23. Web site: Great Passage tops 38th Hochi Film Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222253/http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/great-passage-tops-38th-hochi-film-awards. 3 March 2016. 17 August 2016. Ma. Kevin. Film Business Asia.

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