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
2026
- Sgt. Frog as Yoshihiko (voice)
2025
- Last Samurai Standing as Ando Jinbe
- Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback as Takashi Otomo (voice)
- Good News as Shinichi Ishida
- Blazing Fists
- New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2024
- Tokyo Swindlers as Narrator (voice)
- House of Ninjas as Yosuke Tsujioka
- Land of Tanabata
- 11 Rebels as Masa
- Faceless as Detective Matanuki
- MIMI
- Weird Ryu
2023
- What Will You Do, Ieyasu? as Hattori Hanzo
- The Imaginary as Jinzan (voice)
- Yomawari Neko as Heizō Endō (voice)
- Japan's Got Talent
- Six Singing Women as Uwajima Ryo
- The Day I Realized I'm in Love as Ippei Miyata
2022
- Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure as Hayate (voice)
- GAME GENOME
- The Little Star
- Sarah's Holiday ... (Writer)
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
- Mitsuhide no Sumaho as Akechi Mitsuhide
- 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
- Step as Kenichi Takeda
- 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)
- Day and Night ... (Screenplay)
- Brothers in Brothel as Mashiba Tokuta
- Saint Young Men 2nd Century ... (Producer)
- TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 as Himself
2018
- From Today, It's My Turn!!
- Isle of Dogs as Junior Scientist 1 (voice)
- dele as Keiji Sakagami
- The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee as Oashisu / Oasis
- 50 First Kisses as Daisuke Yuge
- Hard-Core as Ukon Gondo
- Cinema Fighters as Toru
- Saint Young Men ... (Producer)
- Parallel World as Toru
2017
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Anjuro Katagiri
- Gintama as Elizabeth (voice)
- Shinjuku Swan II
- DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon as Batman (voice)
- Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
- Prison Break
- Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
- Ten as Takashi
- 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 The Final as Kaoru Ushijima
- Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 as Kaoru Ushijima
- Someone as Sawa
- 映像の世紀プレミアム as 語り
- Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie as Denjiro Tahara
2015
- REPLAY＆DESTROY as Kaname Yokoyama
- Shinjuku Swan as Hideyoshi Minami
- Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo as himself
- Bakuman as Akira Hattori
- 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
- The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji as Shun Tsukihara
- The Devil's Path as Shuichi Fujii
- I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow as Shuichi Ichinosawa
- The Rakugo Movie
2012
- Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Lesson of the Evil as Tetsuro Shibahara
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key as ヨシヒコ/勇者
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- The Floating Castle as Yoshitsugu Otani
- Bungo: Stories of Desire
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Hoshi
- The Samurai That Night as Hiroshi Kijima
2011
- BAZOOKA!!!
- The Brave 'Yoshihiko' as Yoshihiko
- Gantz: Perfect Answer as Masamitsu Shigeta
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Hoshi
- Oba: The Last Samurai as Toshio Kitami
- UNFAIR: the answer as Katsuaki Murakami
- Looking for a True Fiancée as Teruhiko Katayama
- Milocrorze: A Love Story as Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare
2010
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- Gantz as Masamitsu Shigeta
- The History of Our Family as Tatsuya Nakadai
- 13 Assassins as Shinrokuro Shimada
- Vengeance Can Wait as Banjo Takai
- The Seaside Motel as Yosuke Asakura
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
- Maiko Haaaan!!! as Student on field trip (cameo)
- Say Hello for Me as Satoshi Toyama
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)
- Jenifa
- Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw ... (Screenplay)
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