Youji Matsuda
Yōji 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.
Princess Mononoke
as Ashitaka (voice)Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must...
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
as Asbel (voice)After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last...
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
as Sojiro Takase (voice)When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through...
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The Hidden Blade
as uncreditedSet in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his...
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The Old Man and the Sea
as (voice)An old fisherman makes the biggest catch of his life.
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Character
as Atsushi HenmiA kind man aspires to become a manga writer, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to...
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Blood Type: Blue
as uncreditedUFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned...
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Scan Doll
as KatsumiKatsumi, a man who lives a lazy and uninspired life, suddenly becomes addicted to "peeping" to...
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Dogra Magra
as Ichiro KureA young man kills his bride on the day of his marriage and goes insane. He wakes up in an asylum...
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Haruka, Nostalgia
as Hiroshi SaitohAyase Shinsuke, a popular writer of a series of girl novels, visits Otaru, the town he grew up...
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The Discarnates
as Script ReadingHarada is a successful scenario writer, and his best buddy has just announced an intention to...
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The Nagaharu Yodogawa Story: A Cineaste's Life in Kobe
as uncreditedDepicts the life of Nagaharu Yodogawa.
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Ninsho
as Teishi TomoNinsho becomes a monk, following his mother’s wish who died when he was little. His father...
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The Glorious Asuka Gang!
as KasugaIn the year 199X, on the dark, shady streets of New Kabuki Town, the free-for-all between gangs...
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Turning Point
as uncreditedA middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the...
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Binetsu MY LOVE
as uncreditedBased on the comic book series by Mio Murao.
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Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie
as Masahiko OkamuraThe Kamen Rider Amazon movie is a theatrical version of episode 16, Garander's Tokyo Sea of...
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The Stupid Teacher
as Young soldierFilm director Mario Baba meets a mysterious gentleman, and realizes he is a important man from...
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Kamen Rider
as Masahiko OkamuraTakeshi Hongo is a promising young man with a passion for motorcycle racing. However, his dreams...
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Oshin
as YuuOshin is a Japanese serialized morning television drama, which aired on broadcaster NHK from...
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
as MacLachlan Marshall (voice)In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko...
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Keiji 7-nin
as uncreditedAmagi Yu is a slightly eccentric detective who has been assigned to the Twelfth Section of the...
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Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!
as KawaharaFukuhara Kouta is a college student who has bad luck that causes problems everywhere he goes....
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Takeshi-kun, Hai!
as Shujiro NishinoSet in slums of Tokyo, the daily life of the child Takeshi Kitano and his family is depicted...
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A Spirit of the Sun
as Genichirou Ryuu (voice)On August 10 2002, the eruption of Mount Fuji, as well as a series of large-scale earthquakes...
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