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
| Homepage | https://www.horipro.co.jp/matsuyamakenichi/ |
|---|---|
| Birth Location | Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| Born | 1985-03-05 |
Movies
2024
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
2023
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
2023
Noise
as Jun Tanabe
2022
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
2021
BLUE
as Nobuto Urita
2021
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
2021
Hotel Royal
as Satoshi Miyagawa
2020
2020
Saint Young Men 3
as イエス
2020
Miyamoto
as Kazuo Jinbo
2019
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Jesus
2019
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
2018
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
2017
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
2017
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi Murayama
2016
2016
Rage
as Tetsuya Tashiro
2016
Chinyuki
as Taro Yamada
2016
Something Like, Something Like It
as Shinden Defunetei
2016
The Emperor in August
as Takeo Sasaki
2015
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro Masakado
2015
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo Tatsuya
2015
Chasuke's Journey
as Chasuke
2015
2014
Climbing to Spring
as Toru
2014
Homeland
as Jiro
2014
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Tatta
2014
The Kiyosu Conference
as Hidemasa Hori
2013
Train Brain Express
as Kei Komachi
2012
Bunny Drop
as Daikichi Kawachi
2011
My Back Page
as Umeyama
2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru Kato
2011
Another Gantz
as Masaru Kato
2011
Norwegian Wood
as Toru Watanabe
2010
Gantz
as Masaru Kato
2010
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
as Yûji Miwa
2010
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Makoto Sahara
2009
Kamui
as Kamui
2009
Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin Mizuki
2009
Detroit Metal City
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
2008
2008
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as Mirume
2008
2007
Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Iori Isaka
2007
South Bound
as Officer Niigaki
2007
Prodigy
as Oto Kikuna
2007
1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Yuji Kawamoto
2007
Ten Nights of Dreams
as Shotaro
2007
2006
Vanished
as Tomohiko
2006
Death Note
as L
2006
2005
Custom Made 10.30
as Tamotu
2005
Nana
as Shinichi Okazaki
2005
2005
Linda Linda Linda
as Makihara
2005
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
2004
Bright Future
as Jun
2003
Kenichi Matsuyama hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
