Kenichi Matsuyama

Q: Has Kenichi Matsuyama won any awards?

Yes, Kenichi Matsuyama has won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for 'A Boy Called H'.

Q: What was Kenichi Matsuyama's first film?

Kenichi Matsuyama made his film debut in 'Ping Pong' in 2002, where he played the character Peco, which garnered him early recognition.

Q: What is Kenichi Matsuyama's estimated net worth?

Kenichi Matsuyama's estimated net worth is around $2 million, reflecting his successful career in film and television.

Q: Is Kenichi Matsuyama involved in television?

Yes, Kenichi Matsuyama has appeared in various television dramas, including the popular series 'Shinya Shokudo', which has contributed to his fame.

Q: What defining characteristics does Kenichi Matsuyama have as an actor?

Kenichi Matsuyama is known for his unique voice and ability to portray emotionally complex characters, often bringing depth to his roles.

Q: What genres does Kenichi Matsuyama typically work in?

Kenichi Matsuyama typically works in drama, mystery, and psychological thriller genres, showcasing his range as an actor.

Q: What are some of Kenichi Matsuyama's recent projects?

Recent projects include 'We Couldn't Become Adults' released in 2021, where he plays a central role that explores themes of adulthood and identity.

Known for

Death Note (2017)

IMDb 4.6 / 10

2017 / Crime, Drama / 100mins

A young man comes to possess a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that grants him the power to kill any person simply by writing...

Name

Kenichi Matsuyama

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

5 March 1985, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan

Spouses

N/A

Children

1 (name not publicly known)

Parents

Yasuo Matsuyama, Yoshiko Matsuyama

Estimated Net Worth

$2 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? Gen Takasegawa, the first Japanese actor to play the lead role at London's Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, has been unable to...	Kazuki Kawashima	Not rated
2026	Movie Nagi Notes Yoriko, an artist living in rural Nagi, is haunted by a former love affair she cannot bear to mourn. When...	Yoshihiro Iguchi	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2026	TV Until the T-Shirt Dries A sudden summer accident shatters the peaceful lives of two couples, dragging a happily married editor into a web of...	Mitsuru Seo	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2026	TV Is It Too Late for Sushi? After devoting 14 years to raising her son following her husband’s sudden death, Minato finally faces life on her own...	Oedo Umiya	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2026	TV Reboot A regular pastry chef, framed for his wife's murder, embarks on a suspenseful journey to prove his innocence by manipulating...	Riku Hayase (Before Reboot)	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2026	TV Themis's Uncertain Court A judge with hidden ASD and ADHD struggles to maintain a 'normal' facade at a new court while his neurodivergent...	Kiyoharu Ando	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2025	Movie New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period The end of the Tokugawa shogunate, a turbulent era that shook Japan. Were the men who created the new era...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2025	Movie Oi, Dazai Set by the seaside, this is a time-slip comedy about a man who adores Osamu Dazai and struggles to transcend...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2025	TV Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? After her ex-cop father is murdered on Christmas Eve, Komugi finds a letter hinting at a dark conspiracy and teams...	Yoshiteru Matsukaze	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2024	Movie Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~ There are saints living in Tokyo, Japan: Buddha the Enlightened One, and Jesus, Son of God. After successfully bringing the...	Jesus	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2024	TV The Tiger and Her Wings In the early Showa era, Japan’s first women’s law school opens, and the protagonist, Inotsume Tomoko, gains nationwide attention as...	Katsuraba Toichiro	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2024	TV Farewell Hospital Henmi Ayumi is a nurse working on the front lines in the convalescent ward of a hospital, where she tends...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie We're Broke, My Lord! A commoner inherits lordship of debt-ridden Tanjousan Bun. Officials inform him of new role and substantial debts. He learns he...	Shinjiro Matsudaira	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2023	Movie Do Unto Others A community is shocked when the bodies of an elderly man and the manager of a home-visit nursing centre are...	Munenori Shiba	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2023	TV Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? When childhood friends Yui and Naoki are by chance reunited as adults, they begin to feel they were destined for...	Uozumi Yuzuru	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2023	TV What Will You Do, Ieyasu? He lost his land, his father, and was torn from his mother. Lonely and wounded, young Takechiyo thought he'd live...	Honda Masanobu	TMDB 7.9 / 10
2022	Movie Dreaming of the Meridian Arc In the present day, the local government of Katori City is in the process of sponsoring a taiga drama about...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2022	Movie Noise Shishikari is a remote island, which is behind the times. The island suffers from a decreasing population and declining industries....	Jun Tanabe	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2022	Movie hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–	Unknown character	Not rated
2021	Movie Riverside Mukolitta A lonely young man moves in a 50-year-old apartment building. When he meets the cheerful residents, he finds himself surrounded...	Takeshi Yamada	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2021	TV JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope In 2023 in Tokyo, Prime Minister Eiichi Higashiyama pushes for COMS at the World Environment Conference. COMS is a method...	Kōichi Tokiwa	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	TV My Beloved One: The Other Side of Japan Sinks This side story retells the story of the aspiring painter (also a part-time waitress), Ai, who encounters the newly resident...	Koichi Tokiwa	Not rated
2021	Movie Blue Nobuto, a dedicated boxer, can't seem to win a match, while his friend Kazuki is becoming a rising star and...	Nobuto Urita	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2021	Movie Brave: Gunjyou Senki Students, including Aoi Nishino, take part in class and sports activity at a prestigious high school. Aoi Nishino is a...	Nobunaga Oda	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	TV Komoribito The relationship between a man who has been a hikikomori for over ten years and his father who has little...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie Hotel Royal Set at the Hotel Royal, situated in the marshland of Hokkaido, Japan, and follows the guests, the family that runs...	Satoshi Miyagawa	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2020	Movie Mio's Cookbook When Mio was young, she lost her parents in a great flood and also became separated from her best friend...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2020	Movie Saint Young Men 3 A group of saints living together in a room in Tokyo's tachikawa apartment, the awakened man Buddha and the son...	イエス	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	TV Distorted Ripples Sawamura Masahiko is a reporter with a local newspaper, Shin Kanagawa Nippo. One day, he gets an scoop on a...	Kumio Mitazono	Not rated
2019	TV 歪んだ波紋	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie From Miyamoto to You Following the comic series and the subsequent television serial of the same name, and featuring the same cast, a young...	Kazuo Jinbo	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2019	Movie Saint Young Men 2nd Century SAINT☆YOUNG MEN 2nd Century imagines a world where Jesus Christ (Kenichi Matsuyama; Death Note) and Gautama Buddha (Shōta Sometani; Himizu)...	Jesus	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2019	Movie Promare Galo and the Burning Rescue Fire Department face off against BURNISH, a group of mutants who are able to control...	Galo Thymos (voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Promare / Side: Lio A second prequel set one day before the events of the Promare film.	Galo Thymos (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2019	Movie Promare / Side: Galo A prequel to Promare, set one day before the events of the film.	Galo Thymos (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2019	TV The Great White Tower	Shuji Satomi	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2019	Movie Fortress of Skulls Japan, 1590. Following the death of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's seizure of power, the mysterious warlord Tenmaō and his...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Saint Young Men What if Jesus and Buddha were living on Earth in modern times? What if they shared an apartment in Japan?...	Jesus Christ	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2018	TV From Miyamoto to You The story follows an amateur salaryman named Hiroshi Miyamoto, who works at a stationary company and pushes forward despite his...	神保和夫	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2018	TV Residential Complex Story depicts the conflicts and growth of families who live at co-operative houses. Nana Igarashi is 35-years-old and works as...	Daiki Igarashi	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie Yurigokoro Ryosuke has a bright future. He just opened a successful restaurant and hopes to tie the knot soon with his...	Yosuke	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2017	Movie Sekigahara The background to and depiction of a watershed battle in Japanese history, at Sekigahara in 1600, when Tokugawa Ieyasu's Army...	Naoe Kanetsugu	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	TV A Life: A Love When Okita Kazuaki was starting out as a doctor, he was forced to resign from the hospital. He left his...	Igawa Sota	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2016	Movie Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow Satoshi Murayama, the shogi (Japanese chess) master known as the arch-rival of Yoshiharu Habu, the shogi genius of the century,...	Satoshi Murayama	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2016	Movie Death Note: Light Up the NEW World 10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and...	L	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2016	Movie Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack is a television movie in the Death Note film series. It condenses the first...	L	Not rated
2016	Movie Rage A man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes...	Tetsuya Tashiro	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	Movie Chinyuki Genzo is a monk on his way to Tianzhu (early East Asian name for India). Along the way, he happens...	Taro Yamada	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2016	Movie Something Like, Something Like It Master Shinkome asks Shinden to find a former disciple, Shintoto, from his rakugoka (comic storytelling) family. Shinden visits ex-disciples in...	Shinden Defunetei	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Emperor in August In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet...	Takeo Sasaki	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	TV Dokonjō Gaeru Hiroshi is now 30-years-old and lethargic, but Pyonkichi, the frog imprinted on his shirt, is always energetic. Sometimes Hiroshi does...	Hiroshi	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2015	Movie Chasuke's Journey In heaven, scriptwriters wearing white robes labor over scrolls to inscribe the fates of earthlings. Heavenly tea server Chasuke falls...	Chasuke	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2015	TV Futagashira Starring Kenichi Matsuyama & Directed by Yu Irie! Based on the comic “FUTAGASHIRA” by Natsume Ono. A ransackingly entertaining historical...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2015	Movie Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from corrupt court officials...	Kojiro Masakado	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2015	Movie The Day Kouhaku Was Born This drama focuses on the story of how NHK's famous New Year's Eve program "Kohaku Uta Gassen" came about in...	Shindo Tatsuya	Not rated
2014	Movie A Far Promise There was a tragedy that began at the end of the '69 war. The sad story about the lives of...	Unknown character	Not rated
2014	Movie Climbing to Spring Toru grew up in alpine countryside around Mount Tate. As a child, he resented the yearly trek up the mountain...	Toru	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2014	Movie Homeland Jiro Sawada is a sophomore in high school when a false accusation drives him out his hometown: a small village...	Jiro	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	Movie Buddha 2: The Endless Journey 2500 years ago, in India, Siddhartha was born as a prince of the Shakya clan, but he gives up his...	Tatta (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2013	TV Olympic Ransom	Unknown character	Not rated
2013	Movie The Kiyosu Conference After the forced suicide of Nobunaga Oda at the Incident at Honnō-ji, powerful figures Katsuie Shibata, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Nagahide Niwa...	Hidemasa Hori	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie Train Brain Express Real estate company employee Komachi and steelworks heir Kodama are both train aficionados. Their hobby proves useful for their burgeoning...	Kei Komachi	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Taira no Kiyomori Villain or hero, Taira no Kiyomori changed Japanese history forever 900 years ago. Without ever knowing his real father, Kiyomori...	Taira no Kiyomori	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2011	Movie Bunny Drop Daikichi learns that his recently deceased grandfather has an illegitimate daughter with an unknown mother. The girl's name is Rin...	Daikichi Kawachi	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie My Back Page In 1969, Sawada is filled with idealism that permeated that era and starts working as a gonzo journalist for a...	Umeyama	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2011	Movie Gantz: Perfect Answer Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to...	Masaru Kato	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie Another Gantz Before finding out the Perfect Answer, discover Another Gantz. Aired on Nippon Television network before the theatrical release of Gantz:...	Masaru Kato	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2010	Movie Gantz After trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a...	Masaru Kato	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2010	TV Japanese Americans 99 Years of Love 〜Japanese Americans〜 is a Japanese, 5-episode miniseries produced by TBS for its 60th anniversary, starring Tsuyoshi...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Norwegian Wood Toru recalls his life in the 1960s, when his friend Kizuki killed himself and he grew close to Naoko, Kizuki's...	Toru Watanabe	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2010	Movie Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac Diving to save a camera from a fall down a flight of stairs, high school junior Naomi Sukuse wakes with...	Yûji Miwa	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2009	Movie Making of Death Note Documentary on the first live action Death Note film.	Self/L	Not rated
2009	Movie Making of Death Note: The Last Name Documentary on the second live action Death Note film.	Self/L	Not rated
2009	Movie Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at...	Makoto Sahara	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2009	Movie Kamui A rebellious ninja in 17th century Japan takes refuge with a fisherman and his family.	Kamui	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	Movie Bare Essence of Life Yojin, an eccentric young farmer living in the countryside, falls in love for the first time in his life. Her...	Youjin Mizuki	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	TV Money Crazy Fuutarou has always lived in poverty and hated it. Because of his past he had become obsessed with money and...	Gamagori Futaro	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	Movie Detroit Metal City Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds...	Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2008	TV Detroit Metal City Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly...	Makoto Hokazono (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2008	Movie Death Note: L Change the WorLd "The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious...	L	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie Sex Is No Laughing Matter Mirume is a 19 year old college student who falls in love with Yuri, an almost 40 year old art...	Mirume	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2007	Movie The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File Matsuda's signature is needed on some final documents to wrap up the Kira case. However, Matsuda refuses to sign. Seeking...	L / Ryuzaki	Not rated
2007	Movie Tsubaki Sanjuro "Tsubaki Sanjuro" is a remake of Sanjuro (1962) by Akira Kurosawa. Sanjuro returns with sharper, faster, subtler sword, talking and...	Iori Isaka	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2007	Movie South Bound Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both...	Officer Niigaki	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2007	Movie Prodigy Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she...	Oto Kikuna	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji Kazuya Uemura is an American veterinarian who has just arrived at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. Uemura was busy working as...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2007	TV Sexy Voice and Robo Hayashi Niko is a mature middle school student with heightened hearing and the ability to mimic the voice of anyone...	Robo	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2007	TV Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie 1 Litre Of Tears SP The Story of the 1 Litre of Tears special takes place after the events in the main drama. The Special...	Yuji Kawamoto	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2007	Movie Ten Nights of Dreams Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences...	Shotaro	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2006	Movie Death Note: The Last Name In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa...	L	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	TV Death Note Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when...	Geius (voice)	TMDB 8.6 / 10
2006	Movie Vanished Eight school friends innocently join together to play a game that, if played well, promised to make their greatest dreams...	Tomohiko	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	Movie Death Note Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by...	L	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2006	TV Angels with Broken Wings A miniseries starring famous actresses, based on the short story collection "Tsubasa no Oreta Tenshitachi" by the author Yoshi. This...	Shingo	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2005	Movie Yamato Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	Movie Custom Made 10.30 Sisters "Manamo" and "Minamo" live separately in Hiroshima and London since the divorce of their parents. The elder sister Manamo...	Tamotu	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	Movie Furyo shonen no yume In the cold region of Hokkaido, there is a Beiyou Yushi High School that specializes in recruiting high school students...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV 1 Litre of Tears 1 Rittoru no Namida is a Japanese television drama for Fuji Television about a girl who was diagnosed with an...	Yuji Kawamoto	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2005	Movie Nana Two girls named Nana meet on a train to Tokyo. Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana...	Shinichi Okazaki	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2005	Movie Be-Bop High School 2	Unknown character	Not rated
2005	Movie Linda Linda Linda Only three days before the school festival, a newly formed high school band rushes to put together a set for...	Makihara	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2004	Movie The Taste of Tea A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an...	Young Man in Red T-Shirt	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2004	Movie Be-Bop High School At Aitoku High School, repeat sophomores Kōji Katō and Tōru Nakama are bruiser fighters who scorn any flashy titles. They...	Jun Kawabata	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2004	Movie The Locker 2 Seconds before Reika (from the first movie) dies, she gives the key to a coin locker to her pupil Ayano....	Yôsuke Shinohara	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2004	Movie Winning Pass This is a story about a high school student who had it all going for him. He was great at...	Unknown character	Not rated
2003	Movie Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement A shy, nerdy man, Takeru finds a schoolgirl hooker Lily is unconscious in a Tokyo park, so he decides to...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2003	Movie Bright Future Buddies working at an oshibori factory bond over an uncontrollable rage neither can control, as well as a strange jellyfish...	Jun	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2002	TV Gokusen Newly graduate Yamaguchi Kumiko an idealistic teacher who entered Shirokin High to be a math teacher. Having high hopes for...	Kenichi Mori	TMDB 8.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2008	Movie Detroit Metal City Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds...	Theme Song Performance Sound	TMDB 6.5 / 10

Nagi Notes

2026 / TMDB 5.0

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

2025 / TMDB 5.0

Oi, Dazai

2025 / TMDB 7.0

Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~

2024 / TMDB 6.5

We're Broke, My Lord!

2023 / TMDB 7.4

Do Unto Others

2023 / TMDB 7.3

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