Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1985-03-05 (40 years old)
Place of Birth
Aomori Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
Мацуяма Кэнъити
Ken'ichi Matsuyama
마츠야마 켄이치
松山研一
Matsuyama Kenichi
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.
2008
2008
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
2003
as Jun
2009
as Youjin Mizuki
2005
as Shinichi Okazaki
2004
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
2006
as L
2009
as Makoto Sahara
2006
2009
as Kamui
2007
as Oto Kikuna
2023
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
2008
as Mirume
2011
as Masaru Kato
2010
as Toru Watanabe
2010
as Yûji Miwa
2011
as Daikichi Kawachi
2020
2007
as Officer Niigaki
2006
as Tomohiko
2011
as Umeyama
2014
as Jiro
2013
as Hidemasa Hori
2012
as Kei Komachi
2007
as Iori Isaka
2014
as Toru
2005
as Makihara
2015
as Chasuke
2023
as Munenori Shiba
2007
as Yuji Kawamoto
2004
as Jun Kawabata
2015
as Kojiro Masakado
2016
as Tetsuya Tashiro
2016
as Taro Yamada
2011
as Masaru Kato
2014
as Tatta (voice)
2007
as Shotaro
2010
as Masaru Kato
2016
as Satoshi Murayama
2016
as Shinden Defunetei
2004
as Yôsuke Shinohara
2017
as Naoe Kanetsugu
2017
as Yosuke
2015
as Shindo Tatsuya
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2005
as Tamotu
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2015
as Takeo Sasaki
2004
2019
as Kazuo Jinbo
2014
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
as Jesus
2020
as イエス
2005
2021
as Nobunaga Oda
2020
as Satoshi Miyagawa
2021
as Takeshi Yamada
2021
as Nobuto Urita
2018
as Jesus Christ
2022
as Jun Tanabe
2009
as Self/L
2009
as Self/L
2025
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