Yōji Matsuda
Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, Matsuda Yōji, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan.[1]
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松田 洋治 | |
Born | [1] | October 19, 1967
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Years active | 1972–present |
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
Early life
He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University.[2] After studying at Aoyama Gakuin High School, he dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University's Faculty of Letters and Department of Education. Among his classmates is a member of the Diet and the House of Councilors Renhō (his classmate from high school to university). He joined the Himawari Theatre Group at age five and made his child debut in the TV drama Mother's Suzu in 1974.
He gained attention as an actor in the 1983 TBS television drama Family Game (as Shigeyuki Numata). He appeared in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind in 1984, and in 1987, portrayed the main character Shuna in Shuna's Journey. In 1997, he voiced Ashitaka in the anime movie Princess Mononoke, and voiced Leonardo DiCaprio's role Jack Dawson in the American film Titanic to raise his profile. In 2006, he taught acting as a lecturer at Tokyo Animation College. He became active around the stage, working with directors such as Yukio Ninagawa and Yoji Aoi. He appeared in the drama From the North Country.
Filmography
Film
- Blue Christmas (1978) (Osamu Min)
- Komugiiro no Tenshi: Suzume to Shōnen (1978) (Sabu)
- Hana no Asuka-gumi! (1988) (Kasuga)
- Dogura magura (1988) (Ichirō Kure)
- Riyū (2004) (Wealthy person's husband)
- The Hidden Blade (2004)
- Kappa (2006)
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) (Shimazaki)
- Character (2021)[3]
Television
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) (Matsudaira Motoyasu)
- Hojo Tokimune (2001) Emperor Kameyama
Radio drama
- Shuna's Journey (1987) (Shuna)
Television animation
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002) (Marshall McLachlan)
- Kurau Phantom Memory (2004) (Vint)
- A Spirit of the Sun (2006) (Ichirō Yanagi)
Theatrical animation
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (Asbel)
- Princess Mononoke (1997) (Ashitaka)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) (Sōjirō Takase)
Video games
- Octopath Traveler II (2023) (Hikari Ku)[4]
Tokusatsu
- Kamen Rider Amazon (1974) (Masahiko Okamura)
Narration
- Sekai Fureaki Machi Aruki (????)
CD
- Hakkiya Kōshō (????) (Akama)
- Kaze Hikaru (????) (Okita Sōji)
Dubbing roles
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- The Art of More (Thomas Graham Connor (Christian Cooke))[6]
- Burnt Offerings (1981 TBS edition) (David "Davey" Rolf (Lee Montgomery))
- Good Morning, Vietnam (Tuan (Tung Thanh Tran))
- Inception (2012 TV Asahi edition) (Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt))[7]
- Spring Waltz (Yoon Jae-ha/Su-ho (Seo Do-young))
References
- "松田 洋治|日本タレント名鑑". 日本タレント名鑑 (in Japanese). Nihon Tarento Meikan. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "声優やナレーションなどでも評価の高い俳優・松田洋治が出演中の舞台「ハオト」を中心に、役者人生について語る - asobist.com". www.asobist.com (in Japanese). 18 June 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "中尾明慶&松田洋治、菅田将暉×Fukase共演「キャラクター」で新境地". eiga.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- Romano, Sal (September 13, 2022). "Octopath Traveler II announced for PS5, PS4, Switch, and PC". Gematsu. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
- "ザ・ビーチ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- "アート・オブ・モア 美と欲望の果て シーズン1". Sony Pictures. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
- "インセプション ~INCEPTION". TV Asahi. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
External links
- Official blog (in Japanese)
- Official agency profile (in Japanese)
- Yōji Matsuda at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Yōji Matsuda at IMDb