Kenichi Matsuyama
Biography
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.
Known For
Acting

2007
asL / Ryuzaki

2008
asL

2008
asSôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II

2003
asJun

2009
asYoujin Mizuki

2005
asShinichi Okazaki

2004
asYoung Man in Red T-Shirt

2006
asL

2009
asMakoto Sahara

2006
asL

2009
asKamui

2007
asOto Kikuna

2023
asShinjiro Matsudaira

2008
asMirume
as
2011
asMasaru Kato

2010
asToru Watanabe

2010
asYûji Miwa

2011
asDaikichi Kawachi

2020
as
2007
asOfficer Niigaki

2006
asTomohiko

2011
asUmeyama

2014
asJiro

2013
asHidemasa Hori

2012
asKei Komachi

2007
asIori Isaka

2022
as
2014
asToru

2005
asMakihara

2003
as
2015
asChasuke

2023
asMunenori Shiba

2007
asYuji Kawamoto

2004
asJun Kawabata

2015
asKojiro Masakado

2016
asTetsuya Tashiro

2016
asTaro Yamada

2011
asMasaru Kato

2014
asTatta (voice)

2024
asJesus

2007
asShotaro

2010
asMasaru Kato

2016
asSatoshi Murayama

2016
asShinden Defunetei

2007
as
2004
asYôsuke Shinohara

2017
asNaoe Kanetsugu

2017
asYosuke

2015
asShindo Tatsuya

2019
asGalo Thymos (voice)

2005
asTamotu

2016
asL

2019
asGalo Thymos (voice)

2015
asTakeo Sasaki

2004
as
2019
asKazuo Jinbo

2014
as
2019
asGalo Thymos (voice)

2019
asJesus

2020
asイエス

2005
as
2021
asNobunaga Oda

2020
asSatoshi Miyagawa

2021
asTakeshi Yamada

2005
as
2021
asNobuto Urita

2018
asJesus Christ

2022
asJun Tanabe

2019
as
as
2005
as
2009
asSelf/L

2009
asSelf/L

2025
as
as神保和夫
asYuji Kawamoto
as
asTaira no Kiyomori
asKōichi Tokiwa
as
asRobo
asIgawa Sota
as
asGeius (voice)
asDaiki Igarashi
as桂场等一郎
asHiroshi
asHonda Masanobu
asGamagori Futaro
asShingo
asUozumi Yuzuru
asMakoto Hokazono (voice)
asShuji Satomi
as
as
as
as
asYoshiteru Matsukaze
Production
Crew
Directing