Kenichi Matsuyama Explained

Kenichi Matsuyama
Native Name:松山 ケンイチ
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:5 March 1985
Birth Place:Mutsu, Aomori, Japan
Agent:Horipro
Occupation:Actor
Yearsactive:2001 - present
Children:3
Nationality:Japanese

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, and in 2008. 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.

His stage name uses the katakana spelling of his first name (ケンイチ) instead of the usual kanji (研一).

He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School.

Career

He debuted as a model in 2001 for PARCO. He made his acting debut in the television series Gokusen in 2002 and made his first film appearance in Bright Future in 2003. He starred in the film Winning Pass a year later.

Matsuyama starred in Ultra Miracle Love Story in 2009, using the Tsugaru dialect of Japanese in the film.

He voiced the role of Balthazar Bratt in the Japanese dub of Despicable Me 3 in 2017. He was in the stage play Seven Souls in the Skull Castle the same year.

He played a police detective in the 2023 drama Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?

Personal life

On April 1, 2011, he married Koyuki Katō, who co-starred with him in Kamui Gaiden.[1] The couple's first child was born in January 2012,[2] and their second child was born in January 2013 in South Korea.[3] In July 2015, the couple had their third child.[4]

He speaks in the Shimokita dialect.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Bright FutureJun
Worst by ChanceA bully
2004Winning PassKenta KobayashiLead role
The Locker 2Yosuke Shinohara
Kamachi
The Taste of TeaMatsuken
2005Linda Linda LindaMakihara
NanaShinichi "Shin" Okazaki
Furyo Shonen no YumeHiroyuki YoshiieLead role
Custom Made 10.30Tamotsu/Shin-Getsu
Otoko-tachi no YamatoKatsumi Kamio (15 years old)
2006Oyayubi SagashiTomohiko Igarashi
Death NoteL
L
2007Ten Nights of DreamsShōtarōAnthology film
Juchi
ShindoWao
SouthboundOfficer Niigaki
Tsubaki SanjuroIori Isaka
Dolphin Blue: Fuji, mo Ichido Sora eKazuya UemuraLead role
2008LLead role
Sex Is No Laughing MatterMirumeLead role[5]
Detroit Metal CitySouichi Negishi/Johannes Krauser IILead role
2009Kamui GaidenKamuiLead role
KaijiMakoto Sahara
Ultra Miracle Love StoryYojinLead role
2010Norwegian WoodToru WatanabeLead role
Memoirs of a Teenage AmnesiacYuji MiwaLead role
2011GantzMasaru KatoLead role
Gantz: Perfect AnswerMasaru KatoLead role
My Back PageUmeyamaLead role
Usagi DropDaikichi KawachiLead role
2012Train Brain ExpressKei KomachiLead role
2013The Kiyosu ConferenceHidemasa Hori
2014HomelandJirō SawadaLead role
Climbing to SpringTōru NagamineLead role
2015Chasuke's JourneyChasukeLead role
The Emperor in AugustTakeo SasakiSpecial appearance
2016RageTetsuya Tashiro
Satoshi MurayamaLead role
Chin-yu-ki: The Journey to the West with FartsTarō YamadaLead role
Something Like, Something Like ItDefunetei ShindenLead role
LCameo
2017SekigaharaNaoe Kanetsugu
YurigokoroYōsuke
Despicable Me 3Balthazar Bratt Voice; Japanese dub
2019MiyamotoKazuo Jinbo
PromareGalo Thymos Voice; Lead role
2020Mio's Cookbook[6]
Miyagawa[7]
2021Brave: Gunjō SenkiOda Nobunaga[8]
BlueUritaLead role[9]
2022NoiseJun TanabeLead role[10]
Dreaming of the Meridian ArcKinoshita / Matakichi[11]
Riverside MukolittaYamadaLead role[12]
2023Do Unto OthersMunenori ShibaLead role[13]
We're Broke, My Lord!Matsudaira Shinjirō[14]
2024Saint Young Men: The MovieJesusLead role[15]

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
2002GokusenKenichi MouriNTV
2003Kids War 5Yūta KurodaTBS
20051 Litre of TearsYuji KawamotoFuji TV
2006Tsubasa no Oreta TenshitachiTarō / ShingoFuji TV
Sono 5 fun maeYuka TakashiNHKLead role
Death NoteGelusVoice; Episode: "Koigokoro"
2007Sexy Voice and RoboIichiro Sudo/RoboNTVLead role
2008Matsuda SpinoffLNTV
Detroit Metal CityMakoto HokazonoVoice; Cameo
2009Zeni GebaGamagori FutaroNTVLead role
2010Japanese AmericansHiramatsu JiroTBS
2012Taira no KiyomoriTaira no KiyomoriNHKLead role; Taiga drama
2015Dokonjo GaeruHiroshiNTVLead role
FutagashiraBenzōWowowLead role
2016LHuluCameo
2017A LifeSōta IgawaTBS
2018Residential ComplexDaiki IgarashiFuji TV
Miyamoto kara Kimi eKazuo JinboTV Tokyo[16]
2019Shiroi KyotōShuji SatomiTV AsahiMiniseries
Yuganda HamonMitazonoNHK
2020KomoribitoMasaoNHKLead role; TV movie[17]
2021Koichi TokiwaTBS[18] [19]
2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Honda MasanobuNHKTaiga drama[20]
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?Yuzuru UozumiTBS[21]
2024The Tiger and Her WingsTōichirō KatsurabaNHKAsadora[22]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryNominated Work(s)ResultRef.
2006 31st Hochi Film AwardsBest New ActorDeath Note
200728th Yokohama Film FestivalBest New Talent
30th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Supporting Actor
Best New Actor
31st Elan d'or AwardsNewcomer of the YearHimself[23]
20082nd Asia Pacific Producer's Network AwardBest ActorDeath Note
200932nd Japan Academy Film PrizeBest ActorDetroit Metal City
Most Popular Actor
Television Drama Academy AwardsBest ActorZeni Geba
201064th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorUltra Miracle Love story
24th Takasaki Film FestivalBest Actor
201124th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorMy Back Page, Norwegian Wood, Gantz, Usagi Drop
201771st Mainichi Film AwardsBest Actor
12th Osaka Cinema FestivalBest Actor
40th Japan Academy Film PrizeBest Actor
59th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest ActorSatoshi: A Move for Tomorrow, Chinyūki
202276th Mainichi Film AwardsBest ActorBlue [24]
35th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorRiverside Mukolitta and Noise[25]
202336th Nikkan Sports Film AwardsBest ActorDo Unto Others[26]
202466th Blue Ribbon AwardsBest Actor[27]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20110420p2g00m0et108000c.html The Mainichi Daily News, 20 April, 2011
  2. Web site: Matsuyama Kenichi, Koyuki become parents. Tokyograph. 8 January 2012.
  3. Web site: Japanese Actress Gives Birth in Korea . 14 January 2013. The Chisunilbo. Chosun.com. 15 January 2013.
  4. Web site: 松山ケンイチ＆小雪夫妻に第3子誕生 生放送で発表. 10 July 2015 . ja. 7 March 2016.
  5. Web site: Sex is No Laughing Matter. July 7, 2023. JFDB.
  6. Web site: みをつくし料理帖. August 28, 2023. eiga.com.
  7. Web site: 松山ケンイチ、安田顕ら17人が「ホテルローヤル」に出演、公開は11月13日. June 26, 2020. Natalie.
  8. Web site: ブレイブ 群青戦記. October 11, 2022. eiga.com.
  9. Web site: 松山ケンイチ主演、木村文乃がヒロイン！ 吉田恵輔完全オリジナル『BLUE/ブルー』公開. December 8, 2020. Cinema Cafe. 8 December 2020.
  10. Web site: 藤原竜也＆松山ケンイチW主演「ノイズ」映画化決定「デスノート」"名ライバル"が"殺人の共犯"に. June 2, 2021. Moel Press. 6 March 2021.
  11. Web site: 中井貴一×松山ケンイチ×北川景子で立川志の輔の創作落語「伊能忠敬物語-大河への道-」を映画化！. November 9, 2021. eiga.com.
  12. Web site: 松山ケンイチ主演×ムロツヨシ共演、荻上直子監督最新作『川っぺりムコリッタ』来年公開. October 5, 2020. Crank-in!. 5 October 2020.
  13. Web site: 松山ケンイチ＆長澤まさみ、初共演 映画『ロストケア』で"連続殺人犯"役と"検事"役. March 29, 2022. Crank-in!. 29 March 2022.
  14. Web site: 大名倒産. December 14, 2022. eiga.com.
  15. Web site: 聖☆おにいさん THE MOVIE ホーリーメンVS悪魔軍団. May 9, 2024. eiga.com.
  16. Web site: Miyamoto kara Kimi e Live-Action Series Reveals Additional Cast. 2018-03-25. Anime News Network.
  17. Web site: 松山ケンイチ主演、引きこもり当事者たち描くドラマをNHKで放送. October 22, 2020. Natalie.
  18. Web site: 小栗旬で「日本沈没」ドラマ化 小松左京さんの名作SF、「未来への希望」テーマに2023年の日本舞台. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125213217/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2020/11/26/kiji/20201126s00041000085000c.html. November 25, 2020. November 25, 2020. sponichi.co.jp. ja.
  19. Web site: 小栗旬主演で「日本沈没」TBS日曜劇場でドラマ化 松山ケンイチ・杏らの出演も決定. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201125213954/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/2320990. November 25, 2020. November 25, 2020. mdpr.jp. 20 November 2020 . ja.
  20. Web site: どうする家康:松山ケンイチ「平清盛」以来11年ぶり大河ドラマ "家臣団の嫌われ者"本多正信に. June 30, 2022. Mantan-web. 30 June 2022.
  21. Web site: 井上真央『花男2』以来"16年ぶり"TBS連ドラ主演 佐藤健&松山ケンイチと「ファンタジーラブストーリー」描く. November 17, 2022. Oricon.
  22. Web site: 松山ケンイチ＆小林薫、朝ドラ『虎に翼』出演決定 伊藤沙莉の"師匠"となる法曹界の人物に. August 2, 2023. Real Sound. 2 August 2023.
  23. Web site: 2007年 エランドール賞 受賞作品・受賞者. March 18, 2022. All Nippon Producers Association.
  24. Web site: 毎日映画コンクール 候補作が決定 「ドライブ・マイ・カー」最多10ノミネート. December 16, 2021. Sponichi.
  25. Web site: 日刊スポーツ映画大賞・石原裕次郎賞ノミネート発表 「PLAN75」が最多6部門. November 9, 2022. eiga.com.
  26. Web site: 日刊スポーツ映画大賞は石井裕也監督「月」が最多5部門6ノミネート. November 8, 2023. eiga.com.
  27. Web site: 「エゴイスト」「月」が作品賞など最多5部門に選出 「第66回ブルーリボン賞」各部門候補決まる. January 4, 2024. Chunichi Sports.

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