is a Japanese actor. Matsuda is best known for his roles in the Hana Yori Dango series, the Liar Game series, and Love Shuffle.
Personal life Matsuda was born on September 10, 1985Shota Matsuda's Official Profile in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry, and Miyuki Matsuda (née Kumagai). Matsuda was the second son and second child born of his parents' marriage. He has an older brother, Ryuhei 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 in 1989 from bladder cancer, when Matsuda was four years old. Matsuda's maternal aunt, Mami Kumagai, is also an actress.
Matsuda directed Radio Foundation's music video "Brain Washing" as a tribute to their lead vocalist, Kenma Miyaoku, who died from a heart attack on July 12, 2009.
Marriage On April 25, 2018, after dating for a few years, Matsuda and model Kozue Akimoto jointly announced through their respective agencies that they had registered their marriage.
Filmography
Drama YearEnglish title ChannelJapanese titleRole Note 2003 Drop-out Teacher Returns to School TBS Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru Noriyuki Takahashi 2005 Boys Over Flowers TBS Hana Yori Dango Nishikado Sojiro 2006 Regatta TV Asahi レガッタ 君といた永遠 Seiya Yagi Top Caster Fuji TV トップキャスター Shunpei Iga 2007 The Empress Of Ginza TV Asahi Jyotei Date Naoto Liar Game Fuji TV ライアーゲーム Akiyama Shinichi Co-star Boys Over Flowers Returns TBS Hana Yori Dango Returns Nishikado Sojiro 2008 Flower Shop Without Rose Fuji TV Bara no nai Hanaya Naoya Kudo Princess Atsu NHK Atsuhime Tokugawa Iemochi Taiga drama2009 Lessons for a Perfect Detective Story TV Asahi Meitantei no Okite Daigoro Tenkaichi Lead role Love Shuffle TBS ラブシャッフル Ojiro Sera Liar Game: Season 2 Fuji TV ライアーゲーム ～シーズン2 Shinichi Akiyama Co-star2010 Moon Lovers Fuji TV Tsuki no Koibito Kazami Sai Nagareboshi Fuji TV 流れ星 Ryo Kamiya 2011 Don Quixote NTV ドン★キホーテ Masataka Shirota Lead role 2012 Taira no Kiyomori NHK 平清盛 Emperor Go-Shirakawa Taiga drama 2013 Undercover Agent Lizard TBS Sennyu Tantei Tokage Oribe Toru Lead role 2014 Clinic on the Sea Fuji TV Umi no Ue no Shinryoujo Sezaki Kota Lead role 2016 Dias Police: Ihou Keisatsu TBS ディアスポリス-異邦警察 Saki Kubozuka Lead role2017Final Life: Even if You Die TomorrowAmazon Primeファイナルライフ－明日、君が消えても－Ryo KawakuboLead role2018 Segodon NHK 西郷どん Tokugawa Yoshinobu Taiga drama Boys Over Flowers Season 2 TBS 花のち晴れ〜花男 Next Season〜 Nishikado Sojiro Cameo 2023 The Truth TV Tokyo THE TRUTH Lead role
TV Film YearTitle ChannelRole Note 2006 Poem of Love TBS Takumi Nanase 2008 Rokumeikan TV Asahi Hisao Kiyohara 2014 Miyamoto Musashi SP TV Asahi Seijuro Yoshioka 2015 Koko ni Aru Shiawase NHK Hiroyuki Tachikawa Lead role
Film YearTitleRoleNote2006 A Cheerful Gang turns the Earth Koun A Long Walk Wataru 2007 Waruboro Ko-chan Lead role2008 Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Kengo Fujimoto Lead role Hana Yori Dango Final Nishikado Sojiro2010 A Crowd of Three Kenta Lead role Liar Game: The Final Stage Shinichi Akiyama Co-star2011 Hard Romantic-er Gu Lead role Smuggler Sumagura / police officer Lead role2012 Afro Tanaka Hiroshi Tanaka Lead role Liar Game: Reborn Shinichi Akiyama Co-star 2013 1905 Tamotsu Kato Production cancelled February 2013 2014 Sweet Poolside Mitsuhiko Ota (Toshihiko's older brother) 2015 Initiation Love Suzuki Lead role2016 Over the Fence Kazuhisa Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys Saki Kubozuka Lead role2018 Isle of Dogs Junior Scientist #3 Voice; American-German film2019 Tokyo Ghoul S Shū Tsukiyama 2020Not Quite Dead Yet2020 Nozomi Naitō
Video games Year Title Role Publisher Ref. 2008 Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! Sasaki Kojirō Sega
Awards
| rowspan = "2"| 2008 | Ikigami | Nikkan Sports Film Awards: Yujiro Ishihara New Actor Award | 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010. |- | Waruboro | Mainichi Film Awards: Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award | 2008 Mainichi Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010. |- | rowspan = "2"| 2009 | Ikigami | 32nd Japan Academy Prize: Newcomer of the Year | 2009 Japanese Academy Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010. |- | Hana Yori Dango Final | Asian Film Awards: Best Newcomer | 2009 Asian Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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