Matsuda, Touta
松田 桃太
Following L's instructions, Matsuda earns the trust of the company's board members, stages his own death (using the alias Taro Matsui) so that Yotsuba members cannot kill him, and acts as a temporary decoy to draw the suspect into the Sakura television studio during the second Sakura TV incident. Despite his excitable and naïve personality, Matsuda manages to survive through several dangerous situations. Matsuda regards Soichiro as his mentor.
While it is clear that most of the investigation team views Kira as an evil criminal, Matsuda often wonders if Kira is performing good deeds, especially since more and more people seem to agree with his actions. Matsuda is frightened by Mikami's intense loyalty to Kira when he hears Mikami's public announcement on Sakura TV. Nevertheless, Matsuda proves to be somewhat supportive and sympathetic towards Kira's followers.
Spoiler
When Light is revealed as Kira at Yellowbox Warehouse, Matsuda is the most shocked of the team. He has always liked Light and is outraged to learn that he had been fooled; he is particularly upset, asserting that Light's actions had led to the death of Soichiro. Matsuda succeeds in saving Near's life by shooting Light's hand, causing him to drop the pen that he was writing Near's name with. Matsuda shoots him several more times to stop Light from writing Near's name in his own blood. The enraged Matsuda nearly kills Light with a shot to the head, but he is stopped by the rest of the Japanese investigation team.
As shown in the final chapter, Matsuda suspects that, to help with Light's capture, Near has used the Death Note to control Mikami's actions before killing him, but Ide says that he has no proof and it may be a "wish" on his part, perhaps related to his thinking of Light as a friend.
As shown in the final chapter, Matsuda suspects that, to help with Light's capture, Near has used the Death Note to control Mikami's actions before killing him, but Ide says that he has no proof and it may be a "wish" on his part, perhaps related to his thinking of Light as a friend.
Details:
- First name:
Touta - Last name:
Matsuda - Other names:
Taro Matsui
- Birthday:
December 14, 1978 (1981 in the anime) - Blood type:
B - Height:
5'8" (174 cm) - Weight:
130 lb (59 kg)
Photo gallery
(2)Productions featuring this character
(2)
TV Special
Supporting
Death Note: Rewrite
Death Note: Relight
TV
Supporting
Death Note
Death Note
Voice actors for this character
(10)
Ryou NaitouVoices: Japanese
Vincent TongVoices: English
Roland CzetőVoices: Hungarian
Charles PestelVoices: French
Leonardo GrazianoVoices: Italian
Simon T. RodenVoices: German
Kyung-soo HyunVoices: Korean
Luiz Sérgio VieiraVoices: Portuguese (BR)
David JennerVoices: Spanish
Alfredo LealVoices: Spanish
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