Yutaka Matsushige

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Name Yutaka Matsushige
Japanese: 松重豊
Birthdate: January 19, 1963
Birthplace: Fukuoka, Japan
Height: 189cm
Blood Type: AB
Instagram: mattige19
Twitter: @mattige19

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Movies

Solitary Gourmet | Gekieiga Kodoku no Gourmet (2025) - Goro Inogashira
Cloud (2024)
Last Mile (2024) - Yasuo Kamikura
Nigekireta Yume (2023) - Keiji Ishida
Familia (2023) - Aoki
Tsuyukusa (2022) - Goro Shinoda
What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? | Daikaijyu no Atoshimatsu (2022) - Noboru Yamikumo
The Last 10 Years | Yomei 10 Nen (2022) - Akihisa Takabayashi
The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero | Confidence Man JP: Eiyuu hen (2022) - Tamba
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!? | Rogo no Shikin ga Arimasen (2021) - Akira Goto
The Voice of Sin | Tsumi no Koe (2020) - Yosuke Mizushima
Threads: Our Tapestry of Love | Ito (2020) - Kotaro Tomita
Goodbye | Goodbye: Uso kara Hajimaru Jinsei Kigeki (2020) - Urushiyama
Our 30 Minute Sessions | Sayonara made no 30 pun (2020) - Fujio Yoshii
Hikita-san! Gokainin Desuyo (2019) - Kunio Hikita
Samurai Shifters | Hikkoshi Daimyo! (2019) - Sanemon Motomura
This Old Road: Konomichi | Konomichi (2019) - Tekkan Yosano
Love At Least | Ikiteru Dake de, Ai (2018) - Isoyama
Cafe Funiculi Funicula | Coffee ga Samenai Uchi ni (2018) - Yasunori Fusaki
Killing For The Prosecution | Kensatsugawa no Zainin (2018) - Toshinari Suwabe
Flea-picking Samurai | Nomitori Samurai (2018) - Tadakiyo Makino
Dynamite Graffiti | Suteki na Dynamite Scandal (2018) - Detective Morohashi
The Last Shot in the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 3 (2017) - Aida
Outrage Coda | Outrage Saishusho (2017) - Detective Shigeta
Midnight Diner 2 | Zoku Shinya Shokudo (2016) - Ryu
Museum (2016) - Kozo Sekihata
Good Morning Show (2016) - Tetsuto Kuroiwa
Lost and Found | Hoshigaoka Wandarando (2016) - Touji Seo (Atsuto's father)
Hero (2015) - Kenzaburo Kawajiri
Solomon's Perjury 2: Judgment | Solomon no Gisho Kohen Saiban (2015) - Teacher Kitao
Solomon's Perjury 1: Suspicion | Solomon no Gisho Zenpen Jiken (2015) - Teacher Kitao
Kabukicho Love Hotel | Sayonara Kabukicho (2015) - Yasuo Ikezawa
Maestro! | Maesutoro (2015) - Hiroaki Soma
Midnight Diner | |Shinya Shokudo (2015) - Ryu Kenzaki
Monsterz (2014) - Takao Shibamoto
The Love and Death of Kaoru Mitarai | Mitarai Kaoru no Ai to Shi (2014) - Sasaoka
Seven Weeks | No no Nanananoka (2014) - Haruhiko Suzuki
Real | Riaru Kanzen Naru Kubinagaryu no Hi (2013) - Haruhiko
It's Me, It's Me | Ore Ore (2013) - Detective Akune
Detective in the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar Ni Iru 2 (2013) - Aida
Banana, Glove and Whale Shark | Banana to Gurobu to Jinbeezame (2013) - Kozo Miyazato
Outrage Beyond (2012) - Shigeta
The Wings of the Kirin | Kirin no Tsubasa: Gekijoban Shinzanmono (2012) - Kobayashi
DOG x POLICE: The K-9 Force | DOG×POLICE: Junpaku no Kizuna (2011)
Phone Call to the Bar | Tantei Wa Bar ni Iru (2011) - Aida
Bayside Shakedown 3: Set the Guys Loose | Odoru Daisosasen 3 (2010) - Leader of an explosive disposal
A Lone Scalpel | Kokou no Mesu (2010) - Go Sanegawa
Hanamizuki (2010)
All to the Sea | Subete wa umi ni naru (2010)
Go Find a Psychic! | Magare! Spoon (2009)
Dear Doctor | Dea Dokuta (2009) - Sergeant Hatano
Crows Zero 2 | Kurozu Zero II (2009) - Ushiyama
Instant Numa | Insutanto Numa (2009)
K-20: Legend of the Mask | K-20: Kaijin niju menso den (2008) - Prisoner
Tokyo! (2008) - (segment "Shaking Tokyo")
Chacha Tengai no Onna (2007)
Adrift in Tokyo | Tenten (2007) - Mr. Tomobe (Office Worker #3)
Crows Zero | Kurozu Zero (2007) - Ushiyama
Three for the Road | Yajikita dochu Teresuko (2007)
The Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia | Zukan ni nottenai mushi (2007)
Talk, Talk, Talk | Shaberedomo Shaberedomo (2007) - Taichi Yugawara
Like a Dragon | Ryu ga gotoku: gekijo-ban (2007) - Makoto Date
Little DJ (2007)
Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
Si-Sei 2 -The Fallen Spider- | Shisei: ochita joroogumo (2007)
Love Never to End | Ai no rukeichi (2007)
The Catch Man | Kyacchi boru-ya (2006) - Goto
Sun Scarred | Taiyo no kizu (2006)
Rough | Rafu (2006) - Kenjiro Ninomiya
Those Were the Days | Kana shiki tenshi (2006)
Check It Out, Yo! | Chekeraccho!! (2006) - Katsuji Tamashiro
Princess in an Iron Helmet | Korogare! Tamako (2006)
Shinobi (2005) - Hattori Hanzou
Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected | Kame wa igai to hayaku oyogu (2005) - Ramen Chef
Irasshaimase, kanja-sama (2005) - Surgeon
Yakuza Wives: Burning Desire | Gokudo no onna-tachi: Joen (2005)
Simsons (2005) - Yasufumi Takamatsu
Kikoyuruya (2005)
Lady Joker (2004) - Nishimura
Blood and Bones | Chi to hone (2004) - Nobuyoshi Ko
Believer (2004) - Shimada
Lost My Way | Rosuto (star) mai wei (2004)
One Missed Call | Chakushin ari (2003) - Ichiro Fujieda
Dragon Head | Doragon heddo (2003)
Last Life in the Universe | Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (2003) - Yukio
Eau de vie (2003)
T.R.Y. (2003)
Rockers | Rokkazu (2003)
Doing Time | Keimusho no naka (2002)
The Princess Blade | Shura Yukihime (2001) - Anka
Go Heat Man! (2001) - Masaki
Red Shadow (2001) - Kamijou Takatora
All About Our House | Minna no ie (2001) - Tall man
Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius | Satorare (2001) - Shigefumi Shiraki
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000) - Pineapple Company Head
By Player | Sanmon yakusha (2000)
Eureka (2000) - Matsuoka
Godzilla Millenium (1999)
Charisma (1999) - Nekoshima
Adrenaline Drive | Adorenarin doraibu (1999) - Kuroiwa
Ring (1998) - Yoshino
The Spiral (1998) - Yoshino
Akagi the Gambler II | Janma akagi (1997)
Flirt (1995) - Doctor
A Last Note | Gogo no Yuigon-jo (1995) - Daigoro
Akagi the Gambler | To'haiden akagi (1995)
The Guard from the Underground | Jigoku no keibîn (1992) - Fujimaru

Drama Series

Dou Suru Ieyasu (NHK / 2023) - Kazumasa Ishikawa
Solitary Gourmet Season 10 | Kodoku no Gourmet Season 10 (TV Tokyo / 2022) - Goro Inogashira
Is Love Sustainable? | Jizoku Kanona Koi Desuka (TBS / 2022) - Rintaro Sawada
Ryunosuke Kamiki's Filming Break | Kamiki Ryunosuke no Satsukyu (WOWOW / 2022) - Ryunosuke Kamiki's fan (ep.6)
Iribito: Stranger | Iribito (WOWOW / 2021) - Teruyama Shimura
Gosh!! - Police Dog Oliver and His Handler's Bizarre Case Files | Oribana Inu, (Goshi!!) Kono Yaro (NHK / 2021) - Ryumon
Solitary Gourmet Season 9 | Kodoku no Gourmet Season 9 (TV Tokyo / 2021) - Goro Inogashira
Time Limit Investigator 2019 | Jiko Keisatsu 2019 (TV Asahi / 2019) - Doctor Tadano (ep.8)
Solitary Gourmet Season 8 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 8 (TV Tokyo / 2019) - Goro Inogashira
The Great White Tower | Shiroi Kyoto (TV Asahi / 2019) - Yuji Ugai
Perfect World (Fuji TV / 2019) - Motohisa Kawana
Villain: Perpetrator Chase Investigation | Akutou: Kagaisha Tsuiseki Chousa (WOWOW / 2019) - Masato Kogure
Solitary Gourmet Season 7 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 7 (TV Tokyo / 2018) - Goro Inogashira
The Supporting Actors 2 | Baipureiyazu: Moshimo Meiwakiyaku ga Tere To Asa Dora de Mujinto Seikatsu Shitara (TV Tokyo / 2018) - himself
Unnatural (TBS / 2018) - Yasuo Kamikura
Akira and Akira | Akira to Akira (WOWOW / 2017) - Kozo Yamazaki
The Noble Detective | Kizoku Tantei (Fuji TV / 2017) - Yamamoto
Solitary Gourmet Season 6 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 6 (TV Tokyo / 2017) - Goro Inogashira
The Supporting Actors | Baipureiyazu~Moshimo 6 ning no Meiwakiyaku ga Shea hause de Kurashitara~ (TV Tokyo / 2017) - himself
Totto Television | Totto Terebi (NHK / 2016) - Chinese Restaurant Mr. Ou
Sleepeeer Hit! | Juhan Shuttai! (TBS / 2016) - Yasuki Wada
Arechi no Koi (WOWOW / 2016) - Kiichi Mitamura
Solitary Gourmet Season 5 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 5 (TV Tokyo / 2015) - Goro Inogashira
Death Note | Desu Noto (NTV / 2015) - Soichiro Yagami
Dr. Rintaro, Psychiatrist | Dr. Rintaro (NTV / 2015) - Eisuke Hasumi
Dating: What's It Like To Be In Love? | Deto - Koi to wa Donna Mono Kashira - (Fuji TV / 2015) - Toshio Yabushita
Girls in the Bar | Onna wa Sore o Yurusanai (TBS / 2014) - Kaoru Chono
Midnight Diner 3 | Shinya Shokudo 3 (TBS-MBS / 2014) - Ryu Kenzaki
A Sinner's Lie | Zainin no Uso (WOWOW / 2014) - Kazuya Kamoshita
Solitary Gourmet Season 4 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 4 (TV Tokyo / 2014) - Goro Inogashira
Hero (Fuji TV / 2014) - Kenzaburo Kawajiri
Henshin (WOWOW / 2014) - Haruhiko Hamura
Shinigami Kun (TV Asahi / 2014) - Shinigami Kun's boss
Tokusou (WOWOW / 2014) - Kotaro Mitamura
Tomorrow, Mom Won't Be Here | Ashita, Mama ga Inai (NTV / 2014) - Takeshi Kawashima (ep.2, 5-8)
Solitary Gourmet Season 3 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 3 (TV Tokyo / 2013) - Goro Inogashira
Henshin Interviewer no Yuuutsu (TBS / 2013)
The Detective's Gaze | Keiji no Manazashi (TBS / 2013) - Detective Seiichi Fukumori (section in charge of violent crime in Higashi-Ikebukuro Police Station)
Dinner (Fuji TV / 2013) - Kohsuke Imai
Yae no Sakura (NHK / 2013) - Gonpachi Yamamoto
Solitary Gourmet Season 2 | Kodoku no Gurume Season 2 (TV Tokyo / 2012) - Goro Inogashira
Late Blooming Sunflower My Life Renewed | Osozaki no Himawari (Fuji TV / 2012) - Tetsuya Kusaka
Summer Rescue | Sama Resukyu - Tenku No Shinryojo (TBS / 2012) - Tetsuo Sawaguchi
Answer ~ Keishicho Kensho Sosakan (TV Asahi / 2012) - Shozo Usui
Unmei no Hito (TBS / 2012) - Shuichi Tsukasa
Solitary Gourmet Season 1 | Kodoku no Gurume (TV Tokyo / 2012) - Goro Inogashira
Last Money ~Ai no Nedan~ (NHK / 2011) - Hiro Kisaragi
The Sky is Mine: The Billionaire Detective | Ore no Sora: Keiji Hen (TV Asahi / 2011) - Masaharu Tamura
Midnight Diner 2 | Shinya Shokudo 2 (TBS-MBS / 2011) - Ryu Kenzaki
Don Quixote | Don Kihote (NHK / 2011) - Daisuke Hyodo
Good Life ~Arigatou, Papa. Sayonara~ (Fuji TV / 2011) - Daichi's father
Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa (Fuji TV / 2011) - ep.6
Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 5 (TV Asahi / 2010) - ep.1
Clone Baby (TBS / 2010) - Kazuma Aoyagi
Kenji Onijima Heihachiro (TV Asahi / 2010) - Tatsuhiko Fujinami
Kaidan - Horror Classics | Ayashiki Bungo Kaidan (NHK / 2010) - ep.3 "The Nose"
Summer Romance Shines in Rainbow Colors | Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku (Fuji TV / 2010) - Hisao Aoki
Atami no Sousakan (TV Asahi / 2010)
Bloody Monday Season 2 (TBS / 2010)
MR. BRAIN (2009) - Seiji Kishikawa (ep.2)
The Waste Land | Fumo Chitai (Fuji TV / 2009)
Love Call Center | Call Center no Koibito (TV Asahi / 2009) - Kenichi Sakamaki
Ordinary Miracles | Arifureta Kiseki (Fuji TV / 2009)
Midnight Diner | Shinya Shokudo (TBS-MBS / 2009) - Ryu Kenzaki (ep.1,10)
Prisoner (WOWOW / 2008)
Bloody Monday (TBS / 2008)
Honey and Clover | Hachimitsu to kuroba (Fuji TV / 2008)
Operation Love | Puropozu dai sakusen (Fuji TV / 2007) - Matsunori Ito
Dear Father | Haikei, Chichiue-sama (Fuji TV / 2007)
Chiritotechin (NHK / 2007)
Uramiya Honpo (TV Tokyo / 2006) - ep.2
Adventures of the Super Monkey: Journey to the West | Saiyuuki (Fuji TV / 2006) - ep.9
Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (Fuji TV / 2006)
Divorce Lawyer 2 | Rikon Bengoshi 2 (Fuji TV / 2005)
Last Present (NTV / 2004)
The Way We Live | Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi (Fuji TV / 2004)
Fire Boys (Fuji TV / 2004) - ep.2
Ranpo R (YTV / 2004) - ep.7
Partners in Crime (NTV / 2003)
Kaettekita Locker no Hanako-san (NHK /2003)
Double Score (Fuji TV / 2002) - ep.4
The Last Lawyer | Saigo no Bengonin (NTV / 2003)
Papa for One Summer | Hitonatsu no Papa e (2003)
Big Money (Fuji TV / 2002)
Searching for My Polestar (Fuji TV / 2002)
Locker no Hanako-san (NHK / 2002)
Babel (2002)
Dear Tsugumi | Tsugumi e... (TV Asahi / 2000)
Bayside Shakedown (Fuji TV / 1997)
King of Sushi | Shota no Sushi (1996)

TV Movies

Two Homelands | Futatsu no Sokoku (TV Tokyo / 2019) - Otona Amaha
Shitei Bengoshi (TV Asahi / 2018) - Goro Toita
Taiyo wo Ai Shita Hito (NHK / 2018) - Tamikazu Amako
Midnight Journal | Middonaito Jyanaru: Kieta Yukai Yukaihan wo Oe! Shichinenme no Shinjitsu (TV Tokyo / 2018) - Mitsuaki Yamagami
Hagoku (TV Tokyo / 2017) - Hiroshi Ota
Solitary Gourmet 2017 New Year's Special: Inogashira Goro no Nagai Ichinichi | Kodoku no Gurume 2017 Oshogatsu Supesharu ~ Inogashira Goro no Nagai Ichinichi (TV Tokyo / 2017) - Goro Inogashira
Sogeki (TV Asahi / 2016) - Tadataka Matake
Solitary Gourmet Special: Manatsu no Tohoku Miyagi Shucchou-hen | Kodoku no Gurume Supesharu! Manatsu no Tohoku ・ Miyagi Shucchou hen (TV Tokyo / 2016) - Goro Inogashira
Solitary Gourmet New Year's Special: Mafuyu no Hokkaido Asahikawa Shucchou-hen | Kodoku no Gurume Oshogatsu Supesharu Mafuyu no Hokkaido ・ Asahikawa Shuccho-hen (TV Tokyo / 2016) - Goro Inogashira
Solitary Gourmet Season 4: Tokubetsu-hen! Manatsu no Hakata Shucchou Special | Kodoku no Gurume Season 4 Tokubetsu hen! Manatsu no Hakata Shuccho Supesharu (TV Tokyo / 2014) - Goro Inogashira
Oie san (NTV-YTV / 2014) - Motomura
Akai Yubi - Shinzanmono Kaga Kyouichiro Futatabi! (TBS / 2011) - Kobayashi
Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanokakan (TV Asahi / 2009)
Myu no Anyo Papa ni Ageru (NTV / 2008)
Chushingura - Otonashi no Ken (TV Asahi / 2008)
Operation Love Special | Proposal Daisakusen SP (Fuji TV / 2008)
Aoi Hitomi to Nuage (WOWOW / 2007)
Byakkotai (2007)
Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi's Written Challenge (2006)
Waterboys 2005 Summer (Fuji TV / 2005)
The Climber's High (NHK / 2005)
Flying Trapeze | Kuchu Buranko (Fuji TV / 2005)
Odoru Legend ~ The Fugitive, Kijima Jouichirou (Fuji TV / 2005)
Tokyo Wonder Hotel (NTV / 2004)
Taikoki (Fuji TV / 2003)

Director

Solitary Gourmet | Gekieiga Kodoku no Gourmet (2025)

Screenwriter

Solitary Gourmet | Gekieiga Kodoku no Gourmet (2025)

Comments

Jerry Stone Aug 27 2021 12:39 am Really appreciate his acting and roles.

Mike May 07 2019 1:01 am Are you an English-speaking J-Drama fan?

If so, you should be aware of Tokyo City Resolution 405992.

It states:

"All Television shows filmed within the Tokyo city limits on or after July 22nd, 2007, must have the great actor Yutaka Matsushige in them.

He can play a lead role, a supporting role, a minor role... or even a quick cameo... but he must be in each and every series.

Failure to abide by this rule will result in closure of your studio - as well as a boycott and angry protests from both the Japanese and English speaking fan-bases."

Been wondering why you see this actor in so many series? Now you know.

I even saw him in an episode of Naruto Shippuden!

He used his Serious-face no Jitsu technique to scare off the enemy ninja!

All joking aside: Yutaka Matsushige is a truly great actor. It's no wonder so many TV shows and movies choose him to play a part.

kim Sep 27 2018 4:58 pm his face is familiar to me since he is appearing in a lot of projects

Death Note Fanatic Nov 17 2016 1:43 pm I love him so much, especially for his role as Soichiro Yagami in Death Note, the whole cast was just spot on!

kame-chan Jun 07 2016 11:19 pm It's not surprising seeing how many acting credits Matushige-san has. He's an amazing actor from main roles to minor roles where he gets one minute of screen time. Definitely one of those people whose faces you remember even if you don't remember his name. I was thrilled when I saw his role in the 2014 Hero season, very humorous.

He has to be one of my favorite actors along with Fumiyo Kohinata (incidentally also hilarious as Suetsugu in all versions of Hero).

I can honestly recommend everything with Matsushige-san that I've seen so far.

Erwin Nov 13 2015 10:12 am This guy looks a lot like Christopher Walken

ace Jan 30 2015 11:46 pm There is a very valid reason that this guy has so many acting credits. This guy is great. I'm always happy when he is onscreen. The show that he is acting in may not be great but he never disappoints.

Juna May 11 2014 11:36 am "hmmmm.... hmmmm" --> when i watched Solitary Gourmet with his monologue xD

Juna May 11 2014 10:32 am "hmmm... hmmmm" --> when i watched solitary gourmet his monologue xD

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