Touta Matsuda (松田 桃太, Matsuda Tōta) is a young member of the NPA and the Japanese Task Force. Matsuda has black hair and brown eyes. His hair hangs over his ears with bangs that hang primarily above his right eye. After the time skip his hair is shorter, though there is more hair covering his forehead. He has fair skin and is of average height. Matsuda represents the everyman.. Touta Matsuda from the anime Death Note. Touta Matsuda is a cop with the NPA (Japanese version of the FBI) who gets pulled into the Kira investigation. While he's something of a bumbler, and sometimes seems.
He's the most human of anyone on the Kira case. While others are elevated by their deduction and reasoning ability, Matsuda shines by having the most empathy. He has a holistic and comprehensive understanding of Kira, from the POV of a person, police officer, society, and even existentially. So when it all unravels and Light is revealed as nothing more than a serial killer, Matsuda snaps and.. Touta Matsuda also known as Taro Matsui, is a major antagonist in the Death Note franchise. He is the youngest and mostly inexperienced member of the Japanese Task Force and NPA. His lack of policing experience can sometimes hinder the investigation. His reckless attitude can gets him into certain sticky situations, much to the annoyance of his co-workers. L Lawliet and Shuichi Aizawa views of.