Most recently contracted to the Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights, Matsuda is a free agent.

[3] In May 2024, following the conclusion of the 2023–24 Japan Rugby League One season, Matsuda departed the Saitama Wild Knights.

[4] Matsuda represented Japan at Under-20 level from 2012 through to 2014, making 7 appearances in total at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships.

[5] He made his senior international debut as a replacement in a match against Canada in Vancouver on 11 June 2016.

He went on to make two more appearances in the home tests against Scotland during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series, coming on as a substitute in the first test in Toyota and then starting in the second in Tokyo.