:Shota Matsuda

{{Infobox person

| name = Shota Matsuda

| native_name = 松田翔太

| native_name_lang = ja

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|09|10}}

| birth_place = Suginami, Tokyo, Japan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| othername =

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2005—present

| parents = Yūsaku Matsuda {{small|(father)}}

Miyuki Matsuda {{small|(mother)}}

| relatives = {{ublist|Ryuhei Matsuda {{small|(older brother)}}|Yuuki Matsuda {{small|(younger sister)}}|Maria Morgan {{small|(sister-in-law)}}}}

| spouse = {{Marriage|Kozue Akimoto|2018}}

| website = {{URL|http://office-saku.com/artists/shota_matsuda.html|office-saku.com}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Shota Matsuda|松田翔太|Matsuda Shōta|born September 10, 1985}} 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, 1985[http://www.ken-on.co.jp/artist/matsuda.html Shota Matsuda's Official Profile] in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, to Yūsaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry,{{ekkyosha-matsuda-yusaku}} 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.tokyodandy.com/radio-foundation-brain-washing-pv/ | title=Radio Foundation – Brain Washing PV | work=Tokyo Dandy | date=2010-07-12 | accessdate=2018-09-23}}

= 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.{{Cite web |last=Mu |first=Natasha |title=松田翔太と秋元梢が入籍「強さと温かい愛を持った家庭を」 |trans-title=Matsuda Shota and Akimoto Kozue register their marriage: "A family with strength and warm love" |url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/279649 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429014020/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/279649 |archive-date=2023-04-29 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=映画ナタリー |language=ja}}

Filmography

=Drama=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!English Title

!Channel

!Japanese Title

!Role

!class="unsortable" width="400"| 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

rowspan ="2" |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

rowspan ="3"|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

rowspan ="2"|2008

| Flower Shop Without Rose

| Fuji TV

| Bara no nai Hanaya

| Naoya Kudo

Princess Atsu

| NHK

| Atsuhime

| Tokugawa Iemochi

| Taiga drama

rowspan ="3"|2009

| 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-star

rowspan ="2"|2010

| 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 role

2017

|Final Life: Even if You Die Tomorrow{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/asia/amazon-unveils-final-life-in-japan-1202537855/|title=Amazon Unveils 'Final Life' in Japan|date=24 August 2017}}

|Amazon Prime

|ファイナルライフ－明日、君が消えても－

|Ryo Kawakubo

|Lead role

rowspan ="2"|2018

| 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=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Channel

!Role

!class="unsortable" width="400"| 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=

class="wikitable sortable "

!Year

!Title

!Role

!class = "unsortable" |Note

rowspan = "2" |2006

| A Cheerful Gang turns the Earth

| Koun

A Long Walk

| Wataru

2007

| Waruboro

| Ko-chan

| Lead role

rowspan = "2" |2008

| Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

| Kengo Fujimoto

| Lead role

Hana Yori Dango Final

| Nishikado Sojiro

rowspan = "2" |2010

| A Crowd of Three

| Kenta

| Lead role

Liar Game: The Final Stage

| Shinichi Akiyama

| Co-star

rowspan="2"|2011

| Hard Romantic-er

| Gu

| Lead role

Smuggler

| Sumagura / police officer

| Lead role

rowspan="2"|2012

| Afro Tanaka

| Hiroshi Tanaka

| Lead role

Liar Game: Reborn

| Shinichi Akiyama

| Co-star

2013

| 1905

| Tamotsu Kato

| Production cancelled February 2013{{cite web|url= http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/130225/ent13022512470019-n1.htm|script-title= ja:中堅映画会社のプレノン・アッシュが破産尖閣問題の影響でトニー・レオンが出演見送り|trans-title= Film company Prenom H goes bankrupt - Tony Leung's involvement cancelled due to Senkaku dispute|date= 25 February 2013|work= MSN Sankei News|publisher= The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital|location= Japan|language= Japanese|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130226012117/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/entertainments/news/130225/ent13022512470019-n1.htm|archivedate= 2013-02-26|accessdate= 26 February 2013|url-status= dead}}

2014

| Sweet Poolside

| Mitsuhiko Ota (Toshihiko's older brother)

2015

| Initiation Love

| Suzuki

| Lead role

rowspan="2"|2016

| Over the Fence

| Kazuhisa

Dias Police: Dirty Yellow Boys

| Saki Kubozuka

| Lead role

rowspan="1"|2018

| Isle of Dogs

| Junior Scientist #3

| Voice; American-German film

rowspan="1"|2019

| Tokyo Ghoul S

| Shū Tsukiyama

rowspan="1"|2020

|Not Quite Dead Yet

rowspan="1"|2020

| Nozomi

| Naitō

|{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemacafe.net/article/2020/05/21/67176.html|title= 岡田健史&清原果耶、堤真一&石田ゆり子演じる"夫婦"の子に『望み』10月公開|accessdate= May 21, 2020|work= Cinema Cafe}}