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