Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Known for
Acting
Born
October 20, 1983 (age 43)
Birthplace
Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Biography

Takayuki Yamada (山田 孝之 Yamada Takayuki, born October 20, 1983) is a Japanese actor and singer. He has two elder sisters and one son. At age 15, he was discovered by talent agency Stardust and made his debut in his acting career in the TV drama Psychometrer Eiji 2 in 1999. One of his first big roles was starring as Matsumoto Sakutaro in Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu in the 2004 TBS series. In 2005, he made his name known with the movie Densha Otoko. His recent projects include Taiyou no Uta and the Japanese movie The Letter (Tegami) with co-star Erika Sawajiri. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takayuki Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh

Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh

Movie · as Takayuki

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Night Tales Club

Night Tales Club

TV · 1 ep

2026
Sgt. Frog poster

Sgt. Frog

Movie · as Yoshihiko (voice)

2026
Darwin's Amazing Animals: Cats Around the World poster

Darwin's Amazing Animals: Cats Around the World

Movie

2026
Quiztopia poster

Quiztopia

TV · 6 eps

2025
Blazing Fists poster

Blazing Fists

Movie · as Man in bear suit

2025
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback poster

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

Movie · as Takashi Otomo (voice)

2025
Good News poster

Good News

Movie · as Shinichi Ishida

2025
New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period poster

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

Movie

2025
Last Samurai Standing poster

Last Samurai Standing

TV · as Ando Jinbe · 1 ep

2025
Glass Heart poster

Glass Heart

TV · 1 ep

2024
11 Rebels poster

11 Rebels

Movie · as Masa

2024
Faceless poster

Faceless

Movie · as Detective Matanuki

2024
MIMI poster

MIMI

Movie

2024
Weird Ryu poster

Weird Ryu

Movie

2024
House of Ninjas poster

House of Ninjas

TV · as Yosuke Tsujioka · 8 eps

2024
Land of Tanabata poster

Land of Tanabata

TV · 10 eps

2024
Tokyo Swindlers poster

Tokyo Swindlers

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 7 eps

2023
The Day I Realized I'm in Love poster

The Day I Realized I'm in Love

Movie · as Ippei Miyata

2023
Six Singing Women poster

Six Singing Women

Movie · as Uwajima Ryo

2023
The Imaginary poster

The Imaginary

Movie · as Jinzan (voice)

2023
Japan's Got Talent poster

Japan's Got Talent

TV · 3 eps

2023
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? poster

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

TV · as Hattori Hanzo · 50 eps

2023
Yomawari Neko poster

Yomawari Neko

TV · as Heizō Endō (voice) · 15 eps

2022
The Little Star poster

The Little Star

Movie

2022
The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero - poster

The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -

Movie

2022
Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure poster

Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure

TV · as Hayate (voice) · 8 eps

2022
GAME GENOME poster

GAME GENOME

TV · 1 ep

2021
Inside Zokki poster

Inside Zokki

Movie

2021
Sakura poster

Sakura

Movie

2020
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms poster

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

Movie · as Yellow Turban

2020
Step poster

Step

Movie · as Kenichi Takeda

2020
What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"? poster

What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?

TV · as Guest · 1 ep

2020
Mitsuhide no Sumaho poster

Mitsuhide no Sumaho

TV · as Akechi Mitsuhide · 6 eps

2020
夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 poster

夢の本屋をめぐる冒険

TV · 2 eps

2020
Marumaru no Smartphone poster

Marumaru no Smartphone

TV · 49 eps

2019
Dragon Quest: Your Story poster

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Movie · as Pankraz (voice)

2019
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 poster

TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」

Movie · as Himself

2019
Brothers in Brothel poster

Brothers in Brothel

Movie · as Mashiba Tokuta

2019
Rilakkuma and Kaoru poster

Rilakkuma and Kaoru

TV · as Hayate (voice) · 13 eps

2019
The Naked Director poster

The Naked Director

TV · as Toru Muranishi · 16 eps

2018
Cinema Fighters poster

Cinema Fighters

Movie · as Toru

2018
Hard-Core poster

Hard-Core

Movie · as Ukon Gondo

2018
Isle of Dogs poster

Isle of Dogs

Movie · as Junior Scientist 1 (voice)

2018
50 First Kisses poster

50 First Kisses

Movie · as Daisuke Yuge

2018
Parallel World poster

Parallel World

Movie · as Toru

2018
dele poster

dele

TV · as Keiji Sakagami · 8 eps

2018
From Today, It's My Turn!! poster

From Today, It's My Turn!!

TV · 1 ep

2018
The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee poster

The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee

TV · as Oashisu / Oasis · 9 eps

2017
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 poster

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

Movie · as Anjuro Katagiri

2017
Prison Break poster

Prison Break

Movie

2017
DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon poster

DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon

Movie · as Batman (voice)

2017
Takayuki Yamada in 3D poster

Takayuki Yamada in 3D

Movie · as Himself

2017
Ten poster

Ten

Movie · as Takashi

2017
Gintama poster

Gintama

Movie · as Elizabeth (voice)

2017
Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan poster

Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan

Movie

2017
Shinjuku Swan II poster

Shinjuku Swan II

Movie

2017
Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival poster

Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival

TV · 12 eps

2016
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie poster

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

Movie · as Denjiro Tahara

2016
Terra Formars poster

Terra Formars

Movie · as Ichiro Hiruma

2016
Someone poster

Someone

Movie · as Sawa

2016
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3

Movie · as Kaoru Ushijima

2016
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

Movie · as Kaoru Ushijima

2016
映像の世紀プレミアム poster

映像の世紀プレミアム

TV · as 語り · 21 eps

2016
Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People poster

Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People

TV · as ヨシヒコ · 12 eps

2015
Shinjuku Swan poster

Shinjuku Swan

Movie · as Hideyoshi Minami

2015
Bakuman poster

Bakuman

Movie · as Akira Hattori

2015
Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo poster

Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo

TV · as himself · 12 eps

2015
REPLAY&DESTROY poster

REPLAY&DESTROY

TV · as Kaname Yokoyama · 8 eps

2015
A Century on Film poster

A Century on Film

TV · as 語り · 6 eps

2014
Monsterz poster

Monsterz

Movie · as Shuichi Tanaka

2014
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2

Movie · as Kaoru ushijima

2014
Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun

TV · as 丑嶋馨 · 8 eps

2014
Nobunaga Concerto poster

Nobunaga Concerto

TV · as Denjiro Tahara · 11 eps

2013
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji poster

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

Movie · as Shun Tsukihara

2013
The Devil's Path poster

The Devil's Path

Movie · as Shuichi Fujii

2013
The Rakugo Movie

The Rakugo Movie

Movie

2013
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow poster

I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow

Movie · as Shuichi Ichinosawa

2012
Lesson of the Evil poster

Lesson of the Evil

Movie · as Tetsuro Shibahara

2012
The Samurai That Night poster

The Samurai That Night

Movie · as Hiroshi Kijima

2012
The Floating Castle poster

The Floating Castle

Movie · as Yoshitsugu Otani

2012
Ushijima the Loan Shark poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark

Movie · as Kaoru Ushijima

2012
Arakawa Under the Bridge poster

Arakawa Under the Bridge

Movie · as Hoshi

2012
Bungo: Stories of Desire poster

Bungo: Stories of Desire

Movie

2012
Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key poster

Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key

TV · as ヨシヒコ/勇者 · 11 eps

2012
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue poster

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer poster

Gantz: Perfect Answer

Movie · as Masamitsu Shigeta

2011
Milocrorze: A Love Story poster

Milocrorze: A Love Story

Movie · as Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare

2011
UNFAIR: the answer poster

UNFAIR: the answer

Movie · as Katsuaki Murakami

2011
Oba: The Last Samurai poster

Oba: The Last Samurai

Movie · as Toshio Kitami

2011
Looking for a True Fiancée poster

Looking for a True Fiancée

Movie · as Teruhiko Katayama

2011
The Brave 'Yoshihiko' poster

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

TV · as Yoshihiko · 35 eps

2011
Arakawa Under the Bridge poster

Arakawa Under the Bridge

TV · as Hoshi · 10 eps

2011
BAZOOKA!!! poster

BAZOOKA!!!

TV · 1 ep

2010
The Seaside Motel poster

The Seaside Motel

Movie · as Yosuke Asakura

2010
13 Assassins poster

13 Assassins

Movie · as Shinrokuro Shimada

2010
Vengeance Can Wait poster

Vengeance Can Wait

Movie · as Banjo Takai

2010
Gantz poster

Gantz

Movie · as Masamitsu Shigeta

2010
Ushijima the Loan Shark poster

Ushijima the Loan Shark

TV · as Kaoru Ushijima · 27 eps

2010
The History of Our Family poster

The History of Our Family

TV · as Tatsuya Nakadai · 3 eps

2009
Crows Zero II poster

Crows Zero II

Movie · as Tamao Serizawa

2009
MW poster

MW

Movie · as Yutaro Garai

2009
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto poster

Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto

Movie · as Akira Abe

2009
Chasing My Girl poster

Chasing My Girl

Movie · as Sugimoto

2009
BOSS poster

BOSS

TV · as Tajima Shingo · 2 eps

2008
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit poster

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

Movie · as Satoshi Iizuka

2008
252: Signal of Life poster

252: Signal of Life

Movie · as Makoto Shigemura

2007
Crows Zero poster

Crows Zero

Movie · as Tamao Serizawa

2007
Say Hello for Me poster

Say Hello for Me

Movie · as Satoshi Toyama

2007
Maiko Haaaan!!! poster

Maiko Haaaan!!!

Movie · as Student on field trip (cameo)

2006
The Letters poster

The Letters

Movie · as Naotaka Takeshima

2006
A Song to the Sun poster

A Song to the Sun

TV · as Fujishiro Koji · 10 eps

2006
Into the White Night poster

Into the White Night

TV · as Ryoji Kirihara · 11 eps

2005
Train Man poster

Train Man

Movie · as Densha otoko

2005
H2: The Days with You poster

H2: The Days with You

TV · as Kunimi Hiro · 11 eps

2004
Jenifa poster

Jenifa

Movie

2004
Fire Boys poster

Fire Boys

TV · as Asahina Daigo (18) · 11 eps

2004
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World poster

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

TV · as Matsumoto Sakutaro · 11 eps

2003
Dragon Head poster

Dragon Head

Movie · as Nobuo Takahashi

2003
Water Boys poster

Water Boys

TV · as Kankuro Shindo · 11 eps

2002
The Cat Returns poster

The Cat Returns

Movie · as Lune (voice)

2002
Onmyoji Abe no Seimei poster

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

TV · 1 ep

2002
Long Love Letter poster

Long Love Letter

TV · as Takamatsu Sho · 11 eps

2002
Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

TV · 5 eps

2002
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine poster

The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine

TV · as Ushijima Minoru · 12 eps

2001
Churasan poster

Churasan

TV · as Kohagura Keitatsu · 169 eps

2001
I Wanna Fall in Love poster

I Wanna Fall in Love

TV · as Aoshima Wataru · 11 eps

2000
Sayoko is Back poster

Sayoko is Back

TV · as Shū Sekine · 12 eps