Shota Matsuda

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. His parents are the actors Yusaku Matsuda and Miyuki Matsuda, his older brother is the actor Ryuhei Matsuda, and his aunt is the actress Mami Kumagai. Matsuda is 181 cm tall. His father, Yusaku Matsuda was half-Korean, thus Shota and Ryuhei are a quarter Korean.

Matsuda has also lived in England and can speak fluent English. At the age of four, his father died, leaving him with just his mother, brother & younger sister .

Filmography

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

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

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2008	Nikkan Sports Film Awards	Ishihara Yujiro New Actor Award	Ikigami	Won	[1]
	Mainichi Film Concours	Sponichi Grand Prize New Talent Award	Waruboro	Won	[2]
2009	Japanese Academy Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Ikigami	Won	[3]
	Asian Film Awards	Best New Comer	Hana Yori Dango Final	Nominated	[4]

References

1. ^ 2008 Nikkan Sports Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.
2. ^ 2008 Mainichi Film Concours Retrieved October 25, 2010.
3. ^ 2009 Japanese Academy Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.
4. ^ 2009 Asian Film Awards Retrieved October 25, 2010.

External links

• Official site (Japanese)

Persondata
Name	Matsuda, Shota
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Date of birth	September 10, 1985
Place of birth	Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
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