Touta Matsuda
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| Touta Matsuda | |
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Also Known As
| Matsuda
Taro Matsui Matsu |
Species
| Human
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Gender
| Male
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Blood Type
| B
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Date of Birth
| December 14, 1978 (1981 in anime)
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Age
| 25-26 (pre-timeskip)
30-31 (post-timeskip) 34 (post-series oneshot) |
Height
| 5'7”
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Weight
| 130 lbs
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Organization(s)
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Intelligence
| 4/10 (manga)
5/10 (anime) |
Creativity
| 5/10
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Initiative
| 6/10
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Social Skills
| 6/10
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Other Attribute
| Unpredictability:9/10
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声優 (Seiyū; Japanese)
| Ryo Naitou (内藤 玲, Naitō Ryō)
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Voice Actor (English)
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성우 (Sung-woo; Korean)
| An Yonguk
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Actor de Doblaje (Spanish)
| Alfredo Leal (Latin America version)
David Jenner (Barcelona, Spain dub) |
Dublador (Portugese)
| Luis Sérgio Vieira
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Doppiatore (Italian)
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Doubleur (French)
| Charles Pestel
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Synchronsprecher (German)
| Simon T. Roden
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Szinkronhangja (Hungarian)
| Roland Czeto
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Live Action Films actor
| Sota Aoyama (青山 草太, Aoyama Sōta)
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Touta Matsuda (松田 桃太, Matsuda Tōta) (romanized as “Tota Matsuda” in the Japanese manga) is a young member of the NPA, as well as the Japanese Task Force.
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Appearance
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Matsuda has black hair and brown eyes. He has long hair, with bangs that hang primarily above his right eye. After the time skip his hair is shorter, though there is more hair covering his forehead. He has fair skin and a standard height.
CharacterEdit
As described in How to Read 13, his policing skills are lacking in experience, hence he somewhat impedes the investigation process. His brash attitude can get him into tricky situations at times (like when he infiltrated Yotsuba and had to fake his death to get out), much to the irritation of his peers. Members of the task force such as L and Aizawa, seem to view him as a reckless, naive young detective lacking seriousness for his work.
Despite not having much experience in the NPA, Matsuda has proven to be useful or even crucial to the success of a mission, bringing down the mafia members who were holding the death note they were after. Showing great proficiency in his almost instant responsive reactions to tight situations, Matsuda has demonstrated skill in the field of infiltration both as Misa Amane's manager Taro Matsui, (松井 太郎 Matsui Tarō), and in the case of Yotsuba.
Matsuda appears to stay up to date with what is popular in the media, and often watches television. Remarkably, his television habit can be a resourceful asset to the investigation team-- though its importance is rather insignificant.
Despite his child-like, naïve personality, Matsuda manages to stay through quite a few dangerous situations, committing to the NPA after the Kira case is solved. He is also totally devoted to Light's father, who appears to have taken young Matsuda under his wing.
Matsuda has sympathy towards Kira's followers and thinks Kira had good intentions at heart but simply went about them the wrong way. His positive relationship with Light, however, seems all but forgotten at the end, when Matsuda shoots Light four times at the warehouse when Light didn't seem to care about his father's death.
In Other MediaEdit
FilmsEdit
Added by TerumikamilookalikeConceptionEdit
Obata described Matsuda as "hard to predict and thus hard to draw." Obata said that Matsuda's character concept consisted of an "average young detective" and that Matsuda's character had "nothing unique about his features and his actions weren't consistent, so I didn't like him. [laughs]" Obata added that he was a "Matsuda-type" person and therefore did not like seeing "my own inconsistency" in Matsuda. Obata described Matsuda as the sole character who "looks younger" during the Near and Mello arc.
RelationshipsEdit
Light Yagami: Matsuda's relationship with Light Yagami is rather complex and less professional in comparison to the other task force members (excluding Soichiro Yagami). At the start of the series Matsuda knew very little of Light and even though he had met both of the Yagami children in the past, he merely knew him as Chief Soichiro Yagami's son, however when Light joined the task force he grew close to him and somewhat saw him as a friend. His attitude around Light is playful when comes to issues involving women (Misa or Takada).
Soichiro Yagami: He rather views Soichiro as some sort of a father figure or mentor and before Soichiro's death, Matsuda would frequently come to him for advice or consult his doubts. Matsuda was the task force member who showed the chief the most sympathy during his voluntary imprisonment. At the end of the series, Matsuda was especially enraged that Light Yagami would insult his own father after he died.
L: L viewed Matsuda as a reckless dimwitted idiot who impeded the Kira investigation. However at times he noticed Matsuda's unique skills and appreciated his efforts and skills occasionally.
Task Force: His personality is especially contrasting to that of Aizawa's; often resulting in humorous upsets where Aizawa will yell at him for 'not taking his job seriously', and Matsuda apologizing. Despite Aizawa's frequent criticism, Matsuda seems to look up to him as a superior and consider him a friend. However some such as Mogi have yet to make a comment on his actions and personality.
The term "Matsuda, you idiot" became a recurring phrase throughout the Death Note series. Multiple members of the Task Force have said it, including L, who has said it on numerous occasions. Light even manages to say this phrase before his death.
Shinigami EyesEdit
Although Light's father, Soichiro Yagami, made the eye deal with Ryuk, that was not what Light had planned. In the manga, Light sends the notebook, knowing Matsuda would suggest that he make the deal, and lose half of his life span. Light was correct about this, and Matsuda did volunteer, though Soichiro insisted that he should make the eye deal instead.
TriviaEdit
- When Mikami uses his Shinigami eyes and sees everyones life spans in chapter 101 (manga) Matsuda's life span is 548792.
QuotesEdit
- “You guys hit at the same time. Just call this one a draw.” (Crazy)
- “Why are you looking at me? It’s not me.” (Number Two)
- “W-what? Is this the matter of winning or losing?” (Prediction)
