Riki Takeuchi Explained

Riki Takeuchi
Native Name:	Japanese: 竹内 力
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	4 January 1964^[1]
Birth Place:	Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Occupation:	Actor
Years Active:	1985–present

is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.

Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike. Takeuchi also starred in , in which he played a fictionalized version of himself.^[2]

Takeuchi had also a short stint at the end of the professional wrestling promotion Hustle in 2009, posing as a villainous character based on himself called "King RIKI". The same year, Takeuchi recorded with Avex Group a version of Morning Musume's "Love Machine" for the song's tenth anniversary, appearing under his RIKI persona along with wrestlers Riki Choshu and Yoshihiro Takayama.^[3]

Selected filmography

Films

• His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
• The King Of Minami (19922009) as Ginjirô Manda
• Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
• Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
• Peanuts (1996)
• (1996) as Daigen Nohma
• Tokyo Mafia: Battle For Shinjuku (1996) as Ginya Yabuki
• Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood (1997) as Ginya Yabuki
• Blood (1998)
• The Yakuza Way (1998) as Kanuma
• Dead or Alive (1999) as Ryuuichi
• Nobody as Nanbu (1999)
• (2000) as Shuuichi Sawada
• (2002) as Officer Takeshi Honda
• (2002) as Kunisada
• Mafia Family Yanagawa (2002)
• Mafia Family Yanagawa 2 (2002)
• (2003) as himself
• Last Life in the Universe (2003) as Takashi
• Yakuza Demon (2003) as Seiji
• Arashi no Yoru Ni (2005) as the voice of Giro
• Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006) as Kazutoshi Kira
• Elite Yankee Saburo (2009) as Tokujirō Kunō
• Thermae Romae (2012) – Tateno
• Thermae Romae II (2014) – Tateno
• Tokyo Tribe (2014) as Buppa
• Real Girl (2018)
• My Father's Tracks (2021)^[4]

Television

• Kuroshoin no Rokubei (2018) as Saigō Takamori

Video games

• Yakuza 0 (2015) as Hiroki Awano
• Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (2023) as Takeda Kanryusai^[5]

Japanese dub

• (2015) as Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne)^[6]
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) as Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand)^[7]

External links

• • • PULP : : The Manga Magazine : : 5.07 Feature

Notes and References

1. Web site: Riki Takeuchi profile . March 18, 2024 . Riki Project . ja . April 10, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230410200013/http://www.rikitakeuchi.com/home/management_profile.html . live.
2. Web site: Battle Royale II cast – grownups and others . battleroyalefilm.net . August 30, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080801013325/http://www.battleroyalefilm.net/sequel/cast3.html . August 1, 2008 . dead.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcVMXzRNoQ . ja:竹内力の双子の弟!? RIKI / LOVEマシーン～RIKIバージョン～ . ja . Riki Takeuchi's twin brother!? RIKI / LOVE Machine ~RIKI version~ (machine translation) . Avex . September 8, 2009 . YouTube . December 1, 2016 . April 9, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170409210221/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcVMXzRNoQ . live.
4. Web site: https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/438826 . ja:西村まさ彦、佐藤隆太、田中俊介が「僕と彼女とラリーと」に出演、予告編も公開 . Masahiko Nishimura, Ryuta Sato, and Shunsuke Tanaka appear in "Me, Her, and Larry", trailer is released . ja . July 30, 2021 . Movie Natalie . July 30, 2021 . July 30, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730003111/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/438826 . live.
5. Web site: Like a Dragon: Ishin! launches February 21, 2023 . September 14, 2022 . Gematsu . September 14, 2022 . September 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220914105940/https://www.gematsu.com/2022/09/like-a-dragon-ishin-launches-february-21-2023 . live.
6. Web site: https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=24560 . ja:マッドマックス 怒りのデス・ロード . Mad Max Fury Road . ja . May 6, 2019 . Star Channel . August 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808061334/https://www.star-ch.jp/channel/detail.php?movie_id=24560 . live.
7. Web site: 『猿の惑星』竹内力が日本版声優に決定！独裁者の敵猿役「準主役のつもりで」. April 19, 2024. May 2, 2024. Cinema Today.