Matsuda Ryuhei

• Profession: Actor
• Height: 6' 0 (183cm)
• Weight: 63kg
• Bloodtype: B
• Star sign: Taurus
• Family: Father/actor Matsuda Yusaku, mother/actress Matsuda Miyuki, younger brother/actor Matsuda Shota, aunt/actress Kumagai Mami, wife/model Ota Rina
• Hobbies: Football and TV

Matsuda is the son of Yusaku Matsuda (Tanteoi Monogatari), an actor who died at a young age, and Miyuki Matsuda (Audition). He followed in his parents' footsteps by becoming an actor himself.

Matsuda lost his father when he was six. When he was fifteen, he was approached by Nagisa Oshima to act in a controversial samurai movie titled ‘Gohatto’. At first, he turned down the role when he learned it was a gay samurai. He later changed his mind, and trained in kendo for two months in preparation.

After his success in ‘Gohatto’, Matsuda switched gears to play a student in ‘Blue Spring’. He has starred in many movies since, working with famous directors like Takashi Miike in Big Bang Love, Juvenile A, and Shinya Tsukamoto in Akumu Tantei (Nightmare Detective). He has also acted alongside several J-pop stars, including Mika Nakashima and Yuna Ito (NANA) and hitomi (Nightmare Detective).

Matsuda's younger brother, Shota Matsuda, is also an actor.

His mother is Miyuki MatsudaFrequently works with Takeshi Kitano, Tadanobu Asano, and Toshiaki Toyoda.His younger brother is actor Shota Matsuda.He has starred in over 25 movies as of January 2009.His aunt is actress Mami Kumagai.

As an actor:

• 2010 Bôizu on za ran as Aoyama
• 2009 Kanikôsen as Shinjo
• 2009 Hagetaka: The Movie as Osamu Nishino
• 2009 Tsurugidake: Ten no ki as Ikuta
• 2009 Daremo mamorenai
• "Tenchijin"
• 2009 Gosai no kashin
• 2008 Akumu Tantei 2 as Kyoichi Kagenuma
• 2008 Dare mo mamotte kurenai as Shogo Mishima
• "Ashita no Kita Yoshio" as Yashiro Heita (11 episodes, 2008)
• 2008 Episode #1.11 as Yashiro Heita
• 2008 Episode #1.10 as Yashiro Heita
• 2008 Episode #1.9 as Yashiro Heita
• 2008 Episode #1.8 as Yashiro Heita
• 2008 Episode #1.7 as Yashiro Heita
• 2007 Densen uta as Riku Nagase
• 2007 Koi suru madori as Takashi Ohno
• 2007 Ahiru to kamo no koinrokkâ
• 2007 Sekai wa tokidoki utsukushî as Shuichi
• 2007 "Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth" as Osamu Nishino
• 2007 Purukogi
• 2006 Chôshû Faibu as Yozo Yamao
• 2006 Akumu Tantei as Kyoichi Kagenuma
• 2006 46-okunen no koi as Jun Ariyoshi
• 2005 Rampo jigoku as Tarô Hirai (story "Imomushi")
• Nana as Ren Honjou
• 2005 Yasha-ga-ike
• 2005 Gimî hebun as Kaoru Homura
• 2004 Koi no mon as Mon Aoki
• 2004 Izo
• 2004 Kyûtî Hanî as NSA Client
• 2003 Shôwa kayô daizenshû as Ishihara
• 2003 9 Souls as Michiru Kaneko
• 2003 Renai shashin as Masato Segawa
• 2001 Aoi haru as Kujo
• 2001 Hashire! Ichiro as Ryu
• 2001 Shibito no koiwazurai as Shibayama Ryuuhei
• 1999 Gohatto as Samurai Sozaburo Kano

Self:

• 2009 Soul Red: Matsuda Yûsaku