Yutaka Matsushige

I'm a little obsessed with the fact that this guy built an entire vibe out of just... eating. As Goro in Solitary Gourmet, Yutaka Matsushige turns a lone businessman scanning a lunch menu into something weirdly suspenseful, and that internal monologue, the quiet "okay, let's do this" energy before he orders, gets me every single time. He's 188cm of slightly hunched, unhurried presence, the kind of actor who anchors a scene instead of hogging it, and honestly those are the most dangerous ones. That low, gravelly "mm, that's good" makes me hungry against my will. The Nagasaki-born, Meiji-educated character actor who quietly became a leading man and stepped behind the camera to direct too. Total slow-burn legend, and I'm here for all of it.

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Yutaka Matsushige is a Japanese actor and film director born on January 19, 1963, in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. Standing 188 cm tall, he is best known for his lead role in the long-running television drama Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet). He studied at Meiji University and has built a career spanning both television and film, including work behind the camera as a director.

Name (English)

Yutaka Matsushige

Name (Japanese)

松重豊

Reading

まつしげ ゆたか

Born

January 19, 1963 (age 63)

Origin

Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Height

188 cm

Occupation

Actor / Film Director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

Blood type

AB

Agency

ZAZOUS

Active years

1983 -

University

Meiji University

Spouse

Married

Works summary

Appearances

629 (1983–2026)

By year (titles with a known year)

1983: 2, 1984: 1, 1985: 2, 1986: 2, 1987: 1, 1990: 1, 1991: 3, 1992: 5, 1993: 7, 1994: 4, 1995: 7, 1996: 5, 1997: 6, 1998: 6, 1999: 8, 2000: 15, 2001: 12, 2002: 15, 2003: 21, 2004: 18, 2005: 15, 2006: 9, 2007: 10, 2008: 12, 2009: 13, 2010: 13, 2011: 12, 2012: 12, 2013: 13, 2014: 16, 2015: 17, 2016: 13, 2017: 17, 2018: 15, 2019: 16, 2020: 9, 2021: 12, 2022: 17, 2023: 8, 2024: 12, 2025: 10, 2026: 3, year unknown: 214

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://matsushige.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mattige19/
• Xhttps://x.com/mattige19
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E9%87%8D%E8%B1%8A
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q873810

Tags

• From Nagasaki Prefecture
• Actor
• Film Director

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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