Yoji Matsuda

Yoji 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 Universitys 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 Mothers 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 Shunas Journey In 1997 he voiced Ashitaka in the anime movie Princess Mononoke and voiced Leonardo DiCaprios 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