He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Yomiuri Giants.

but he finished the regular season in 74 games with a batting average of .254, a 7 home runs, a RBI of 22, and a 3 stolen bases.

He finished the regular season in 142 games with a batting average of .279, a 17 home runs, a RBI of 63, and a 12 stolen bases.

He returned to the team on June 3 and had four home runs in the Interleague play, but on July 19 he broke his right hand on a hit by pitch.

Matsuda hit his first Walk-off home run in the match against the Saitama Seibu Lions on April 17, 2011.

December 1, Matsuda was honored for the Mitsui Golden Glove Award at the Professional Baseball Convention 2011.

[13] In 2012 season, Matsuda had a batting average of .300 or more, 9 home runs and 56 RBIs, but he broke his right hand with a hit by pitch on August 1.

And he finished the regular season with a batting average of .300, a 9 home runs, a RBI of 56, and a 16 stolen bases.

On November 26, Matsuda was honored for the Mitsui Golden Glove Award at the 2013 Professional Baseball Convention for the first time in two years.

[20] On August 26, he returned to the team and recorded Hawks' 8,500th home run in total on September 10.

[26] On June 9, 2015, Matsuda recorded a his total of 1,000 hits in the interleague game against the Hanshin Tigers.

[37] He finished the regular season in all 143 games with a batting average of .264, a 24 home runs, a RBI of 71, and a 5 stolen bases.

[2] Matsuda recorded a total of 250 home runs in the match against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on May 3.

[47] He finished the regular season in all 143 games with a batting average of .260, a 30 home runs, a RBI of 76, and a 5 stolen bases.

[50] He finished the regular season in 116 games with a batting average of .228, a 13 home runs, a RBI of 46, and a one stolen bases.

[54] On September 29 against the Saitama Seibu Lions, Matsuda became the 44th player in NPB history to hit a total of 300 homers.