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Kenichi Matsuyama

Kenichi Matsuyama

Birthday: 1985-03-05 | Place of Birth: Aomori Prefecture, Japan

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Noise

as    Jun Tanabe

2021
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

as    Kōichi Tokiwa

2021
Brave: Gunjyou Senki

as    Nobunaga Oda

2021
Riverside Mukolitta

as    Takeshi Yamada

2020
Hotel Royal

as    Satoshi Miyagawa

2019
Promare

as    Galo Thymos (voice)

2019
Promare / Side: Lio

as    Galo Thymos (voice)

2019
Miyamoto

as    Kazuo Jinbo

2018
Residential Complex

as    Daiki Igarashi

2018
Saint Young Men

as    Jesus

2017
Sekigahara

as    Naoe Kanetsugu

2016
Chinyuki

as    Taro Yamada

2014
Homeland

as    Jiro

2014
Climbing to Spring

as    Toru

2011
Gantz: Perfect Answer

as    Masaru Kato

2010
Norwegian Wood

as    Toru Watanabe

2010
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

as    Yûji Miwa

2009
Bare Essence of Life

as    Youjin Mizuki

2008
2008
Detroit Metal City

as    Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II

2007
Tsubaki Sanjuro

as    Iori Isaka

2007
Death Note

as    L

2006
Vanished

as    Tomohiko

2003
Bright Future

as    Jun