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Kenichi Matsuyama

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

Born: Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 1985-03-05

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2003	Bright Future	Jun	68
2	2003	Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement		35
3	2004	Be-Bop High School	Jun Kawabata	55
4	2004	The Taste of Tea	Young Man in Red T-Shirt	75
5	2005	Linda Linda Linda	Makihara	74
6	2005	Nana	Shinichi Okazaki	68
7	2006	Death Note	L	71
8	2006	Vanished	Tomohiko	58
9	2006	Death Note: The Last Name	L	71
10	2007	1 Litre Of Tears SP	Yuji Kawamoto	40
11	2007	Prodigy	Oto Kikuna	71
12	2007	South Bound	Officer Niigaki	0
13	2007	Tsubaki Sanjuro	Iori Isaka	68
14	2007	The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File	L / Ryuzaki	0
15	2008	Sex Is No Laughing Matter	Mirume	62
16	2008	Death Note: L Change the WorLd	L	60
17	2008	Detroit Metal City	Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II	64
18	2009	Bare Essence of Life	Youjin Mizuki	60
19	2009	Kamui	Kamui	61
20	2009	Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler	Makoto Sahara	68
21	2010	Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac	Yûji Miwa	54
22	2010	Norwegian Wood	Toru Watanabe	64
23	2011	Gantz: Perfect Answer	Masaru Kato	67
24	2011	My Back Page	Umeyama	51
25	2011	Bunny Drop	Daikichi Kawachi	71
26	2012	Train Brain Express	Kei Komachi	60
27	2013	The Kiyosu Conference	Hidemasa Hori	69
28	2014	Homeland	Jiro	57
29	2014	Climbing to Spring	Toru	83
30	2015	Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran	Kojiro Masakado	50
31	2015	Chasuke's Journey	Chasuke	64
32	2016	Chinyuki	Taro Yamada	51
33	2016	Rage	Tetsuya Tashiro	69
34	2020	Mio's Cookbook		79
35	2023	We're Broke, My Lord!	Shinjiro Matsudaira	74
36		hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–		0
37	2004	Winning Pass		0
38	2004	The Locker 2	Yôsuke Shinohara	45
39	2005	Be-Bop High School 2		0
40	2005	Furyo shonen no yume		0
41	2005	Custom Made 10.30	Tamotu	80
42	2005	Yamato		54
43	2007	Ten Nights of Dreams	Shotaro	64
44	2007	Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji		0
45	2009	Making of Death Note	Self/L	0
46	2009	Making of Death Note: The Last Name	Self/L	0
47	2010	Gantz	Masaru Kato	65
48	2011	Another Gantz	Masaru Kato	70
49	2014	Buddha 2: The Endless Journey	Tatta (voice)	77
50	2014	A Far Promise		0
51	2015	The Day Kouhaku Was Born	Shindo Tatsuya	0
52	2015	The Emperor in August	Takeo Sasaki	63
53	2016	Something Like, Something Like It	Shinden Defunetei	100
54	2016	Death Note: Light Up the NEW World	L	65
55	2016	Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow	Satoshi Murayama	63
56	2017	Sekigahara	Naoe Kanetsugu	70
57	2017	Yurigokoro	Yosuke	74
58	2018	Saint Young Men	Jesus Christ	25
59	2019	Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind		0
60	2019	Promare	Galo Thymos (voice)	71
61	2019	Promare / Side: Galo	Galo Thymos (voice)	73
62	2019	Promare / Side: Lio	Galo Thymos (voice)	69
63	2019	Saint Young Men 2nd Century	Jesus	0
64	2019	From Miyamoto to You	Kazuo Jinbo	63
65	2020	Saint Young Men 3	イエス	0
66	2020	Hotel Royal	Satoshi Miyagawa	52
67	2021	Brave: Gunjyou Senki	Nobunaga Oda	68
68	2021	Blue	Nobuto Urita	67
69	2021	Riverside Mukolitta	Takeshi Yamada	65
70	2022	Noise	Jun Tanabe	58
71	2022	Dreaming of the Meridian Arc		80
72	2023	Do Unto Others	Munenori Shiba	78
73	2024	Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~	Jesus	0
74		Fortress of Skulls (Dokurojo no Shichinin Kaze)		0
75	2025	Oi, Dazai		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2005	1 Litre of Tears	Yuji Kawamoto	84
2	2006	Angels with Broken Wings	Shingo	44
3	2006	Death Note	Geius (voice)	86
4	2007	Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo		0
5	2007	Sexy Voice and Robo	Robo	80
6	2008	Detroit Metal City	Makoto Hokazono (voice)	77
7	2009	Money Crazy	Gamagori Futaro	65
8	2010	Japanese Americans		70
9	2012	Taira no Kiyomori	Taira no Kiyomori	80
10	2013	Olympic Ransom		0
11	2015	Futagashira		0
12	2015	Dokonjō Gaeru	Hiroshi	83
13	2017	A Life	Igawa Sota	70
14	2018	Residential Complex	Daiki Igarashi	70
15	2018	From Miyamoto To You	神保和夫	60
16	2019	The Great White Tower	Shuji Satomi	65
17	2019	歪んだ波紋		90
18	2020	Komoribito		60
19	2021	JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope	Kōichi Tokiwa	64
20	2023	What Will You Do, Ieyasu?	Honda Masanobu	77
21	2023	Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?	Uozumi Yuzuru	67
22	2024	Farewell Hospital		80
23	2024	The Tiger and Her Wings	桂场等一郎	80
24	2025	Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?	Yoshiteru Matsukaze	83