Shota Matsuda
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is a Japanese actor. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda
Yusaku Matsuda
was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi to a Zainichi Korean mother. His father is not known. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.-Career:...

 and Miyuki Matsuda
Miyuki Matsuda
is a Japanese actress and the widow of Yusaku Matsuda.She starred as Ryo Ishibashi's dead wife and the sister of Mami Kumagai in the movie Audition...

, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda
Ryuhei Matsuda
is a Japanese film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in Japanese films such as Taboo and Nana.-Early life:Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo to Yusaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor, and Miyuki Matsuda , a Japanese actress. He has two siblings, one of whom is Japanese actor Shota...

, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai
Mami Kumagai
is a Japanese actress.-Family:Kumagai's younger sister is Japanese actress Miyuki Matsuda. Her late brother-in-law was the Japanese-Korean actor Yusaku Matsuda...

. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda
Yusaku Matsuda
was a Japanese actor. Yusaku was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi to a Zainichi Korean mother. His father is not known. His date was wrongly recorded as 1950 on his birth records due to a parental error in filing a report.-Career:...

 was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.

Matsuda has also lived in England and can speak fluent English. At the age of four, his father died, leaving him with just his mother, brother & younger sister .

Drama

Year Title Original Channel Role Note
2003 Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

Takahashi Noriyuki Co-star
2005 Hana Yori Dango
Hana Yori Dango (TV series)
Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2005. It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the third television adaptation of the manga following Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II in Taiwan. It also resulted in...

TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2006 Regatta TV Asahi Yagi Seiya Supporting
Top Caster
Top Caster
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on Fuji TV in 2006....

Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Iga Shunpei Supporting
Aru Ai no Uta TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

Nanase Takumi Co-star
2007 Jotei TV Asahi Date Naoto Co-star
Liar Game
Liar Game (TV series)
Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007. It was adapted from a popular manga, known as the Liar Game, into a live action series directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The drama began airing in Japan on April 14, 2007. It featured Erika Toda as Nao Kanzaki, and Shota Matsuda as Shinichi...

Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
Hana Yori Dango 2
Hana Yori Dango Returns (TV series)
Hana Yori Dango Returns is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2007. It is the sequel to 2005 Hana Yori Dango TV series, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio, and followed by movie adaptation Hana Yori Dango Final.-Synopsis:Hana Yori Dango returns for...

TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2008 Bara no nai Hanaya
Bara no nai Hanaya
is a Japanese television drama. It is broadcast and produced by Fuji Television. Drama started with a 22.4% rating on January 14, 2008.-Plot:...

Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Kudo Naoya Supporting
Rokumeikan
Rokumeikan
The was a large two-story building in Tokyo, completed in 1883, which was to become a controversial symbol of Westernisation in the Meiji period. Commissioned for the housing of foreign guests by the Foreign Minister Inoue Kaoru, it was designed by Josiah Conder, a prominent Western architect...

TV Asahi Kiyohara Hisao Supporting
Atsuhime NHK Tokugawa Iemochi
Tokugawa Iemochi
was the 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office 1858 to 1866. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 1853 and 1854, and of the subsequent "re-opening" of...

Supporting
2009 Meitantei no Okite
Meitantei no Okite
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TV Asahi from 17 April 2009 to 19 June 2009.-Cast:* Shota Matsuda* Yūichi Kimura* Yuu Kashii* Chisun* Jingi Irie* Ryosuke Miura* Ryoko Kobayashi...

TV Asahi Tenkaichi Daigoro lead role
Love Shuffle
Love Shuffle
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on TBS from 16 January to 20 March 2009. The theme song of the series is Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire.-Cast:* Hiroshi Tamaki* Karina Nose* Shota Matsuda* Daigo* Yuriko Yoshitaka* Hijiri Kojima...

TBS
Tokyo Broadcasting System
, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

Sera Ojiro Supporting
Liar Game 2
Liar Game 2 (TV series)
Liar Game is a Japanese television drama series in 2007. It is the sequel for Liar Game, which the story adapted from a popular manga, known as the Liar Game. In April 2009, a second season of the drama adaptation and a live action movie were announced. The second season began airing in November...

Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
2010 Tsuki no Koibito Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Sai Kazami Supporting
Nagareboshi
Nagareboshi (TV series)
is a Japanese television drama adapted from the Young Scenario Prize-winning screenplay Kurage Marriage by Motoko Usuda. The series aired on the Getsuku time-slot from October 18 to December 20, 2010 on Fuji TV. The drama's slogan was "Itsuwari no Ai Kara, Shinjitsu no Ai e"...

Fuji TV
Fuji Television
is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

Kamiya Ryo supporting
2011 Don Quixote
Don Quixote (TV series)
is a Japanese television drama series that aired on NTV from July 9 to September 24, 2011.-Cast:* Shota Matsuda* Katsumi Takahashi* Riko Narumi* Yuki Uchida* Satomi Kobayashi* Hiroki Miyake* Miwako Ichikawa* Mahiru Konno* Ai Tamura* Kenkichi Watanabe...

NTV
Nippon Television
is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

Lead role

Film

Year Title Role Note
2006 Yōki na Gang ga Chikyū wo Mawasu Koun Supporting
Nagai Sanpo (長い散歩) Wataru Supporting
2007 Waruboro Ko-chan Lead role
2008 Ikigami
Ikigami
Ikigami is a Japanese film based on Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, a manga written by Motoro Mase.-Plot:Ikigami takes place in a dystopian society where the government has implemented the "Prosperity Law". This law dictates 1 in 1000 random citizens ages 18~24 will die for the state in a mandatory...

Kengo Fujimoto Lead Role
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final is a 2008 Japanese film, directed by Yasuharu Ishii, and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. The film is the last chapter of the Hana Yori Dango trilogy in Japan, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio....

Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2010 Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no Kuni Kenta Lead role
Liar Game: The Final Stage
Liar Game: The Final Stage
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Hiroaki Matsuyama. The film is a continuation of the popular Fuji Television drama series, Liar Game.It was released in Japan on March 6, 2010 and was subsequently released in Singapore and Hong Kong . Furthermore it has been confirmed that the film will be...

Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
2011 Hard Romantic-er
Hard Romantic-er
is an upcoming 2011 Japanese film directed by Gu Su Yeon.-Cast:* Shota Matsuda* Kento Nagayama* Yoko Maki* Dai Watanabe* Shido Nakamura...

Lead role

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2008 Nikkan Sports Film Awards Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award Ikigami
Ikigami
Ikigami is a Japanese film based on Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, a manga written by Motoro Mase.-Plot:Ikigami takes place in a dystopian society where the government has implemented the "Prosperity Law". This law dictates 1 in 1000 random citizens ages 18~24 will die for the state in a mandatory...

Mainichi Film Concours Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award Waruboro
2009 Japanese Academy Awards Newcomer of the Year Ikigami
Ikigami
Ikigami is a Japanese film based on Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit, a manga written by Motoro Mase.-Plot:Ikigami takes place in a dystopian society where the government has implemented the "Prosperity Law". This law dictates 1 in 1000 random citizens ages 18~24 will die for the state in a mandatory...

Asian Film Awards Best New Comer Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final is a 2008 Japanese film, directed by Yasuharu Ishii, and starring Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto. The film is the last chapter of the Hana Yori Dango trilogy in Japan, based on Japanese shōjo manga series, , written by Yoko Kamio....


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