Kenichi Matsuyama
Acting
Born March 5, 1985, Mutsu, Aomori, 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.
Filmography
- Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? — Kazuki Kawashima
- Is It Too Late for Sushi? — Oedo Umiya
- 2026Nagi Notes — Yoshihiro Iguchi
- Reboot — Riku Hayase (Before Reboot)
- Themis's Uncertain Court — Kiyoharu Ando
- Until the T-Shirt Dries — Mitsuru Seo
- 2025New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
- 2025Oi, Dazai
- Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? — Yoshiteru Matsukaze
- Farewell Hospital
- 2024Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ — Jesus
- The Tiger and Her Wings — Katsuraba Toichiro
- 2023Do Unto Others — Munenori Shiba
- 2023We're Broke, My Lord! — Shinjiro Matsudaira
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Honda Masanobu
- Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? — Uozumi Yuzuru
- 2022Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
- 2022Noise — Jun Tanabe
- 2022hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
- 2021Blue — Nobuto Urita
- 2021Brave: Gunjyou Senki — Nobunaga Oda
- JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope — Kōichi Tokiwa
- My Beloved One: The Other Side of Japan Sinks — Koichi Tokiwa
- 2021Riverside Mukolitta — Takeshi Yamada
- 2020Hotel Royal — Satoshi Miyagawa
- Komoribito
- 2020Mio's Cookbook
- 2020Saint Young Men 3 — イエス
- Distorted Ripples — Kumio Mitazono
- 2019Fortress of Skulls
- 2019From Miyamoto to You — Kazuo Jinbo
- 2019Promare — Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019Promare / Side: Galo — Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019Promare / Side: Lio — Galo Thymos (voice)
- 2019Saint Young Men 2nd Century — Jesus
- The Great White Tower — Shuji Satomi
- 歪んだ波紋
- From Miyamoto to You — 神保和夫
- Residential Complex — Daiki Igarashi
- 2018Saint Young Men — Jesus Christ
- A Life: A Love — Igawa Sota
- 2017Sekigahara — Naoe Kanetsugu
- 2017Yurigokoro — Yosuke
- 2016Chinyuki — Taro Yamada
- 2016Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack — L
- 2016Death Note: Light Up the NEW World — L
- 2016Rage — Tetsuya Tashiro
- 2016Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow — Satoshi Murayama
- 2016Something Like, Something Like It — Shinden Defunetei
- 2015Chasuke's Journey — Chasuke
- Dokonjō Gaeru — Hiroshi
- Futagashira
- 2015Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran — Kojiro Masakado
- 2015The Day Kouhaku Was Born — Shindo Tatsuya
- 2015The Emperor in August — Takeo Sasaki
- 2014A Far Promise
- 2014Buddha 2: The Endless Journey — Tatta (voice)
- 2014Climbing to Spring — Toru
- 2014Homeland — Jiro
- Olympic Ransom
- 2013The Kiyosu Conference — Hidemasa Hori
- Taira no Kiyomori — Taira no Kiyomori
- 2012Train Brain Express — Kei Komachi
- 2011Another Gantz — Masaru Kato
- 2011Bunny Drop — Daikichi Kawachi
- 2011Gantz: Perfect Answer — Masaru Kato
- 2011My Back Page — Umeyama
- 2010Gantz — Masaru Kato
- Japanese Americans
- 2010Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac — Yûji Miwa
- 2010Norwegian Wood — Toru Watanabe
- 2009Bare Essence of Life — Youjin Mizuki
- 2009Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler — Makoto Sahara
- 2009Kamui — Kamui
- 2009Making of Death Note — Self/L
- 2009Making of Death Note: The Last Name — Self/L
- Money Crazy — Gamagori Futaro
- 2008Death Note: L Change the WorLd — L
- 2008Detroit Metal City — Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II, Theme Song Performance
- Detroit Metal City — Makoto Hokazono (voice)
- 2008Sex Is No Laughing Matter — Mirume
- 20071 Litre Of Tears SP — Yuji Kawamoto
- 2007Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
- 2007Prodigy — Oto Kikuna
- Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
- Sexy Voice and Robo — Robo
- 2007South Bound — Officer Niigaki
- 2007Ten Nights of Dreams — Shotaro
- 2007The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File — L / Ryuzaki
- 2007Tsubaki Sanjuro — Iori Isaka
- Angels with Broken Wings — Shingo
- 2006Death Note — L
- Death Note — Geius (voice)
- 2006Death Note: The Last Name — L
- 2006Vanished — Tomohiko
- 1 Litre of Tears — Yuji Kawamoto
- 2005Be-Bop High School 2
- 2005Custom Made 10.30 — Tamotu
- 2005Furyo shonen no yume
- 2005Linda Linda Linda — Makihara
- 2005Nana — Shinichi Okazaki
- 2005Yamato
- 2004Be-Bop High School — Jun Kawabata
- 2004The Locker 2 — Yôsuke Shinohara
- 2004The Taste of Tea — Young Man in Red T-Shirt
- 2004Winning Pass
- 2003Bright Future — Jun
- 2003Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
- Gokusen — Kenichi Mori