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松山ケンイチ

松山ケンイチ

Acting1985Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Biography

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.

Acting History

2026
Nagi Notes
as Yoshihiro Iguchi
Themis no Futashika na Hotei
TVas Kiyoharu Ando8 eps
Reboot
TVas Hayase Riku(Before Reboot)1 eps
2023
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
TVas Honda Masanobu50 eps
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
TVas Uozumi Yuzuru10 eps
2021
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
Blue
as Nobuto Urita
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
TVas Kōichi Tokiwa10 eps
2020
2019
From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo Jinbo
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
The Great White Tower
TVas Shuji Satomi5 eps
2018
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
From Miyamoto To You
TVas 神保和夫12 eps
Residential Complex
TVas Daiki Igarashi10 eps
2017
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
A Life
TVas Igawa Sota10 eps
2016
Rage
as Tetsuya Tashiro
Chinyuki
as Taro Yamada
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi Murayama
2015
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro Masakado
The Emperor in August
as Takeo Sasaki
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo Tatsuya
Dokonjō Gaeru
TVas Hiroshi10 eps
2012
Train Brain Express
as Kei Komachi
Taira no Kiyomori
TVas Taira no Kiyomori50 eps
2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru Kato
My Back Page
as Umeyama
Another Gantz
as Masaru Kato
Bunny Drop
as Daikichi Kawachi
2010
2009
Kamui
as Kamui
Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin Mizuki
Money Crazy
TVas Gamagori Futaro9 eps
2008
Detroit Metal City
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Detroit Metal City
TVas Makoto Hokazono (voice)12 eps
Detroit Metal City
Theme Song Performance
2006
Vanished
as Tomohiko
Angels with Broken Wings
TVas Shingo1 eps
Death Note
TVas Geius (voice)1 eps
2005
2004
The Taste of Tea
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Be-Bop High School
as Jun Kawabata
The Locker 2
as Yôsuke Shinohara
2002
Gokusen
TVas Kenichi Mori12 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/5/1985(41 years old)
Place of Birth
Aomori Prefecture, Japan