Kenichi Matsuyama
Birthday: 1985-03-05
Birthplace: Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi, born March 5, 1985) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
Credits
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hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi– | ||
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2024-12-20 | Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ | Jesus |
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2023-06-23 | We're Broke, My Lord! | Shinjiro Matsudaira |
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2023-03-24 | Do Unto Others | Munenori Shiba |
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2022-05-20 | Dreaming of the Meridian Arc | |
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2022-01-27 | Noise | Jun Tanabe |
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2021-11-03 | Riverside Mukolitta | Takeshi Yamada |
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2021-04-09 | Blue | Nobuto Urita |
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2021-03-12 | Brave: Gunjyou Senki | Nobunaga Oda |
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2020-11-13 | Hotel Royal | Satoshi Miyagawa |
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2020-10-16 | Mio's Cookbook | |
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2020-01-24 | Saint Young Men 3 | イエス |
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2019-09-27 | From Miyamoto to You | Kazuo Jinbo |
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2019-06-06 | Saint Young Men 2nd Century | Jesus |
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2019-05-24 | Promare | Galo Thymos (voice) |
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2019-05-24 | Promare / Side: Galo | Galo Thymos (voice) |
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2019-05-24 | Promare / Side: Lio | Galo Thymos (voice) |
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2019-05-10 | Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind | |
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2018-10-12 | Saint Young Men | Jesus Christ |
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2017-09-23 | Yurigokoro | Yosuke |
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2017-08-26 | Sekigahara | Naoe Kanetsugu |
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2016-11-02 | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow | Satoshi Murayama |
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2016-10-29 | Death Note: Light Up the NEW World | L |
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2016-09-17 | Rage | Tetsuya Tashiro |
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2016-02-27 | Chinyuki | Taro Yamada |
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2016-01-16 | Something Like, Something Like It | Shinden Defunetei |
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2015-08-08 | The Emperor in August | Takeo Sasaki |
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2015-06-27 | Chasuke's Journey | Chasuke |
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2015-05-09 | Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran | Kojiro Masakado |
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2015-03-21 | The Day Kouhaku Was Born | Shindo Tatsuya |
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2014-08-25 | A Far Promise | |
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2014-06-14 | Climbing to Spring | Toru |
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2014-03-01 | Homeland | Jiro |
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2014-02-08 | Buddha 2: The Endless Journey | Tatta (voice) |
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2013-11-09 | The Kiyosu Conference | Hidemasa Hori |
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2012-03-24 | Train Brain Express | Kei Komachi |
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2011-08-20 | Bunny Drop | Daikichi Kawachi |
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2011-05-28 | My Back Page | Umeyama |
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2011-04-23 | Gantz: Perfect Answer | Masaru Kato |
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2011-04-22 | Another Gantz | Masaru Kato |
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2010-11-29 | Gantz | Masaru Kato |
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2010-09-30 | Norwegian Wood | Toru Watanabe |
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2010-03-27 | Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac | Yûji Miwa |
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2009-10-10 | Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler | Makoto Sahara |
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2009-09-19 | Kamui | Kamui |
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2009-06-06 | Bare Essence of Life | Youjin Mizuki |
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2008-08-22 | Detroit Metal City | Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II |
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2008-02-07 | Death Note: L Change the World | L |
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2008-01-19 | Sex Is No Laughing Matter | Mirume |
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2007-12-25 | The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File | L / Ryuzaki |
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2007-12-01 | Tsubaki Sanjuro | Iori Isaka |
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2007-10-06 | South Bound | Officer Niigaki |
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2007-09-20 | Prodigy | Oto Kikuna |
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2007-07-07 | Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji | |
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2007-04-05 | 1 Litre Of Tears SP | Yuji Kawamoto |
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2007-01-27 | Ten Nights of Dreams | Shotaro |
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2006-10-28 | Death Note: The Last Name | L |
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2006-08-26 | Vanished | Tomohiko |
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2006-06-17 | Death Note | L |
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2005-12-17 | Yamato | |
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2005-10-29 | Custom Made 10.30 | Tamotu |
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2005-09-03 | Nana | Shinichi Okazaki |
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2005-08-17 | Be-Bop High School 2 | |
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2005-07-23 | Linda Linda Linda | Makihara |
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2004-07-17 | The Taste of Tea | Young Man in Red T-Shirt |
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2004-06-16 | Be-Bop High School | Jun Kawabata |
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2004-02-07 | The Locker 2 | Yôsuke Shinohara |
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2004-01-24 | Winning Pass | |
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2003-08-30 | Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement | |
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2003-01-18 | Bright Future | Jun |