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name: "Yuki Matsuzaki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yuki-matsuzaki"
fi1m_id: "yuki-matsuzaki"
imdb_id: "nm1452105"
tmdb_id: 77955
wikidata_id: "Q974088"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 September 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T02:47:48.817899+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Yuki Matsuzaki

## Identity

Yuki Matsuzaki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yuki-matsuzaki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yuki-matsuzaki
- **IMDb ID:** nm1452105
- **TMDB ID:** 77955
- **Wikidata ID:** Q974088
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Matsuzaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974088, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1452105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77955

Actor. Born 24 September 1981 in Miyazaki, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 September 1981, Miyazaki, Japan
- **Active:** 2003–2011
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (3), 2010s 45 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 3, Drama 2, War 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,572m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki_Matsuzaki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q974088, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1452105/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77955

## Biography

Yuki Matsuzaki is a Japanese actor. Born on 24 September 1981 in Miyazaki, Japan, he began acting at the age of seven in a local children's theatre group and performed in over fifty productions before moving to New York City after high school to pursue an international career.

After arriving in the United States, where he was briefly homeless, Matsuzaki performed on the streets of Times Square before relocating to Los Angeles. He made his film debut in *The Last Samurai* (2003) and later appeared as Private Nozaki in Clint Eastwood's *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006). Subsequent roles include Kenji in *The Pink Panther 2* (2009), Garheng in *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), and voice work as Usagi in the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* animated series (2012). He has also appeared in television series such as *Heroes* (2006) and *The Man in the High Castle* (2015).

Matsuzaki has received acting awards for short films including *Othello-san* (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, yukimatsuzaki.com, ja.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), Fi1m 45, as Garheng — [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides.md)
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Scientist #1 — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Private Nozaki — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *The Last Samurai* (2003), Fi1m 72, as Soldier in Street #1 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cottontail* (2024), as Fishmonger
- *Skull Island* (2023), series, as Hiro (voice)
- *ONI: Thunder God's Tale* (2022), series, as Tanukinta Papa (voice)
- *Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles* (2022), series, as Miyamoto Usagi (voice)
- *Moon Manor* (2022), as Hank Guto
- *Mosaic Street* (2022), Actor
- *Last Three Days* (2020), as Takeshi
- *Robu* (2019), as Airport Announcer
- *Kimchi* (2018), as Ken
- *BraveStorm* (2017), as Borg
- *We Bare Bears* (2015), series, as Kenji Watanabe / Additional Voices (voice)
- *Locksmiths* (2015), as Tadashi
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, as Nakamura
- *Man from Reno* (2014), as Tsubasa
- *Instant Mommy* (2013), as Kaoru
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), series, as Usagi (voice)
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Daisuke Tanaka
- *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011), as Garheng — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/pirates-of-the-caribbean-on-stranger-tides.md)
- *How Do You Know* (2010), as Tori
- *Better Off Ted* (2009), series, as Scientist #1 — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *The Pink Panther 2* (2009), as Kenji
- *iCarly: iGo to Japan* (2008), as Taxi Driver
- *iCarly* (2007), series, as Taxi Driver
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), as Private Nozaki — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Only the Brave* (2006), as 442 2nd Squad
- *Heroes* (2006), series, as Worker — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *The Last Samurai* (2003), as Soldier in Street #1 — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-samurai.md)
- *The Black Ninja* (2003), as Shinji Hagiwara / Red Ninja

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