Person
Kenichi Matsuyama
Born 5 March 1985 41 years old Mutsu, Aomori, Japan Who else is 41? → TMDB ↗
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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The numbers
17age in their first credit on record (2002)
24years on screen and counting
9credits in 2007, their busiest year
103dated credits on record
FR·02
Movie credits
Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack
as L
Age: 41 Nagi Notes
2026as Yoshihiro Iguchi
Age: 40 New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025
Age: 40 Oi, Dazai
2025
Age: 39 Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
2024as Jesus
Age: 38 We're Broke, My Lord!
2023as Shinjiro Matsudaira
Age: 38 Do Unto Others
2023as Munenori Shiba
Age: 37 Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
Age: 36 Noise
2022as Jun Tanabe
Age: 36 hana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022
Age: 36 Riverside Mukolitta
2021as Takeshi Yamada
Age: 36 Blue
2021as Nobuto Urita
Age: 36 Brave: Gunjyou Senki
2021as Nobunaga Oda
Age: 35 Hotel Royal
2020as Satoshi Miyagawa
Age: 35 Mio's Cookbook
2020
Age: 34 Saint Young Men 3
2020as イエス
Age: 34 From Miyamoto to You
2019as Kazuo Jinbo
Age: 34 Saint Young Men 2nd Century
2019as Jesus
Age: 34 Promare
2019as Galo Thymos (voice)
Age: 34 Promare / Side: Galo
2019as Galo Thymos (voice)
Age: 34 Promare / Side: Lio
2019as Galo Thymos (voice)
Age: 34 Fortress of Skulls
2019
Age: 33 Saint Young Men
2018as Jesus Christ
Age: 32 Yurigokoro
2017as Yosuke
Age: 32 Sekigahara
2017as Naoe Kanetsugu
Age: 31 Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
2016as Satoshi Murayama
Age: 31 Death Note: Light Up the NEW World
2016as L
Age: 31 Rage
2016as Tetsuya Tashiro
Age: 30 Chinyuki
2016as Taro Yamada
Age: 30 Something Like, Something Like It
2016as Shinden Defunetei
Age: 30 The Emperor in August
2015as Takeo Sasaki
Age: 30 Chasuke's Journey
2015as Chasuke
Age: 30 Legacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2015as Kojiro Masakado
Age: 30 The Day Kouhaku Was Born
2015as Shindo Tatsuya
Age: 29 A Far Promise
2014
Age: 29 Climbing to Spring
2014as Toru
Age: 28 Homeland
2014as Jiro
Age: 28 Buddha 2: The Endless Journey
2014as Tatta (voice)
Age: 28 The Kiyosu Conference
2013as Hidemasa Hori
Age: 27 Train Brain Express
2012as Kei Komachi
Age: 26 Bunny Drop
2011as Daikichi Kawachi
Age: 26 My Back Page
2011as Umeyama
Age: 26 Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011as Masaru Kato
Age: 26 Another Gantz
2011as Masaru Kato
Age: 25 Gantz
2010as Masaru Kato
Age: 25 Norwegian Wood
2010as Toru Watanabe
Age: 25 Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
2010as Yûji Miwa
Age: 24 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009as Makoto Sahara
Age: 24 Kamui
2009as Kamui
Age: 24 Bare Essence of Life
2009as Youjin Mizuki
Age: 23 Detroit Metal City
2008as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
Age: 22 Death Note: L Change the WorLd
2008as L
Age: 22 Sex Is No Laughing Matter
2008as Mirume
Age: 22 The Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
2007as L / Ryuzaki
Age: 22 Tsubaki Sanjuro
2007as Iori Isaka
Age: 22 South Bound
2007as Officer Niigaki
Age: 22 Prodigy
2007as Oto Kikuna
Age: 22 Dolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
2007
Age: 22 1 Litre Of Tears SP
2007as Yuji Kawamoto
Age: 21 Ten Nights of Dreams
2007as Shotaro
Age: 21 Death Note: The Last Name
2006as L
Age: 21 Vanished
2006as Tomohiko
Age: 21 Death Note
2006as L
Age: 20 Yamato
2005
Age: 20 Custom Made 10.30
2005as Tamotu
Age: 20 Furyo shonen no yume
2005
Age: 20 Nana
2005as Shinichi Okazaki
Age: 20 Be-Bop High School 2
2005
Age: 20 Linda Linda Linda
2005as Makihara
Age: 19 The Taste of Tea
2004as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
Age: 19 Be-Bop High School
2004as Jun Kawabata
Age: 18 The Locker 2
2004as Yôsuke Shinohara
Age: 18 Winning Pass
2004
Age: 18 Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2003
Age: 17 Bright Future
2003as Jun
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TV credits
Age: 41 Until the T-Shirt Dries
2026as Mitsuru
Age: 41 Toki Sudeni Osushi!?
2026as Oedo Umiya
Age: 40 Reboot
2026as Riku Hayase (Before Reboot)
Age: 40 Themis' Uncertain Court
2026as Kiyoharu Ando
Age: 39 Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
2025as Yoshiteru Matsukaze
Age: 39 The Tiger and Her Wings
2024as 桂场等一郎
Age: 38 Farewell Hospital
2024
Age: 37 Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
2023as Uozumi Yuzuru
Age: 37 What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023as Honda Masanobu
Age: 36 JAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
2021as Kōichi Tokiwa
Age: 35 Komoribito
2020
Age: 34 歪んだ波紋
2019
Age: 34 The Great White Tower
2019as Shuji Satomi
Age: 33 From Miyamoto To You
2018as 神保和夫
Age: 32 Residential Complex
2018as Daiki Igarashi
Age: 31 A Life
2017as Igawa Sota
Age: 30 Dokonjō Gaeru
2015as Hiroshi
Age: 30 Futagashira
2015
Age: 28 Olympic Ransom
2013
Age: 26 Taira no Kiyomori
2012as Taira no Kiyomori
Age: 25 Japanese Americans
2010
Age: 23 Money Crazy
2009as Gamagori Futaro
Age: 23 Detroit Metal City
2008as Makoto Hokazono (voice)
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Age: 22 Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
2007
Age: 22 Sexy Voice and Robo
2007as Robo
Age: 21 Death Note
2006as Geius (voice)
Age: 20 Angels with Broken Wings
2006as Shingo
Age: 20 1 Litre of Tears
2005as Yuji Kawamoto
Age: 17 Gokusen
2002as Kenichi Mori