Acting credits
108
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kenichi Matsuyama
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.5
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Movies: 77Series: 31Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 79037
IMDb ID: nm1947564
Known for: Acting
Born: March 5, 1985
Age: 41
Place of birth: Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2002 - 2026
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q360986
Also known as
Мацуяма Кэнъити • Ken'ichi Matsuyama • 마츠야마 켄이치 • Matsuyama Kenichi
Other jobs
Theme Song Performance (1)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kenichi Matsuyama.
Nagi Notes
as Yoshihiro Iguchi
2026 Movie
New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025 Movie
Oi, Dazai
2025 Movie
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
as Jesus
2024 Movie
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
2023 Movie
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
2023 Movie
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022 Movie
Noise
as Jun Tanabe
2022 Movie
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022 Movie
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
2021 Movie
Blue
as Nobuto Urita
2021 Movie
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
2021 Movie
Hotel Royal
as Satoshi Miyagawa
2020 Movie
Mio's Cookbook
2020 Movie
Saint Young Men 3
as イエス
2020 Movie
From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo Jinbo
2019 Movie
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Jesus
2019 Movie
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019 Movie
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019 Movie
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019 Movie
Fortress of Skulls
2019 Movie
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
2018 Movie
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
2017 Movie
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kenichi Matsuyama.
In 3 weeks
Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
as Kazuki Kawashima • 1 eps
2026 Series
Until the T-Shirt Dries
as Mitsuru Seo • 10 eps
2026 Series
Is It Too Late for Sushi?
as Oedo Umiya • 10 eps
2026 Series
Reboot
as Riku Hayase (Before Reboot) • 3 eps
2026 Series
Themis's Uncertain Court
as Kiyoharu Ando • 8 eps
2026 Series
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
as Yoshiteru Matsukaze • 10 eps
2025 Series
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 桂场等一郎 • 130 eps
2024 Series
Farewell Hospital
5 eps
2024 Series
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
as Uozumi Yuzuru • 10 eps
2023 Series
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
as Honda Masanobu • 50 eps
2023 Series
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
as Kōichi Tokiwa • 10 eps
2021 Series
My Beloved One: The Other Side of Japan Sinks
as Koichi Tokiwa • 1 eps
2021 Series
Komoribito
1 eps
2020 Series
Distorted Ripples
as Kumio Mitazono • 8 eps
2019 Series
歪んだ波紋
8 eps
2019 Series
The Great White Tower
as Shuji Satomi • 5 eps
2019 Series
From Miyamoto to You
as 神保和夫 • 12 eps
2018 Series
Residential Complex
as Daiki Igarashi • 10 eps
2018 Series
A Life: A Love
as Igawa Sota • 10 eps
2017 Series
Dokonjō Gaeru
as Hiroshi • 10 eps
2015 Series
Futagashira
10 eps
2015 Series
Olympic Ransom
2 eps
2013 Series
Taira no Kiyomori
as Taira no Kiyomori • 50 eps
2012 Series
Japanese Americans
5 eps
2010 Series