Kenichi Matsuyama
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1985 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Nagi Notes
Movie · as Yoshihiro Iguchi
Themis's Uncertain Court
TV · as Kiyoharu Ando · 8 eps
Reboot
TV · as Riku Hayase (Before Reboot) · 3 eps
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
TV · as Oedo Umiya · 10 eps
Until the T-Shirt Dries
TV · as Mitsuru Seo · 10 eps
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
TV · as Kazuki Kawashima · 8 eps
Oi, Dazai
Movie
New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
Movie
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
TV · as Yoshiteru Matsukaze · 10 eps
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
Movie · as Jesus
Farewell Hospital
TV · as Seiji Hirono · 7 eps
The Tiger and Her Wings
TV · as Katsuraba Toichiro · 130 eps
We're Broke, My Lord!
Movie · as Shinjiro Matsudaira
Do Unto Others
Movie · as Munenori Shiba
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
TV · as Honda Masanobu · 50 eps
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
TV · as Uozumi Yuzuru · 10 eps
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
Movie
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
Movie
Noise
Movie · as Jun Tanabe
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
Movie · as Nobunaga Oda
Riverside Mukolitta
Movie · as Takeshi Yamada
Blue
Movie · as Nobuto Urita
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
TV · as Kōichi Tokiwa · 10 eps
My Beloved One: The Other Side of Japan Sinks
TV · as Koichi Tokiwa · 1 ep
Mio's Cookbook
Movie
Saint Young Men 3
Movie · as イエス
Hotel Royal
Movie · as Satoshi Miyagawa
Komoribito
TV · 1 ep
Promare
Movie · as Galo Thymos (voice)
Promare / Side: Galo
Movie · as Galo Thymos (voice)
From Miyamoto to You
Movie · as Kazuo Jinbo
Promare / Side: Lio
Movie · as Galo Thymos (voice)
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
Movie · as Jesus
Fortress of Skulls
Movie
The Great White Tower
TV · as Shuji Satomi · 5 eps
歪んだ波紋
TV · 8 eps
Distorted Ripples
TV · as Kumio Mitazono · 8 eps
Saint Young Men
Movie · as Jesus Christ
From Miyamoto to You
TV · as 神保和夫 · 12 eps
Residential Complex
TV · as Daiki Igarashi · 10 eps
Sekigahara
Movie · as Naoe Kanetsugu
Yurigokoro
Movie · as Yosuke
A Life: A Love
TV · as Igawa Sota · 10 eps
Rage
Movie · as Tetsuya Tashiro
Chinyuki
Movie · as Taro Yamada
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
Movie · as Satoshi Murayama
Something Like, Something Like It
Movie · as Shinden Defunetei
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
Movie · as L
Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack
Movie · as L
Chasuke's Journey
Movie · as Chasuke
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
Movie · as Kojiro Masakado
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
Movie · as Shindo Tatsuya
The Emperor in August
Movie · as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Dokonjō Gaeru
TV · as Hiroshi · 10 eps
Futagashira
TV · 10 eps
Homeland
Movie · as Jiro
Climbing to Spring
Movie · as Toru
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
Movie · as Tatta (voice)
A Far Promise
Movie
The Kiyosu Conference
Movie · as Hidemasa Hori
Olympic Ransom
TV · 2 eps
Train Brain Express
Movie · as Kei Komachi
Taira no Kiyomori
TV · as Taira no Kiyomori · 50 eps
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Movie · as Masaru Kato
Bunny Drop
Movie · as Daikichi Kawachi
My Back Page
Movie · as Umeyama
Another Gantz
Movie · as Masaru Kato
Norwegian Wood
Movie · as Toru Watanabe
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Movie · as Yûji Miwa
Gantz
Movie · as Masaru Kato
Japanese Americans
TV · 5 eps
Bare Essence of Life
Movie · as Youjin Mizuki
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
Movie · as Makoto Sahara
Kamui
Movie · as Kamui
Making of Death Note
Movie · as Self/L
Making of Death Note: The Last Name
Movie · as Self/L
Money Crazy
TV · as Gamagori Futaro · 9 eps
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
Movie · as L
Detroit Metal City
Movie · as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
Movie · as Mirume
Detroit Metal City
TV · as Makoto Hokazono (voice) · 12 eps
The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
Movie · as L / Ryuzaki
Prodigy
Movie · as Oto Kikuna
South Bound
Movie · as Officer Niigaki
Tsubaki Sanjuro
Movie · as Iori Isaka
1 Litre Of Tears SP
Movie · as Yuji Kawamoto
Ten Nights of Dreams
Movie · as Shotaro
Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
Movie
Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
TV · 8 eps
Sexy Voice and Robo
TV · as Robo · 11 eps
Death Note
Movie · as L
Death Note: The Last Name
Movie · as L
Vanished
Movie · as Tomohiko
Death Note
TV · as Geius (voice) · 1 ep
Angels with Broken Wings
TV · as Shingo · 1 ep
Nana
Movie · as Shinichi Okazaki
Linda Linda Linda
Movie · as Makihara
Custom Made 10.30
Movie · as Tamotu
Yamato
Movie
Be-Bop High School 2
Movie
Furyo shonen no yume
Movie
1 Litre of Tears
TV · as Yuji Kawamoto · 3 eps
The Taste of Tea
Movie · as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Be-Bop High School
Movie · as Jun Kawabata
The Locker 2
Movie · as Yôsuke Shinohara
Winning Pass
Movie
Bright Future
Movie · as Jun
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
Movie
Gokusen
TV · as Kenichi Mori · 12 eps