Kenichi Matsuyama
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1985-03-05 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Aomori Prefecture, Japan
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
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
(2023)
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
(2023)
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
(2022)
Noise
as Jun Tanabe
(2022)
(2021)
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
(2021)
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
(2021)
Blue
as Nobuto Urita
(2020)
Saint Young Men 3
as イエス
(2020)
(2020)
Hotel Royal
as Satoshi Miyagawa
(2019)
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
(2019)
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
(2019)
From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo Jinbo
(2019)
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Jesus
(2019)
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
(2019)
(2018)
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
(2017)
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
(2017)
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
(2016)
(2016)
Rage
as Tetsuya Tashiro
(2016)
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi Murayama
(2016)
Something Like, Something Like It
as Shinden Defunetei
(2016)
Chinyuki
as Taro Yamada
(2015)
The Emperor in August
as Takeo Sasaki
(2015)
Chasuke's Journey
as Chasuke
(2015)
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo Tatsuya
(2015)
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro Masakado
(2014)
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Tatta (voice)
(2014)
Homeland
as Jiro
(2014)
Climbing to Spring
as Toru
(2014)
(2013)
The Kiyosu Conference
as Hidemasa Hori
(2012)
Train Brain Express
as Kei Komachi
(2011)
Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru Kato
(2011)
Bunny Drop
as Daikichi Kawachi
(2011)
Another Gantz
as Masaru Kato
(2011)
My Back Page
as Umeyama
(2011)
(2010)
Gantz
as Masaru Kato
(2010)
Norwegian Wood
as Toru Watanabe
(2010)
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
as Yûji Miwa
(2009)
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Makoto Sahara
(2009)
Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin Mizuki
(2009)
Kamui
as Kamui
(2009)
Making of Death Note
as Self/L
(2009)
Making of Death Note: The Last Name
as Self/L
(2008)
(2008)
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as Mirume
(2008)
Detroit Metal City
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
(2007)
Ten Nights of Dreams
as Shotaro
(2007)
Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Iori Isaka
(2007)
(2007)
Prodigy
as Oto Kikuna
(2007)
South Bound
as Officer Niigaki
(2007)
1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Yuji Kawamoto
(2007)
(2006)
Death Note
as L
(2006)
(2006)
Vanished
as Tomohiko
(2005)
Linda Linda Linda
as Makihara
(2005)
(2005)
Nana
as Shinichi Okazaki
(2005)
Custom Made 10.30
as Tamotu
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
The Taste of Tea
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
(2004)
The Locker 2
as Yôsuke Shinohara
(2004)
Be-Bop High School
as Jun Kawabata
(2004)
(2003)
Bright Future
as Jun
(2003)