Kenichi Matsuyama
March 5, 1985 (39 years old) in Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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
Credits
- 2025 · Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? as Yoshiteru Matsukaze
- 2024 · Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ as Jesus
- 2024 · The Tiger and Her Wings as Katsuraba Toichiro
- 2024 · Farewell Hospital as
- 2023 · We're Broke, My Lord! as Shinjiro Matsudaira
- 2023 · Do Unto Others as Munenori Shiba
- 2023 · Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? as Uozumi Yuzuru
- 2023 · What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Honda Masanobu
- 2022 · Dreaming of the Meridian Arc as
- 2022 · Noise as Jun Tanabe
- 2021 · Riverside Mukolitta as Takeshi Yamada
- 2021 · JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope as Kōichi Tokiwa
- 2021 · Blue as Nobuto Urita
- 2021 · Brave: Gunjyou Senki as Nobunaga Oda
- 2020 · Komoribito as
- 2020 · Hotel Royal as Satoshi Miyagawa
- 2020 · Mio's Cookbook as
- 2020 · Saint Young Men 3 as イエス
- 2019 · 歪んだ波紋 as
- 2019 · From Miyamoto to You as Kazuo Jinbo
- 2019 · Saint Young Men 2nd Century as Jesus
- 2019 · Promare as Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019 · Promare / Side: Galo as Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019 · Promare / Side: Lio as Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019 · The Great White Tower as Shuji Satomi
- 2019 · Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind as
- 2018 · Saint Young Men as Jesus Christ
- 2018 · From Miyamoto To You as 神保和夫
- 2018 · Residential Complex as Daiki Igarashi
- 2017 · Yurigokoro as Yosuke
- 2017 · Sekigahara as Naoe Kanetsugu
- 2017 · A Life as Igawa Sota
- 2016 · Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow as Satoshi Murayama
- 2016 · Death Note: Light Up the NEW World as L
- 2016 · Rage as Tetsuya Tashiro
- 2016 · Chinyuki as Taro Yamada
- 2016 · Something Like, Something Like It as Shinden Defunetei
- 2015 · The Emperor in August as Takeo Sasaki
- 2015 · The Gutsy Frog as Hiroshi
- 2015 · Dokonjō Gaeru as Hiroshi
- 2015 · Chasuke's Journey as Chasuke
- 2015 · Futagashira as
- 2015 · Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran as Kojiro Masakado
- 2015 · The Day Kouhaku Was Born as Shindo Tatsuya
- 2014 · A Far Promise as
- 2014 · Climbing to Spring as Toru
- 2014 · Homeland as Jiro
- 2014 · Buddha 2: The Endless Journey as Tatta (voice)
- 2013 · オリンピックの身代金 as
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Hidemasa Hori
- 2012 · Train Brain Express as Kei Komachi
- 2012 · Taira no Kiyomori as Taira no Kiyomori
- 2011 · Bunny Drop as Daikichi Kawachi
- 2011 · My Back Page as Umeyama
- 2011 · Gantz: Perfect Answer as Masaru Kato
- 2011 · Another Gantz as Masaru Kato
- 2010 · Gantz as Masaru Kato
- 2010 · Japanese Americans as
- 2010 · Norwegian Wood as Toru Watanabe
- 2010 · Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac as Yûji Miwa
- 2009 · Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as Makoto Sahara
- 2009 · Kamui as Kamui
- 2009 · Bare Essence of Life as Youjin Mizuki
- 2009 · Money Crazy as Gamagori Futaro
- 2008 · Detroit Metal City as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
- 2008 · Detroit Metal City as Makoto Hokazono (voice)
- 2008 · Death Note: L Change the World as L
- 2008 · Sex Is No Laughing Matter as Mirume
- 2007 · The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File as L / Ryuzaki
- 2007 · Tsubaki Sanjuro as Iori Isaka
- 2007 · South Bound as Officer Niigaki
- 2007 · Prodigy as Oto Kikuna
- 2007 · Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji as
- 2007 · Sexy Voice and Robo as Robo
- 2007 · Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo as
- 2007 · 1 Litre Of Tears SP as Yuji Kawamoto
- 2007 · Ten Nights of Dreams as Shotaro
- 2006 · Death Note: The Last Name as L
- 2006 · Death Note as Geius (voice)
- 2006 · Vanished as Tomohiko
- 2006 · Death Note as L
- 2006 · Angels with Broken Wings as Shingo
- 2005 · Yamato as
- 2005 · Custom Made 10.30 as Tamotu
- 2005 · 1 Litre of Tears as Yuji Kawamoto
- 2005 · Nana as Shinichi Okazaki
- 2005 · Be-Bop High School 2 as
- 2005 · Linda Linda Linda as Makihara
- 2004 · The Taste of Tea as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
- 2004 · Be-Bop High School as Jun Kawabata
- 2004 · The Locker 2 as Yôsuke Shinohara
- 2004 · Winning Pass as
- 2003 · Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement as
- 2003 · Bright Future as Jun
- Future · hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi– as