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Yoji Matsuda

Yoji Matsuda

Born on October 19th, 1967

Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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

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2021

Atsushi Henmi

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Ninsho

2017

Teishi Tomo

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

2006

Sojiro Takase (voice)

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The Hidden Blade

2004

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The Stupid Teacher

2000

Young soldier

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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe

1999

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The Old Man and the Sea

1999

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Princess Mononoke

1997

Ashitaka (voice)

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Scan Doll

1996

Katsumi

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Turning Point

1994

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Haruka, Nostalgia

1993

Hiroshi Saitoh

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Soyokaze Toki ni wa Tsumujikaze

1992

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Virgin Girl's Story: The Lady is in Danger!

1990

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Binetsu MY LOVE

1990

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Dogra Magra

1988

Ichiro Kure

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The Discarnates

1988

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The Glorious Asuka Gang!

1988

Kasuga

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Kyoufu no Yacchan

1987

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984

Asbel (voice)

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Komugīro no tenshi suzume to shōnen

1978

サブ

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Blood Type: Blue

1978

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Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie

1975

Masahiko Okamura

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