Shota Matsuda | |
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Native name | 松田 翔太 |
Born |
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
September 10, 1985
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2005—present |
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
Parent(s) | |
Relatives |
Ryuhei Matsuda (older brother) Yuki Matsuda (younger sister) |
Website | office-saku |
Ryuhei Matsuda (older brother)
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.
Matsuda was born in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan on September 10, 1985 to Yusaku Matsuda, a Japanese actor of partial Korean ancestry, and Miyuki Matsuda (née 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.
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.