Touta Matsuda

Touta Matsuda is one of the characters in Death Note. He is voiced by Ryō Naitō in the Japanese anime and Vincent Tong in the English dub.

Matsuda is the youngest and mostly inexperienced member of the Japanese Task Force and NPA. His lack of policing sometimes hinder the investigation. His reckless attitude can gets him into certain sticky situations, much to the annoyance of his co-workers. L and Aizawa views of him as a naive, young detective lacking seriousness in work.

Despite being inexperienced, he is able to bring down several mafia members who were holding death notes; and showing great proficiency in tight situations. As Taro Matsui, he infiltrates as Misa Amane's manager in the face of Yotsuba. Matsuda also was devoted to Soichiro Yagami, Light's father, whom he sees as a mentor.

Though he had sympathy for Kira's followers, and thought that Kira have great intentions at heart, Matsuda was enraged when Light insults his own father. In response, he shoots Light four times (non-fatally) to stop him from writing Near's real name down.