He vows to carry on as a footballer, with dignity, in light of this scandal. He has apologized to his team and those who know and support him for these rumors.
He says that he is not the man in the videos and that this is slander. Matsuda has taken to Twitter to defend himself against these allegations. The Japanese entertainment site Arama Japan carried this denial from Matsuda: The website Queerclick has a NSFW detailed breakdown that it says shows striking similarities between the actor in the videos and Matsuda. The two videos, translated from Japanese, are called 'At Last After Negotiating for 6 months the Active Duty Rugby Man Gave In!!' and 'Beast Premium Disc 097' and feature an actor called Takeyama Shotaro, said to be Matsuda's stage name. Internet sleuths - comparing stills of him playing with those in the videos - say it is him. Japanese pro soccer player Riku Matsuda denies he appeared in two gay porn videos shot when he was in college.
