Shota Matsuda

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Shota Matsuda
松田 翔太
Born September 10, 1985 (1985-09-10) (age 26)
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 2005—present
Website
http://www.shota-matsuda.com/

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.

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[edit] Early life

Matsuda was born in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan on September 10, 1985[1] to Yusaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry[2], and Miyuki Matsuda (nee 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 by his parents' marriage and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died in 1989 from bladder cancer, when Matsuda was 4 years old.

[edit] Personal life

Matsuda's maternal aunt, Mami Kumagai, is also an actress. Matsuda's sister-in-law is Russian-Japanese model Lina Ohta, who is married to his older brother Ryuhei.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Drama

Year Title Original Channel Role Note
2003 Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru TBS Takahashi Noriyuki Co-star
2005 Hana Yori Dango TBS Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2006 Regatta TV Asahi Yagi Seiya Supporting
Top Caster Fuji TV Iga Shunpei Supporting
Aru Ai no Uta TBS Nanase Takumi Co-star
2007 Jotei TV Asahi Date Naoto Co-star
Liar Game Fuji TV Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
Hana Yori Dango 2 TBS Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2008 Bara no nai Hanaya Fuji TV Kudo Naoya Supporting
Rokumeikan TV Asahi Kiyohara Hisao Supporting
Atsuhime NHK Tokugawa Iemochi Supporting
2009 Meitantei no Okite TV Asahi Tenkaichi Daigoro lead role
Love Shuffle TBS Sera Ojiro Supporting
Liar Game 2 Fuji TV Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
2010 Tsuki no Koibito Fuji TV Sai Kazami Supporting
Nagareboshi Fuji TV Kamiya Ryo supporting
2011 Don Quixote NTV Lead role

[edit] 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 Kengo Fujimoto Lead Role
Hana Yori Dango Final Nishikado Soujiro Supporting
2010 Kenta to Jun to Kayo-chan no Kuni Kenta Lead role
Liar Game: The Final Stage Akiyama Shinichi Co-star
2011 Hard Romantic-er Lead role

[edit] Awards

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2008 Nikkan Sports Film Awards Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award Ikigami
Won
[3]
Mainichi Film Concours Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award Waruboro
Won
[4]
2009 Japanese Academy Awards Newcomer of the Year Ikigami
Won
[5]
Asian Film Awards Best New Comer Hana Yori Dango Final
Nominated
[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shota Matsuda's Official Profile
  2. ^ The Person Who Crosses The Border - Yusaku Matsuda (越境者 - 松田優作 Ekkyousha - Matsuda Yusaku?) by Michiko Matsuda, published 2008
  3. ^ 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  4. ^ 2008 Mainichi Film Concours Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  5. ^ 2009 Japanese Academy Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  6. ^ 2009 Asian Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.

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