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
- Glass Heart
- 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)
- Sakura
- Inside Zokki
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
- Saint Young Men 3 ... (Producer)
- 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
2019
- The Naked Director as Toru Muranishi
- Rilakkuma and Kaoru as Hayate (voice)
- Dragon Quest: Your Story as Pankraz (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
- 50 First Kisses as Daisuke Yuge
- Hard-Core as Ukon Gondo
- Saint Young Men ... (Producer)
- Cinema Fighters as Toru
- Parallel World as Toru
2017
- Gintama as Elizabeth (voice)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 as Anjuro Katagiri
- Shinjuku Swan II
- Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
- DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon as Batman (voice)
- Prison Break
- Takayuki Yamada in 3D as Himself
- Ten as Takashi
- Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
2016
- Terra Formars as Ichiro Hiruma
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People as ヨシヒコ
- Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie as Denjiro Tahara
- Someone as Sawa
- Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final as Kaoru Ushijima
- Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 as Kaoru Ushijima
- 映像の世紀プレミアム as 語り
2015
- Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo as himself
- REPLAY＆DESTROY as Kaname Yokoyama
- Bakuman as Akira Hattori
- Shinjuku Swan as Hideyoshi Minami
- 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)
- Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key as ヨシヒコ/勇者
- Lesson of the Evil as Tetsuro Shibahara
- The Floating Castle as Yoshitsugu Otani
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- Bungo: Stories of Desire
- The Samurai That Night as Hiroshi Kijima
- Arakawa Under the Bridge as Hoshi
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
- Milocrorze: A Love Story as Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare
- Looking for a True Fiancée as Teruhiko Katayama
2010
- Ushijima the Loan Shark as Kaoru Ushijima
- The History of Our Family as Tatsuya Nakadai
- Gantz as Masamitsu Shigeta
- 13 Assassins as Shinrokuro Shimada
- The Seaside Motel as Yosuke Asakura
- Vengeance Can Wait as Banjo Takai
2009
- BOSS as Tajima Shingo
- Crows Zero II as Tamao Serizawa
- MW -ムウ- as Yutaro Garai
- Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto as Akira Abe
- 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)
- 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