Youji Matsuda
Yōji Matsuda (松田 洋治, Matsuda Yōji, born October 19, 1967) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Setagaya, Tokyo. His older brother is Naoyuki Matsuda, a musical translator and professor at Komazawa University. 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! as Kawahara
- 2021 · Character as Atsushi Henmi
- 2017 · Ninsho as Teishi Tomo
- 2015 · Keiji 7-nin as
- 2006 · A Spirit of the Sun as Genichirou Ryuu (voice)
- 2006 · The Girl Who Leapt Through Time as Sojiro Takase (voice)
- 2004 · The Hidden Blade as
- 2002 · Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex as MacLachlan Marshall (voice)
- 2000 · The Stupid Teacher as Young soldier
- 1999 · The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe as
- 1999 · The Old Man and the Sea as (voice)
- 1997 · Princess Mononoke as Ashitaka (voice)
- 1996 · Scan Doll as Katsumi
- 1994 · Turning Point as
- 1993 · Haruka, Nostalgia as Hiroshi Saitoh
- 1990 · Binetsu MY LOVE as
- 1988 · Dogra Magra as Ichiro Kure
- 1988 · The Discarnates as Script Reading
- 1988 · The Glorious Asuka Gang! as Kasuga
- 1987 · Kyoufu no Yacchan as
- 1985 · Takeshi-kun, Hai! as Shujiro Nishino
- 1984 · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as Asbel (voice)
- 1983 · Oshin as Yuu
- 1978 · Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen as サブ
- 1978 · Blood Type: Blue as
- 1975 · Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie as Masahiko Okamura
- 1971 · Kamen Rider as Masahiko Okamura