Temma Matsuda

Temma Matsuda is one of those names that just sounds right for a soccer player — there's something almost mythic about it, like he was born to run. He grew up in Kumamoto, which has genuine soccer roots, then went all-in by heading to Kagoshima's Kanoya University of Physical Education, which is exactly the kind of no-nonsense path that builds real players rather than hype machines. Born in 1995, he's just into his thirties, the stage where a footballer hits peak intelligence on the ball — old enough to read the game, young enough to still blow past people. Four years at Shonan Bellmare, then 150 appearances for Kyoto Sanga — the whole trajectory, regional upbringing, sports-focused university, grinding it out, screams quietly determined rather than flashy. I'm rooting for him.

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Temma Matsuda is a Japanese soccer player born on June 11, 1995, in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture. He attended Kanoya Physical Education University (National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya) to develop his athletic career. He is known on Instagram under the handle temma_matsuda18. A midfielder, he turned professional with Shonan Bellmare in 2017 and has played for Kyoto Sanga FC since 2021.

Name (English)

Temma Matsuda

Name (Japanese)

松田天馬

Reading

まつだ てんま

Born

June 11, 1995 (age 31)

Origin

Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

Height

164cm

Occupation

Soccer player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Boar

University

National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/temma_matsuda18/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E7%94%B0%E5%A4%A9%E9%A6%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38277173

Tags

• From Kumamoto Prefecture
• Soccer player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.