Kenichi Matsuyama
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.
Death Note
as LLight Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a...
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Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru KatoSummoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows...
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Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are...
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Death Note: The Last Name
as LIn the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and...
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Death Note: L Change the World
as L"The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision...
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Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
as L10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death...
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Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Makoto SaharaKaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated...
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Gantz
as Masaru KatoAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a...
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Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film.
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Yamato
as uncreditedDirected by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...
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The Taste of Tea
as Young Man in Red T-ShirtA spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary...
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Norwegian Wood
as Toru WatanabeToru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to...
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Nana
as Shinichi OkazakiTwo girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and...
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Bunny Drop
as Daikichi KawachiDaikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an...
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Linda Linda Linda
as MakiharaOnly three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist...
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Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Tatta2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up...
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Sekigahara
as Naoe KanetsuguThe background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in...
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Another Gantz
as Masaru KatoBefore finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television...
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Rage
as Tetsuya TashiroA man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their...
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Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as MirumeMirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art...
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Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)A second prequel set one day before the events of the Promare film.
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Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
as JesusThere are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God....
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Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi YamadaA lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful...
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Do Unto Others
as Munenori ShibaA community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing...
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Bright Future
as JunTwo friends who work together at a Tokyo laundry are increasingly alienated from everyday life....
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Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
as uncreditedA shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he...
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Detroit Metal City
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser IISoichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish,...
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Kamui
as KamuiA rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.
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Yurigokoro
as YosukeRyosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot...
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The Kiyosu Conference
as Hidemasa HoriAfter the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie...
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Mio's Cookbook
as uncreditedWhen Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her...
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We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro MatsudairaKoshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that...
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The Emperor in August
as Takeo SasakiIn July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration....
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From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo JinboFollowing the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring...
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Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga OdaStudents, including Aoi Nishino, take part in class and sports activity at a prestigious high...
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Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin MizukiYoujin is a quirky young man living in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Yojin has a difficult time...
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My Back Page
as UmeyamaIn 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo...
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Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Iori Isaka"Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper,...
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Climbing to Spring
as ToruToru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up...
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Saint Young Men
as Jesus ChristWhat if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment...
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1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Yuji KawamotoThe Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The...
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
as Yûji MiwaDiving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse...
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Ten Nights of Dreams
as ShotaroBased on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten...
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Chinyuki
as Taro YamadaGenzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he...
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Homeland
as JiroJiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a...
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Chasuke's Journey
as ChasukeThings are hectic in heaven. Dozens of scribes sit before a long scroll incessantly scribbling...
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Noise
as Jun TanabeShishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing...
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Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi MurayamaSatoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu,...
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South Bound
as Officer NiigakiUehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who...
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The Locker 2
as Yôsuke ShinoharaSeconds before Reika (from the first movie) dies, she gives the key to a coin locker to her...
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Prodigy
as Oto KikunaNaruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even...
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Hotel Royal
as Satoshi MiyagawaSet at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests,...
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Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind
as uncreditedIn Japan in the 1590s, the wandering samurai gathered to fight the nobles of the Skull Castle....
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Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
as uncreditedIn the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga...
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Something Like, Something Like It
as Shinden DefuneteiMaster Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic...
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Winning Pass
as uncreditedThis is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at...
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Custom Made 10.30
as TamotuSisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their...
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The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo TatsuyaThis drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen"...
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Train Brain Express
as Kei KomachiReal estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados....
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Blue
as Nobuto UritaNobuto, a dedicated boxer, can't seem to win a match, while his friend Kazuki is becoming a...
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Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as JesusSAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century imagines a world where Jesus Christ (Kenichi Matsuyama; Death Note)...
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Vanished
as TomohikoEight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to...
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A Far Promise
as uncreditedThere was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of the...
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Saint Young Men 3
as イエスA group of saints living together in a room in Tokyo's tachikawa apartment, the awakened man...
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Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro MasakadoSoma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from...
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The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
as L / RyuzakiMatsuda's signature is needed on some final documents to wrap up the Kira case. However, Matsuda...
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Death Note
as Geius (voice)Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that...
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The Tiger and Her Wings
as uncreditedIn the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume...
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Taira no Kiyomori
as Taira no KiyomoriVillain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever...
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What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
as Honda MasanobuThe drama series depicts the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu (January 31, 1543 – June 1,...
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Detroit Metal City
as Makoto Hokazono (voice)Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band...
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1 Litre of Tears
as Yuji Kawamoto1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was...
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Residential Complex
as Daiki IgarashiStory depicts the conflicts and growth of families who live at co-operative houses. Nana...
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JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
as Kōichi TokiwaIn 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment...
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The Gutsy Frog
as HiroshiLive-action version of the popular 70's japanese manga and anime, "Dokonjô Gaeru". In this...
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Sexy Voice and Robo
as RoboHayashi Niko is a mature middle school student with heightened hearing and the ability to mimic...
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Angels with Broken Wings
as ShingoA miniseries starring famous actresses, based on the short story collection "Tsubasa no Oreta...
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A Life
as Igawa SotaWhen Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He...
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From Miyamoto To You
as 神保和夫The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company...
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Money Crazy
as Gamagori FutaroFuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed...
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Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
as Uozumi YuzuruWhen childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they...
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Farewell Hospital
as uncreditedHenmi Ayumi is a nurse working on the front lines in the convalescent ward of a hospital, where...
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Futagashira
as uncreditedStarring Kenichi Matsuyama & Directed by Yu Irie! Based on the comic “FUTAGASHIRA” by Natsume...
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Japanese Americans
as uncredited99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 is a Japanese, 5-episode miniseries produced by TBS for...
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Komoribito
as uncreditedThe relationship between a man who has been a hikikomori for over ten years and his father who...
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