As a student of Aichi Prefectural Konan High School, as he was only 150cm tall he gave up playing baseball to play as a libero for the school's volleyball team.
[1] However, while at high school, Matsuda grew to 175cm and he looked to return to baseball at university.
[1] In 2016, Matsuda passed the exam to enter the Economics Department of Nagoya University where he joined the baseball club.
[1] On 17 October 2019, Matsuda was selected as the 1st draft pick in the development player round for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2019 NPB Draft[2] and on 11 November signed a development player contract with a ¥2,000,000 moving allowance and a ¥3,000,000 yearly salary.
[4] At University, his black rimmed glasses were his trademark but as he was selected by the Dragons, he upgraded to blue frames.