Koji Matoba

I'll be honest, my first mental image of Kōji Matoba is the young, sharp-edged tough guy, the kind of guy you'd cast when you needed a scene to suddenly feel dangerous. That deep-set, chiseled face and that low, gravelly voice can drop the temperature of a room in two seconds flat. But the thing I've come to love is how much better he wears with age, this Saitama-born, 177cm presence that softened into something richer. And then you catch him on a variety show and he's this unexpectedly humble, easygoing dude, which makes the menacing roles land even harder by contrast. He plays scary and he plays tender, and somewhere in that range is why he's stuck around so long. Honestly, the gap is the whole appeal.

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Koji Matoba is a Japanese actor and talent born on March 28, 1969, in Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture. Standing 177 cm tall, he has built a career spanning film and television, recognized for his commanding on-screen presence. His work ranges from the Daimon Take 2 series and the taiga drama Atsuhime to variety shows. He has an X account.

Name (English)

Koji Matoba

Name (Japanese)

的場浩司

Reading

まとば こうじ

Born

March 28, 1969 (age 57)

Origin

Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

177 cm

Occupation

Actor / Talent / Film Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Blood type

A

Active years

1987 -

Spouse

Married

Works summary

Appearances

261 (1988–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1988: 2, 1989: 4, 1990: 13, 1991: 12, 1992: 9, 1993: 8, 1994: 6, 1995: 6, 1996: 4, 1997: 8, 1998: 4, 1999: 7, 2000: 11, 2001: 5, 2002: 3, 2003: 6, 2004: 10, 2005: 6, 2006: 8, 2007: 11, 2008: 10, 2009: 8, 2010: 10, 2011: 5, 2012: 6, 2013: 9, 2014: 6, 2016: 10, 2017: 6, 2018: 7, 2019: 5, 2020: 2, 2021: 3, 2022: 4, 2023: 3, 2024: 5, 2025: 1, 2026: 2, year unknown: 16

Debut work

首都高速トライアル

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://www.badasspromotion.co.jp/
• Xhttps://x.com/Koji_Matoba
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9A%84%E5%A0%B4%E6%B5%A9%E5%8F%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9318928

Tags

• from Saitama
• actor
• talent
• film actor

Last updated

September 29, 2026

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