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Takayuki Yamada

Acting · Born 1983-10-20 · Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Biography

Takayuki Yamada (山田孝之 Yamada Takayuki, born October 20, 1983) is a Japanese actor and singer. He has two elder sisters and one son. At age 15, he was discovered by talent agency Stardust and made his debut in his acting career in the TV drama Psychometrer Eiji 2 in 1999. One of his first big roles was starring as Matsumoto Sakutaro in Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu in the 2004 TBS series. In 2005, he made his name known with the movie Densha Otoko. His recent projects include Taiyou no Uta and the Japanese movie The Letter (Tegami) with co-star Erika Sawajiri. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takayuki Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2026Sgt. FrogYoshihiko (voice)
2025New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025Last Samurai StandingAndo Jinbe
2025Good NewsShinichi Ishida
2025Detective Conan: One-Eyed FlashbackTakashi Otomo (voice)
2025Blazing Fists
2024FacelessDetective Matanuki
202411 RebelsMasa
2024Tokyo SwindlersNarrator (voice)
2024Land of Tanabata
2024MIMI
2024Weird Ryu
2024House of NinjasYosuke Tsujioka
2023The ImaginaryJinzan (voice)
2023Six Singing WomenUwajima Ryo
2023The Day I Realized I'm in LoveIppei Miyata
2023Yomawari NekoHeizō Endō (voice)
2023Japan's Got Talent
2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Hattori Hanzo
2022GAME GENOME
2022Rilakkuma's Theme Park AdventureHayate (voice)
2022Sarah's HolidayWriter
2022The Little Star
2021Inside Zokki
2021ZOKKIDirector
2021Sakura
2020The Untold Tale of the Three KingdomsYellow Turban
2020Mitsuhide no SumahoAkechi Mitsuhide
2020Marumaru no Smartphone
2020What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?Guest
2020夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
2020StepKenichi Takeda
2020Saint Young Men 3Producer
2019TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」Himself
2019Brothers in BrothelMashiba Tokuta
2019The Naked DirectorToru Muranishi
2019Dragon Quest: Your StoryPankraz (voice)
2019Saint Young Men 2nd CenturyProducer
2019Rilakkuma and KaoruHayate (voice)
2019Day and NightScreenplay
2018Hard-CoreUkon Gondo
2018From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018Saint Young MenProducer
2018deleKeiji Sakagami
201850 First KissesDaisuke Yuge
2018The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way CommitteeOashisu / Oasis
2018Isle of DogsJunior Scientist 1 (voice)
2018Cinema FightersToru
2018Parallel WorldToru
2017DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle TalonBatman (voice)
2017TenTakashi
2017Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
2017JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1Anjuro Katagiri
2017GintamaElizabeth (voice)
2017Takayuki Yamada in 3DHimself
2017Prison Break
2017Shinjuku Swan II
2017Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
2016Ushijima the Loan Shark The FinalKaoru Ushijima
2016SomeoneSawa
2016Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven Peopleヨシヒコ
2016Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3Kaoru Ushijima
2016映像の世紀プレミアム語り
2016Terra FormarsIchiro Hiruma
2016Nobunaga Concerto: The MovieDenjiro Tahara
2015A Century on Film語り
2015BakumanAkira Hattori
2015Shinjuku SwanHideyoshi Minami
2015REPLAY＆DESTROYKaname Yokoyama
2015Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyohimself
2014Nobunaga ConcertoDenjiro Tahara
2014MonsterzShuichi Tanaka
2014Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2Kaoru ushijima
2014Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun丑嶋馨
2013The Mole Song: Undercover Agent ReijiShun Tsukihara
2013The Devil's PathShuichi Fujii
2013I'll Give It My All ... TomorrowShuichi Ichinosawa
2013The Rakugo Movie
2012The Samurai That NightHiroshi Kijima
2012Lesson of the EvilTetsuro Shibahara
2012The Floating CastleYoshitsugu Otani
2012Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Keyヨシヒコ/勇者
2012Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012Ushijima the Loan SharkKaoru Ushijima
2012Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” TravelogueSelf - Narrator (voice)
2012Arakawa Under the BridgeHoshi
2011Looking for a True FiancéeTeruhiko Katayama
2011BAZOOKA!!!
2011UNFAIR: the answerKatsuaki Murakami
2011Arakawa Under the BridgeHoshi
2011The Brave 'Yoshihiko'Yoshihiko
2011Gantz: Perfect AnswerMasamitsu Shigeta
2011Milocrorze: A Love StoryBesson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare
2011Oba: The Last SamuraiToshio Kitami
2010GantzMasamitsu Shigeta
2010Ushijima the Loan SharkKaoru Ushijima
2010Vengeance Can WaitBanjo Takai
201013 AssassinsShinrokuro Shimada
2010The Seaside MotelYosuke Asakura
2010The History of Our FamilyTatsuya Nakadai
2009Chasing My GirlSugimoto
2009MW -ムウ-Yutaro Garai
2009Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in KyotoAkira Abe
2009BOSSTajima Shingo
2009Crows Zero IITamao Serizawa
2008252: Signal of LifeMakoto Shigemura
2008Ikigami: The Ultimate LimitSatoshi Iizuka
2007Crows ZeroTamao Serizawa
2007Maiko Haaaan!!!Student on field trip (cameo)
2007Say Hello for MeSatoshi Toyama
2006The LettersNaotaka Takeshima
2006A Song to the SunFujishiro Koji
2006Into the White NightRyoji Kirihara
2005Train ManDensha otoko
2005H2: The Days with YouKunimi Hiro
2004Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy SawScreenplay
2004Crying Out Love, in the Center of the WorldMatsumoto Sakutaro
2004Jenifa
2004Fire BoysAsahina Daigo (18)
2003Dragon HeadNobuo Takahashi
2003Water BoysKankuro Shindo
2003Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North SeaScreenplay
2002The Cat ReturnsLune (voice)
2002Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002The Queen of Lunchtime CuisineUshijima Minoru
2002Long Love LetterTakamatsu Sho
2001I Wanna Fall in LoveAoshima Wataru
2001ChurasanKohagura Keitatsu
2000Sayoko is BackShū Sekine
—Tanabata: The Evening of the SeventhTakayuki
—Quiztopia

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