
Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana.
At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young samurai Kanō Sōzaburō in Nagisa Ōshima's 1999 film Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Festival" Awards for the "Best New Actor". Since appearing in Taboo, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film Blue Spring to the rock star Ren Honjo in the 2005 film Nana. In February 2013, it was revealed that Matsuda would play the part of a Japanese gangster in the sequel to the 2012 Indonesian film The Raid, named Berandal.
In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.

The Raid 2
2014 · as Keiichi

Isle of Dogs
2018 · as Junior Scientist 4 / Bartender (voice)

Nana
2005 · as Ren Honjou

Unreachable
2025

Blue Spring
2001 · as Kujo

Cutie Honey
2004 · as NSA Client

Taboo
1999 · as Sozaburo Kano

The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
2007 · as Tatsuji

Izo
2004 · as His Highness

Before We Vanish
2017 · as Shinji Kase

Rampo Noir
2005 · as Tarô Hirai (segment "Caterpillar")

The Secret Battlefield
2026

Karaoke Terror
2003 · as Ishihara

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker
2007 · as Kawasaki

The Magnificent Nine
2016 · as Moku Kayaba

Detective in the Bar
2013 · as Takada

The Last Shot in the Bar
2017 · as Takada

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2017 · as Tomoyuki