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Kenichi Matsuyama
ActorBorn March 5, 1985 (39 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? (TV Series) · as Yoshiteru Matsukaze |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Saint Young Men: Holy Men vs Demon Army · as Jesus Christ |
| 2024 | The Tiger and Her Wings (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Do Unto Others · as Munenori Shiba |
| 2023 | Daimyô-tôsan · as Shinjiro Matsudaira |
| 2023 | Why didn't I tell you a million times? (TV Series) · as Uozumi Yuzuru |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (TV Series) · as Honda Masanobu |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Noise · as Jun Tanabe |
| 2021 | Riverside Mukolitta · as Takeshi Yamada |
| 2021 | Japan Sinks: People of Hope (TV Series) · as Kōichi Tokiwa |
| 2021 | Blue · as Nobuto Urita |
| 2021 | Brave: Gunjyo Senki · as Nobunaga Oda |
| 2020 | Hotel Royal · as Satoshi Miyagawa |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Saint Young Men 3 · as イエス |
| 2020 | Saint Young Men 2nd Century · as Jesus |
| 2019 | From Miyamoto to You · as Kazuo Jinbo |
| 2019 | Promare · as Galo Thymos (voice) |
| 2019 | Promare: Galo-hen · as Galo Thymos (voice) |
| 2019 | Promare: Lio-hen · as Galo Thymos (voice) |
| 2019 | The Great White Tower (2019) (TV Series) · as Shuji Satomi |
| 2018 | Saint Young Men (TV Series) · as Jesus Christ |
| 2018 | Saint Young Men · as Jesus Christ |
| 2018 | From Miyamoto To You (TV Series) · as 神保和夫 |
| 2018 | Residential Complex (TV Series) · as Daiki Igarashi |
| 2017 | Yurigokoro · as Yosuke |
| 2017 | Sekigahara · as Naoe Kanetsugu |
| 2017 | A LIFE (TV Series) · as Igawa Sota |
| 2016 | Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow · as Satoshi Murayama |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Rage · as Tetsuya Tashiro |
| 2016 | Chin-Yu-Ki: The Journey to the West with Farts · as Taro Yamada |
| 2016 | No yôna mono no yôna mono · as Shinden Defunetei |
| 2015 | The Emperor in August · as Takeo Sasaki |
| 2015 | Gutsy Frog (TV Series) · as Hiroshi |
| 2015 | Dokonjō Gaeru (TV Series) · as Hiroshi |
| 2015 | Chasuke's Journey · as Chasuke |
| 2015 | Futagashira (TV Series) · as Benzo |
| 2014 | Haru wo seotte · as Toru |
| 2014 | Homeland · as Jiro |
| 2014 | Buddha 2: The Endless Journey · as Tatta (voice) |
| 2013 | The Kiyosu Conference · as Hidemasa Hori |
| 2012 | Taira no Kiyomori (TV Series) · as Taira No Kiyomori |
| 2011 | Train Brain Express · as Kei Komachi |
| 2011 | Bunny Drop · as Daikichi Kawachi |
| 2011 | My Back Pages · as Umeyama |
| 2011 | Gantz: Perfect Answer · as Masaru Kato |
| 2011 | Another Gantz · as Masaru Kato |
| 2010 | Norwegian Wood · as Toru Watanabe |
| 2010 | Gantz · as Masaru Kato |
| 2010 | Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac · as Yûji Miwa |
| 2009 | The Laughing Policeman · as Cast |
| 2009 | Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler · as Makoto Sahara |
| 2009 | Kamui Gaiden · as Kamui |
| 2009 | Bare Essence of Life Ultra-Miracle Love Story · as Youjin Mizuki |
| 2009 | Money Crazy (TV Series) · as Gamagori Futaro |
| 2008 | Detroit Metal City · as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser Ii |
| 2008 | Detroit Metal City (TV Series) · as Makoto Hokazono (voice) |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | Don't Laugh at My Romance · as Mirume |
| 2007 | Tsubaki Sanjûrô · as Iori Isaka |
| 2007 | South Bound · as Officer Niigaki |
| 2007 | Prodigy · as Oto Kikuna |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Sexy Voice and Robo (TV Series) · as Robo |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Death Note: The Last Name · as L |
| 2006 | Ten Nights of Dreams · as Shotaro |
| 2006 | Death Note (TV Series) · as Geius (voice) |
| 2006 | Vanished · as Tomohiko |
| 2006 | Death Note · as L |
| 2006 | Angels with Broken Wings (TV Series) · as Shingo |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Furyo shonen no yume · as Cast |
| 2005 | 1 Litre of Tears (TV Series) · as Yuji Kawamoto |
| 2005 | Nana · as Shinichi Okazaki |
| 2005 | Linda Linda Linda · as Makihara |
| 2004 | The Taste of Tea · as Young Man In Red T-Shirt |
| 2004 | The Locker 2 · as Yôsuke Shinohara |
| 2003 | Worst by Chance · as Cast |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Bright Future · as Jun |
| 2002 | Gokusen (TV Series) · as Ken'ichi Mori |