Kenji Matsuda

Kenji Matsuda (松田 賢二) is a Japanese actor who played Wataru Shijima/Baron in Garo: Makai Senki. He previously played in ' and  in ' and also played  of Zanki in .

He later played in ' and had a cameo in the TV special, '. He later voiced in . He is one of two actors to portray two different characters in a single ' film and television series; the other is Shouma Yamamoto in ' and in .

Matsuda began acting in high school when a girl he had a crush on convinced him to join the theater club. He later joined the sho-gekijo theatrical troupe Haiyu-Za. Nowadays known for roles such as Kagero in the low-budget films Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi, 2002, and its sequels Shinobi: Runaway, 2005 (not related to the 2005 film ), Shinobi: Hidden Techniques, and Shinobi: A Way Out.

He is most internationally known, however, for his role as the butterfly knife-wielding gangster in 's pop culture hit film, . He has also lent his voice to the Wii video game  as the hero's father, Baud. He also play the role of Zebra from the series Toriko.