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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 5, 1985
Place of Birth
Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
- Мацуяма Кэнъити
- Ken'ichi Matsuyama
- 마츠야마 켄이치
- 松山研一
- Matsuyama Kenichi
Kenichi Matsuyama
1.3 Popularity
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
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Kiyoharu Ando
Themis no Futashika na Hotei
2026
7.0
Oi, Dazai
2025
7.6
Yoshiteru Matsukaze
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
2025
6.5
Jesus
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
2024
8.0
桂场等一郎
The Tiger and Her Wings
2024
8.0
Farewell Hospital
2024
7.4
Shinjiro Matsudaira
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
7.8
Munenori Shiba
Do Unto Others
2023
6.8
Uozumi Yuzuru
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
2023
7.7
Honda Masanobu
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023
Credits
Themis no Futashika na Hotei
as Kiyoharu Ando
2026
0.0
Oi, Dazai
2025
7.0
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
as Yoshiteru Matsukaze
2025
7.6
Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
as Jesus
2024
6.5
The Tiger and Her Wings
as 桂场等一郎
2024
8.0
Farewell Hospital
2024
8.0
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
2023
7.4
Do Unto Others
as Munenori Shiba
2023
7.8
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
as Uozumi Yuzuru
2023
6.8
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
as Honda Masanobu
2023
7.7
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
8.0
Noise
as Jun Tanabe
2022
5.8
Riverside Mukolitta
as Takeshi Yamada
2021
6.5
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
as Kōichi Tokiwa
2021
6.4
Blue
as Nobuto Urita
2021
6.7
Brave: Gunjyou Senki
as Nobunaga Oda
2021
6.8
Komoribito
2020
6.0
Hotel Royal
as Satoshi Miyagawa
2020
4.6
Mio's Cookbook
2020
7.9
Saint Young Men 3
as イエス
2020
6.0
歪んだ波紋
2019
9.0
From Miyamoto to You
as Kazuo Jinbo
2019
6.1
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
as Jesus
2019
6.0
Promare
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
7.1
Promare / Side: Galo
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
7.3
Promare / Side: Lio
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
6.9
The Great White Tower
as Shuji Satomi
2019
6.5
Fortress of Skulls
2019
8.0
Saint Young Men
as Jesus Christ
2018
3.7
From Miyamoto To You
as 神保和夫
2018
7.0
Residential Complex
as Daiki Igarashi
2018
7.0
Yurigokoro
as Yosuke
2017
7.3
Sekigahara
as Naoe Kanetsugu
2017
7.0
A Life
as Igawa Sota
2017
7.0
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
as Satoshi Murayama
2016
6.3
Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
as L
2016
6.4
Rage
as Tetsuya Tashiro
2016
6.8
Chinyuki
as Taro Yamada
2016
5.5
Something Like, Something Like It
as Shinden Defunetei
2016
10.0
The Emperor in August
as Takeo Sasaki
2015
6.4
Dokonjō Gaeru
as Hiroshi
2015
8.3
Chasuke's Journey
as Chasuke
2015
6.4
Futagashira
2015
0.0
Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
as Kojiro Masakado
2015
5.0
The Day Kouhaku Was Born
as Shindo Tatsuya
2015
0.0
A Far Promise
2014
0.0
Climbing to Spring
as Toru
2014
8.3
Homeland
as Jiro
2014
5.7
Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
as Tatta (voice)
2014
7.7
Olympic Ransom
2013
0.0
The Kiyosu Conference
as Hidemasa Hori
2013
6.9
Train Brain Express
as Kei Komachi
2012
6.0
Taira no Kiyomori
as Taira no Kiyomori
2012
8.0
Bunny Drop
as Daikichi Kawachi
2011
7.1
My Back Page
as Umeyama
2011
5.1
Gantz: Perfect Answer
as Masaru Kato
2011
6.7
Another Gantz
as Masaru Kato
2011
7.0
Gantz
as Masaru Kato
2010
6.5
Japanese Americans
2010
7.0
Norwegian Wood
as Toru Watanabe
2010
6.4
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
as Yûji Miwa
2010
5.4
Making of Death Note: The Last Name
as Self/L
2009
0.0
Making of Death Note
as Self/L
2009
0.0
Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
as Makoto Sahara
2009
6.8
Kamui
as Kamui
2009
6.1
Bare Essence of Life
as Youjin Mizuki
2009
6.0
Money Crazy
as Gamagori Futaro
2009
6.5
Detroit Metal City
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
2008
6.4
Detroit Metal City
as Makoto Hokazono (voice)
2008
7.6
Death Note: L Change the WorLd
as L
2008
6.0
Sex Is No Laughing Matter
as Mirume
2008
5.9
The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
as L / Ryuzaki
2007
0.0
Tsubaki Sanjuro
as Iori Isaka
2007
6.4
South Bound
as Officer Niigaki
2007
0.0
Prodigy
as Oto Kikuna
2007
7.1
Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
2007
0.0
Sexy Voice and Robo
as Robo
2007
8.0
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Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
2007
0.0
1 Litre Of Tears SP
as Yuji Kawamoto
2007
4.0
Ten Nights of Dreams
as Shotaro
2007
6.4
Death Note: The Last Name
as L
2006
7.1
Death Note
as Geius (voice)
2006
8.6
Vanished
as Tomohiko
2006
6.1
Death Note
as L
2006
7.1
Angels with Broken Wings
as Shingo
2006
4.4
Yamato
2005
5.5
Custom Made 10.30
as Tamotu
2005
8.0
Furyo shonen no yume
2005
0.0
1 Litre of Tears
as Yuji Kawamoto
2005
8.4
Nana
as Shinichi Okazaki
2005
6.7
Be-Bop High School 2
2005
0.0
Linda Linda Linda
as Makihara
2005
7.5
The Taste of Tea
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
2004
7.5
Be-Bop High School
as Jun Kawabata
2004
5.5
The Locker 2
as Yôsuke Shinohara
2004
4.5
Winning Pass
2004
0.0
Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2003
3.3
Bright Future
as Jun
2003
6.8
Gokusen
as Kenichi Mori
2002
7.9
hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
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