Yuki Matsuzaki (松崎 悠希, Matsuzaki Yūki, born September 24, 1981) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in movies and on television.

Yuki Matsuzaki
松崎 悠希
Born (1981-09-24) September 24, 1981 (age 43)
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.yukimatsuzaki.com

Matsuzaki appeared in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima and in The Pink Panther 2 where he portrayed Kenji Mazuto, a technology "wiz-kid". He appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as a character named Garheng. He also starred in the film Man From Reno (2014). He is the voice of Miyamoto Usagi from the 2012 animated series adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the 2022 Netflix series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2002 Red Herring Hiroshi Direct-to-video
2003 The Black Ninja Shinji Hagiwara / Red Ninja Direct-to-video
2003 Red Silence Shuji Tsukamoto Short film
2003 The Last Samurai Soldier in Street #1
2004 The New Adventures of Blonde Man: Rat Attack The Rat
2005 Drunken Sword Bandit Short film
2005 The New Adventures of Blonde Man: The Fashion Menace The Rat Short film
2005 Roku Saizo Short film
2006 Only the Brave 442 2nd Squad #5
2006 The New Adventures of Blonde Man: The Main Event The Rat Short film
2006 French Bomber Detective Ex Bum Short film
2006 Letters from Iwo Jima Nozaki
2009 The Pink Panther 2 Kenji
2009 The 8th Samurai Yama-san Short film
2010 How Do You Know Tori
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Garheng
2013 Mr. Rabbit Kenichi Short film
2013 Instant Mommy Kaoru
2014 Man From Reno Tsubasa
2015 Locksmiths Tadashi Short film
2015 Debris Muramasa (voice) Short film
2017 BraveStorm Borg
2018 Kimchi Ken Short film
2018 Othello-san Yamada Short film
2020 Last Three Days Takeshi
2022 Mosaic Street Wakita Short film
2022 Moon Manor Hank Guto

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Heroes Worker Episode: "Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago'"
2008 iGo to Japan Taxi Driver Television film
2009 Better Off Ted Scientist #1 Episode: "Jabberwocky"
2010 Memphis Beat Yoshi Yakamura Episode: "It's All Right, Mama"
2011 Melissa & Joey Toshi Kimura Episode: "Lost in Translation"
2012 The Newsroom Daisuke Tanaka Episode: "Bullies"
2014 Ōoka Echizen Tomekichi Episode: "Chichi, Shirasu ni Zasu"
2015 The Man in the High Castle Nakamura 2 episodes
2017 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Miyamoto Usagi (voice)[1] 3 episodes
2019 We Bare Bears Kenji Watanabe, Additional Voices (voices) Episode: "Ramen"
2019 Sukatto Japan Daigo Ohki Episode: "Monstrous Newcomer Admits his Mistakes"
2019 The Lion Guard Tenuk (voice)[1] Episode: "Mama Binturong"
2020 HodoBuzz Tetsuya Shibata 6 episodes
2020 Glitch Techs Anime Announcer (voice) Episode: "The Real Glitch Techs"
2022 Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Miyamoto Usagi (voice)[2]
2022 Oni: Thunder God's Tale Tasaburo (voice)
2023 Skull Island Hiro (voice)

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Additional Voices
2016 Let It Die Taro Gunkanyama
2022 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Miyamoto Usagi (voice)
2023 Wild Hearts Ujishige Daidouji[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Yuki Matsuzaki (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved March 17, 2022. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ Matsuzaki, Yuki [@Yuki_Mats] (April 1, 2022). "I am humbled and honored to announce that I will be reprising the role of Miyamoto Usagi in the new Netflix series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles. I really can't wait!🐰 Netflix新作アニメ「Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles」で「宮本兎役」で出演しております!🙇‍♂️" (Tweet). Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Takano, Rikiya [@1104Rikiya] (February 13, 2023). "Casting Director を務めましたゲーム"Wild Hearts"の英語版音声のメインキャストが発表されました‼︎作品のコンセプトに合わせ英語音声のキャスティングを日本で行えたことを嬉しく思うと共に、総勢46名のキャストの皆様とご一緒できたことに感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです‼︎ @playWildHearts" (Tweet). Retrieved February 13, 2023 – via Twitter.
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