Kōichi Yamadera
In the anime series "Cowboy Bebop", protagonist Spike Spiegel's appearance was primarily based on the main protagonist of "Tantei Monogatari", portrayed by Matsuda. Spike's voice actor Kōichi Yamadera was a fan of Matsuda, but avoided imitating Matsuda's distinctive manner of speaking, noting that it "wouldn't have sounded right" for Spike. Matsuda also the inspired the character Aokiji from the manga and anime series "One Piece".