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Kenichi Matsuyama is a Actor Japonais born on 5 march 1985 at Mutsu (Japon)
Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi, born March 5, 1985), real name Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 研一, Matsuyama Ken'ichi), 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: 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 movie adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
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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: 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 movie adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
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On April 1, 2011, he married Koyuki Katō, who co-starred with him in Kamui Gaiden. Together they have two sons (the eldest born January 5, 2012, the youngest born in July 2015). and daughter (born in 2013) in South KoreaUsually with
Filmography of Kenichi Matsuyama (27 films)
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Promare (2019)
Directed by Imaishi Hiroyuki
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Taichi Saotome, Masato Sakai, Ayane Sakura, Hiroyuki Yoshino, Tetsu Inada
Roles Galo Thymos (voice)
Rating69%
Une énorme tempête de feu a dévasté la moitié des villes du monde, affaiblissant les hommes et donnant naissance à des mutants capables de manier le feu, les Burnish. 30 ans plus tard, un groupe de mutants terroristes, appelés les Mad Burnish, menacent de détruire de nouveau la Terre. Le seul rempart de l'humanité ? La Burning Rescue, une équipe de pompiers d'un nouveau genre qui vont entrer en collision avec les Mad Burnish.
Sekigahara (2017)
, 2h30Directed by Masato Harada
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Actors Junichi Okada, Kasumi Arimura, Kōji Yakusho, Takehiro Hira, Masahiro Higashide, Kenichi Matsuyama
Roles Naoe Kanetsugu
Rating63%
Le film revient sur la célèbre bataille de Sekigahara (surnommée au Japon « la bataille qui décida de l’avenir du pays ») qui se déroula en 1600 et mis fin à l'époque Sengoku caractérisée par des troubles internes chroniques.
Rage (2016)
Directed by Lee Sang-il
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ken Watanabe, Mirai Moriyama, Kenichi Matsuyama, Go Ayano, Suzu Hirose, Pierre Taki
Roles Tetsuya Tashiro
Rating69%
Directed by Shinsuke Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Actors Masahiro Higashide, Sōsuke Ikematsu, Masaki Suda, Erika Toda, Fujii Mina, Rina Kawaei
Roles L
Rating57%
Dix ans ont passé depuis le combat entre Kira et L. Les Shinigami, les dieux de la mort, envoient à nouveau des Death Note parmi les humains, et le monde sombre peu à peu dans le chaos. Tsukuru Mishima est membre de l'unité spéciale Death Note avec Matsuda, qui a travaillé sur l'affaire Kira. Les meurtres de masses ont désormais lieu au quatre coins du monde. Le successeur de L se met alors, lui aussi, à enquêter sur cette affaire qui réunirait six Death Note.
Chasuke's Journey (2015)
Directed by Sabu, Sabu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Sabu, Yūsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, Ren Osugi, Shintaro Yamada
Roles Chasuke
Rating60%
The Emperor in August (2015)
, 2h16Directed by Masato Harada
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Masahiro Motoki, Tori Matsuzaka, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Yajima
Roles Takeo Sasaki
Rating65%
La guerre s'est terminée le 15 août 1945. Que s'est-il passé au Japon la nuit précédente? Le destin inconnu cette journée est dévoilé.
Homeland (2014)
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Yūko Tanaka, Yōji Tanaka, Seiyō Uchino, Sakura Andō, Ken Mitsuishi
Roles Jiro
Rating68%
Climbing to Spring (2014)
, 1h56Directed by Daisaku Kimura
Genres Drama
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Yu Aoi, Sōsuke Ikematsu, Sakura Andō, Renji Ishibashi, Isao Natsuyagi
Roles Toru
Rating62%
Tōru, a struggling securities trader in Tokyo, learns that his father Isao has died in a mountain rescue operation. He returns to his home town in the mountains of central Japan for the wake. He spontaneously decides to quit his prestigious job and take over the remote mountain hut that Isao operated during the summer season. Helping him are Ai, a young woman who's an excellent cook, and Goro, a somewhat mysterious friend of Isao's.
The Kiyosu Conference (2013)
, 2h18Directed by Kōki Mitani
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Kōji Yakusho, Yo Oizumi, Kyōka Suzuki, Yūki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Koichi Sato
Roles Hidemasa Hori
Rating63%
Après le suicide forcé de Nobunaga Oda lors de l'incident sur Honnō-ji, les puissants Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa et Tsuneoki Ikeda se retrouvent pour désigner un successeur. La conférence deviendrait la première décision politique prise par le groupe japonais. La réunion était connue sous le nom de Kiyosu Kaigi.
Bunny Drop (2011)
, 1h54Directed by Sabu, Sabu
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Karina, Mana Ashida, Mirei Kiritani, Go Ayano, Ryo Kimura
Roles Daikichi Kawachi
Rating72%
The film is about Daikichi, an unmarried office worker with no girlfriend, who ends up living with the six-year-old illegitimate child of his dead grandfather. This girl is called Rin, and Daikichi suddenly declares that he will raise her himself while his relatives discuss arrangements to put her in a foster home.
Directed by Hans Canosa
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Maki Horikita, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuya Tegoshi, Anton Yelchin, Emma Roberts, Mirei Kiritani
Roles Yûji Miwa
Rating59%
Naomi est une étudiante ordinaire fréquentant une école internationale. Un jour, elle tombe dans les escaliers de l'école et perd connaissance. Lorsqu'elle se réveille, elle est à l'hôpital et a oublié les quatre dernières années de sa vie. Naomi doit alors choisir entre 3 hommes qui représentent chacun une vision bien différente de l'amour : Ace, un joueur de tennis charismatique et populaire, Yuji un inadapté solitaire et son meilleur ami Mirai qui la connait mieux que quiconque... Naomi essaiera donc de se retrouver dans cet univers bien plus que compliqué !
Norwegian Wood (2010)
, 2h11Directed by Trần Anh Hùng
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Rinko Kikuchi, Kiko Mizuhara, Tetsuji Tamayama, Kengo Kora, Reika Kirishima
Roles Toru Watanabe
Rating63%
Toru Watanabe is a quiet and serious young man in 1960s Tokyo whose personal life is in tumult, having lost his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Seeking an escape, Toru enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close. Naoko continues to be devastated by the loss of Kizuki and spirals into a deep depression.
Gantz (2010)
, 2h30Directed by Shinsuke Satō
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Actors Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongō, Natsuna Watanabe, Tomorowo Taguchi
Roles Masaru Kato
Rating64%
Standing at a subway station a young man, Kurono (Kazunari Ninomiya), watches as his old primary school friend, Kato (Ken'ichi Matsuyama), attempt to rescue a man who has fallen onto the tracks. Kurono ends up on the tracks with Kato after the man has been rescued, just as a train is speeding through the station. The pair are surprised to find themselves not dead, but rather relocated to a room with a few other people. When they turn around, they see a strange black sphere, about two meters in diameter.
Kamui (2009)
, 2hDirected by Yoichi Sai
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Koyuki Katō, Kaoru Kobayashi, Koichi Sato, Hideaki Itō, Suzuka Ōgo
Roles Kamui
Rating56%
The young Kamui is a runaway ninja who has abandoned his clan, now constantly pursued by assassins. His travels bring him to a seashore village where he meets Hanbei, a fisherman who shares the former ninja's sense of honor. Though Hanbei's wife is wary of the stranger, the fisherman and Kamui become good friends. Life at the seaside seems idyllic but Kamui does not get to enjoy the peace for very long when his past life is catching up on him, and everything and everyone is not as it seems. Now he must draw upon his shadowy arts if he hopes to escape with his life.
, 2h9Directed by Hideo Nakata
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about terrorism, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Shunji Fujimura, Mayuko Fukuda, Erika Toda, Shingo Tsurumi, Tatsuya Fujiwara
Roles L
Rating60%
In the final 23 days of L's life, he meets one final case involving a bioterrorist group that aims to wipe out much of humanity with a virus. The virus has an infection rate that is one hundred times the infection rate of the SARS virus. He takes a boy he names Near, the sole survivor of its use in a village in Thailand, and an elementary school student named Maki Nikaido under his wing.