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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

2025
Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?

as    Yoshiteru Matsukaze

2024
The Tiger and Her Wings

as    桂场等一郎

2023
Do Unto Others

as    Munenori Shiba

2023
We're Broke, My Lord!

as    Shinjiro Matsudaira

2023
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

as    Uozumi Yuzuru

2022
Noise

as    Jun Tanabe

2021
JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope

as    Kōichi Tokiwa

2021
Brave: Gunjyou Senki

as    Nobunaga Oda

2021
BLUE

as    Nobuto Urita

2021
Riverside Mukolitta

as    Takeshi Yamada

2020
Hotel Royal

as    Satoshi Miyagawa

2020
Saint Young Men 3

as    イエス

2019
Promare

as    Galo Thymos (voice)

2019
Promare / Side: Lio

as    Galo Thymos (voice)

2019
Promare / Side: Galo

as    Galo Thymos (voice)

2019
Saint Young Men 2nd Century

as    Jesus

2019
From Miyamoto to You

as    Kazuo Jinbo

2018
Residential Complex

as    Daiki Igarashi

2018
Saint Young Men

as    Jesus

2018
Saint Young Men

as    Jesus Christ

2017
A Life

as    Igawa Sota

2017
Sekigahara

as    Naoe Kanetsugu