Takayuki Yamada
Born: 1983-10-20 in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Last Samurai Standing as Ando Jinbe
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback as Takashi Otomo (voice)
- Good News as Shinichi Ishida
- New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
- Blazing Fists
2024
- Tokyo Swindlers as Narrator (voice)
- Land of Tanabata
- House of Ninjas as Yosuke Tsujioka
- 11 Rebels as Masa
- Faceless as Detective Matanuki
- Weird Ryu
- MIMI
2023
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Hattori Hanzo
- The Imaginary as Jinzan (voice)
- Yomawari Neko as Heizō Endō (voice)
- Six Singing Women as Uwajima Ryo
- Japan's Got Talent
- The Day I Realized I'm in Love as Ippei Miyata
2022
- GAME GENOME
- Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure as Hayate (voice)
- Sarah's Holiday ... (Writer)
- The Little Star
2021
- ZOKKI ... (Director)
- Inside Zokki
- Sakura,
2020
- What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"? as Guest
- Marumaru no Smartphone
- The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms as Yellow Turban
- Step as Kenichi Takeda
- Mitsuhide no Sumaho as Akechi Mitsuhide
- 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
- Saint Young Men 3 ... (Producer)
2019
- The Naked Director as Toru Muranishi
- Dragon Quest: Your Story as Pankraz (voice)
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru as Hayate (voice)
- Saint Young Men 2nd Century ... (Producer)
- Day and Night ... (Screenplay)
- Brothers in Brothel as Mashiba Tokuta
- TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 as Himself
2018
- Isle of Dogs as Junior Scientist 1 (voice)
- From Today, It's My Turn!!
- dele as Keiji Sakagami
- The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee as Oashisu / Oasis
- Hard-Core as Ukon Gondo
- 50 First Kisses as Daisuke Yuge
- Saint Young Men ... (Producer)
- Parallel World as Toru
- Cinema Fighters as Toru
2017
- Gintama as Elizabeth (voice)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Anjuro Katagiri
- Shinjuku Swan II
- DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon as Batman (voice)
- Prison Break
- Ten as Takashi
- Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
- Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
- Takayuki Yamada in 3D as Himself
2016
- Terra Formars as Ichiro Hiruma
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People as ヨシヒコ
- Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 as Kaoru Ushijima
- Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final as Kaoru Ushijima
- Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie as Denjiro Tahara
- Someone as Sawa
- 映像の世紀プレミアム as 語り
2015
- Shinjuku Swan as Hideyoshi Minami
- Bakuman as Akira Hattori
- Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo as himself
- REPLAY＆DESTROY as Kaname Yokoyama
- A Century on Film as 語り
2014
- Nobunaga Concerto as Denjiro Tahara
- Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun as 丑嶋馨
- Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 as Kaoru ushijima
- Monsterz as Shuichi Tanaka
2013
- I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow as Shuichi Ichinosawa
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji as Shun Tsukihara
- The Rakugo Movie
- The Devil's Path as Shuichi Fujii
2012
- Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- Lesson of the Evil as Tetsuro Shibahara
- The Floating Castle as Yoshitsugu Otani
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key as ヨシヒコ/勇者
- The Samurai That Night as Hiroshi Kijima
- Bungo: Stories of Desire
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Hoshi
2011
- BAZOOKA!!!
- The Brave 'Yoshihiko' as Yoshihiko
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Hoshi
- Gantz: Perfect Answer as Masamitsu Shigeta
- Oba: The Last Samurai as Toshio Kitami
- Milocrorze: A Love Story as Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare
- UNFAIR: the answer as Katsuaki Murakami
- Looking for a True Fiancée as Teruhiko Katayama
2010
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- 13 Assassins as Shinrokuro Shimada
- Gantz as Masamitsu Shigeta
- The History of Our Family as Tatsuya Nakadai
- The Seaside Motel as Yosuke Asakura
- Vengeance Can Wait as Banjo Takai
2009
- BOSS as Tajima Shingo
- Crows Zero II as Tamao Serizawa
- Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto as Akira Abe
- MW -ムウ- as Yutaro Garai
- Chasing My Girl as Sugimoto
2008
- Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit as Satoshi Iizuka
- 252: Signal of Life as Makoto Shigemura
2007
- Crows Zero as Tamao Serizawa
- Say Hello for Me as Satoshi Toyama
- Maiko Haaaan!!! as Student on field trip (cameo)
2006
- Into the White Night as Ryoji Kirihara
- A Song to the Sun as Fujishiro Koji
- The Letters as Naotaka Takeshima
2005
- H2: The Days with You as Kunimi Hiro
- Train Man as Densha otoko
2004
- Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World as Matsumoto Sakutaro
- Fire Boys as Asahina Daigo (18)
- Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw ... (Screenplay)
- Jenifa
2003
- Water Boys as Kankuro Shindo
- Dragon Head as Nobuo Takahashi
- Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea ... (Screenplay)
2002
- The Cat Returns as Lune (voice)
- The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine as Ushijima Minoru
- Long Love Letter as Takamatsu Sho
- Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
- Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2001
- Churasan as Kohagura Keitatsu
- I Wanna Fall in Love as Aoshima Wataru
2000
- Sayoko is Back as Shū Sekine