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Yoji Matsuda
Tokyo, Japan
Yoji 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 Mats…
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Yoji 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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
The World Is Dancing
TV show Inuo (voice)
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2022
Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!
TV show Kawahara
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2021
Character
Movie Atsushi Henmi
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2017
Ninsho
Movie Teishi Tomo
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2015
Seven Detectives
TV show
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2006
A Spirit of the Sun
TV show Genichirō Ryū (voice)
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2006
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Movie Sojiro Takase (voice)
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2004
The Motive
Movie Rich young man
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2004
The Hidden Blade
Movie
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2002
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
TV show MacLachlan Marshall (voice)
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2000
The Stupid Teacher
Movie Young soldier
- 1999
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1999
The Old Man and the Sea
Movie (voice)
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1997
Princess Mononoke
Movie Ashitaka (voice)
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1996
Scan Doll
Movie Katsumi
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1994
Turning Point
Movie
More credits
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1993
Haruka, Nostalgia
Movie Hiroshi Saitoh
- 1992
- 1990
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1990
Binetsu MY LOVE
Movie
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1988
Dogra Magra
Movie Ichiro Kure
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1988
The Discarnates
Movie Script Reading
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1988
The Glorious Asuka Gang!
Movie Kasuga
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1987
Kyoufu no Yacchan
Movie
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1986
Late Night Salute
TV show
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1985
Takeshi-kun, Hai!
TV show Shujiro Nishino
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1984
Warriors of the Wind
Movie Asbel (voice)
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1983
Oshin
TV show Yuu
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1978
Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen
Movie サブ
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1978
Blood Type: Blue
Movie Osamu, Minami's son
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1978
Ghost Train
Movie
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1975
Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
Movie Masahiko Okamura
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1974
Kamen Rider Amazon
TV show Masahiko Okamura
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1971
Kamen Rider
TV show Masahiko Okamura
