Yuki Yamada | |
Birth Date: | 18 September 1990 |
Birth Place: | Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 2010–present |
Agent: | Watanabe Entertainment |
is a Japanese actor. He is associated with Watanabe Entertainment's male acting troupe D-Boys since 2010 and made his acting debut in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011). Notable works he has starred in include the High & Low tv and film franchise (2015-2019), Strobe Edge (2015), Tokyo Revengers (2021) and Godzilla Minus One (2023).
In 2010, Yamada applied for the D-Boys Special Unit Audition, an audition that was to determine the fifth member of D-Boys' boy band, D-Date.[1] In August 2010, he was revealed as one of seven finalists on D-Boys' variety show, D-Boys Be Ambitious.[1] Despite not winning a spot in D-Date, Yamada won the Grand Prix award in the audition and was selected to join D-Boys' D2 division.[2] In 2011, he made his acting debut as Joe Gibken in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger[3]
On May 28, 2012, Yamada announced on his blog that he has been cast on manga adaption drama GTO in the role of Koji Fujiyoshi.[4]
In 2014, Yamada landed a leading role for the first time in the movie Live directed by Noboru Iguchi. In the same year, Yamada was also cast as Tadaomy Ando in the movie Gachiban: Ultra Max. He reprised his role in Gachiban: New Generation 2 the following year.
In 2017, Yamada made his Taiga drama acting debut in . In addition, he also made an appearance in 14 movies within the same year. With diversity and range of roles he has taken, he become known as "Chameleon Actor".[5] [6]
In 2020, he won the New Wave Award (actor category) at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2020.[7]
In February 2022, he received the Elan d'or Awards in Newcomer of the Year category, which is given to promising actors.[8] In July, he won first place of the women's fashion magazine "ViVi"'s popularity voting project "National Treasure Handsome Men Ranking for the First Half of 2022" in the adult category.[9] He proceeded to win in the same category in second Half of 2022, receiving the highest ranking, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.[10]
In November 2023, he won the Breakthrough Actor category in GQ Japan's Men of the Year 2023.[11] In December, he won the Yahoo! Japan Search Award 2023, ranking first in the Actor category.[12]
His father is former professional baseball player Kazutoshi Yamada.[13] Yamada played baseball in elementary and middle school, but decided to quit when entering high school.[14]
On March 31, 2024, he announced his marriage to actress Nanase Nishino.[15]
Year | Title | Role | Other notes | |
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2011–12 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | ||
2012 | D × TOWN 3rd "Why we can not be love | Kenji Miyamoto | Lead role | |
GTO | Koji Fujiyoshi | |||
2013 | Kinnosuke Ikezawa | |||
Starman -Sutaman-Kono Hoshi no Koi | Ando | |||
2014 | Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2 | Kinnosuke Ikezawa | ||
Testimony of N | Mizoguchi | Episodes 4-5 | ||
2015 | The Concierge | Kotarou Konno | ||
Odora Daisenden Kaigi Season 2 | Kazuya Niimi | |||
Yoshiki Murayama | [16] | |||
2016 | Arechi no Koi | Tadao Kayama | ||
Wine, Dine and Woo Me Season 2 | Yamato Ogasawara | Episode 2 | ||
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | Episodes 28-29 | ||
High&Low Season 2 | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
Juken no Cinderella | Yuya Okita | |||
Death Cash | Satoshi Miura | |||
The Woman of S.R.I. Season 16 | Naoto Iimura | Episode 4 | ||
Cabasuka Gakuen | Hirose Ueno | Episodes 4-5 | ||
2017 | Ihara Tomomasa | [17] | ||
Tomodachi Game | Tenji Mikasa | [18] | ||
Gaki☆Rock ~The Story of Kindness in Asakusa~ | Ryuta Kaneyama | |||
Three Dads | Kyohei Hanoi | |||
Fugitive Boys | Reimu Harano | |||
The Many Faces of Ito | Okita | |||
2018 | Holiday Love | Yoshinobu Kuroi | ||
Miss Sherlock | Yuichi Takayama | Episode 6 | ||
Caseworker's Diary | Ryuichi Shichijo | |||
2018–21 | Tokusou Nine | Ryo Shindo | 4 seasons | [19] |
2019 | Innocence: Enzai Bengoshi | Takeo Tokachi | Episode 2 | |
Dai Zenryoku Shissou | Masaya Shirogane | |||
Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky | Yukijirō | Asadora | [20] | |
High & Low The Worst Episode .0 | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
2020 | Sedai Wars | Satoru Kashiwagi | Lead role | [21] |
Homeroom | Rintaro Aida | Lead role | [22] | |
Equation to Erase the Teacher | Asahi Yorita | [23] | ||
Yorita Asahi's Equation | Asahi Yorita | Lead role | ||
2021 | School Police | Hitoki Saegusa | ||
Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu | Takayangi | Lead role | [24] | |
Police in a Pod | Takeshi Yamada | [25] | ||
Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari | Lead role; TV movie | [26] | ||
2022 | Chimudondon | Hiro'o Ishikawa | Asadora | [27] |
2023 | Themis's Law School Classroom | Jin Aoi | [28] | |
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | [29] | |||
Pending Train | Naoya Kayashima | Lead role | [30] | |
2024 | The Gift of Your Heart | Taiyo Asano | [31] | |
Year | Title | Role | Other notes | |
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2011 | Gokai Blue (voice) | |||
Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | |||
Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | ||||
2012 | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | |||
Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue, Geki Red (voice only) | ||||
2013 | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | |||
2014 | Me & 23 Slaves | Ataru Chūō | ||
Gachiban: Ultra Max | Tadaomy Ando | |||
Live | Naoto Tamura | Lead role | ||
Hot Road | Kinpa | [32] | ||
2015 | Gachiban: New Generation 2 | Tadaomy Ando | ||
Strobe Edge | Takumi Ando | |||
Stray Dogs | Tadaomy Ando | Lead role | ||
2016 | Kako: My Sullen Past | Hisashi | ||
Road to High & Low | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
Yoshiki Murayama | [33] | |||
Wolf Girl and Black Prince | [34] | |||
Yell for the Blue Sky | Kota Usui | [35] | ||
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 | Makoto Kiyosaka | |||
Stray Dogz 3 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday | Hayashi | [36] | ||
2017 | Zou wo Naderu | Morikawa | ||
Stray Dogz 5 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
Hurricane Polymar | Joichi Kuruma | |||
Friends Game: The Movie | Tenji Mikasa | |||
Stray Dogz 6 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
Friends Game: The Movie Final | Tenji Mikasa | |||
Second Summer, Never See You Again | Rokuro Ishida | |||
Stray Dogz 7 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
Takahashi | ||||
Wilderness: Part One | Yūji | |||
Wilderness: Part Two | Yūji | |||
High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
Demekin | Atsunari | |||
2018 | Stray Dogz 8 | Tadaomy Ando | Lead role | |
My Little Monster | Kenji Yamaguchi | [37] | ||
Stray Dogz 9 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
Shoplifters | Yasu Hojo | |||
Rainbow Days | Masaomi Tsutsui | |||
My Teacher, My Love | Cameo | |||
You Are the Apple of My Eye | Kōsuke Mizushima | Lead role | [38] | |
2019 | High&Low The Worst | Yoshiki Murayama | [39] | |
2020 | We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous | Keita Makino | [40] | |
The Minister of Defense (voice) | [41] | |||
2021 | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | [42] | ||
Tokyo Revengers | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [43] | ||
Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold | Ryūji Takahashi | [44] | ||
Tokugawa Yoshinobu | [45] | |||
Hula Fulla Dance | Kazuto Taira (voice) | [46] | ||
The Crocodile That Lived for 100 Days | Frog (voice) | [47] | ||
2022 | The Last 10 Years | Takeru Tomita | [48] | |
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar | Solf J. Kimblee | [49] | ||
Nighttime Warbles | Shin'ichi | Lead role | [50] | |
Whisper of the Heart | 25-year-old Sugimura | [51] | ||
Eboshi (voice) | [52] | |||
Black Night Parade | Tōma Hino | [53] | ||
2023 | Blue Giant | Dai Miyamoto (voice) | Lead role | [54] |
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [55] | ||
Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [56] | ||
Wan Ji | [57] | |||
Godzilla Minus One | Shiro Mizushima | [58] | ||
2024 | Wan Ji | [59] | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2024 | Ken Sato/Ultraman | [60] | ||
Harvey Dent | [61] |
Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result | |
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2021 | 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tokyo Revengers and the others | [62] | |
46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | [63] | |||
2022 | 46th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | [64] | |
2023 | GQ Japan's Men of the Year 2023 | Breakthrough Actor | Himself | ||