Kenichi Matsuyama

Personal Info

Birthday

March 5, 1985

(40 years old)

Place of Birth

Aomori Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As

Мацуяма Кэнъити

Ken'ichi Matsuyama

마츠야마 켄이치

松山研一

Matsuyama Kenichi

Kenichi Matsuyama

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.

Known For

Death Note

The Tiger and Her Wings

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

Taira no Kiyomori

JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

A Life

Detroit Metal City

Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?

Filmography

2024
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
as Jesus
2023
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
2022
Noise
as Jun Tanabe
2021
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
Blue
as Nobuto Urita
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
2020
Hotel Royal
as Satoshi Miyagawa
Saint Young Men 3
as イエス
2019
From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo Jinbo
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Jesus
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2018
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
2017
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
2016
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi Murayama
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
as L
Rage
as Tetsuya Tashiro
Chinyuki
as Taro Yamada
Something Like, Something Like It
as Shinden Defunetei
2015
The Emperor in August
as Takeo Sasaki
Chasuke's Journey
as Chasuke
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro Masakado
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo Tatsuya
2014
Climbing to Spring
as Toru
Homeland
as Jiro
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Tatta (voice)
2013
The Kiyosu Conference
as Hidemasa Hori
2012
Train Brain Express
as Kei Komachi
2011
Bunny Drop
as Daikichi Kawachi
My Back Page
as Umeyama
Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru Kato
Another Gantz
as Masaru Kato
2010
Gantz
as Masaru Kato
Norwegian Wood
as Toru Watanabe
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
as Yûji Miwa
2009
Making of Death Note
as Self/L
Making of Death Note: The Last Name
as Self/L
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Makoto Sahara
Kamui
as Kamui
Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin Mizuki
2008
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
as L
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
Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Iori Isaka
South Bound
as Officer Niigaki
Prodigy
as Oto Kikuna
1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Yuji Kawamoto
Ten Nights of Dreams
as Shotaro
2006
Death Note: The Last Name
as L
Vanished
as Tomohiko
2005
Custom Made 10.30
as Tamotu
Nana
as Shinichi Okazaki
Linda Linda Linda
as Makihara
2004
The Taste of Tea
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Be-Bop High School
as Jun Kawabata
The Locker 2
as Yôsuke Shinohara
2003
Bright Future
as Jun