Acting
Takayuki Yamada
Born 1983-10-20
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Takayuki Yamada
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Isle of Dogs
2018
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The Cat Returns
2002
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13 Assassins
2010
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Last Samurai Standing
2025
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Crows Zero
2007
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The Naked Director
2019
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Gantz
2010
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Terra Formars
2016
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House of Ninjas
2024
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Crows Zero II
2009
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (136 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sgt. Frog | Yoshihiko (voice) | Movie | 2026 |
 | New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2025 |
 | Last Samurai Standing | Ando Jinbe | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Good News | Shinichi Ishida | Movie | 2025 |
 | Glass Heart | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2025 |
 | Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback | Takashi Otomo (voice) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Blazing Fists | Man in bear suit | Movie | 2025 |
 | Faceless | Detective Matanuki | Movie | 2024 |
 | 11 Rebels | Masa | Movie | 2024 |
 | Tokyo Swindlers | Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2024 |
 | Land of Tanabata | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2024 |
 | MIMI | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | Weird Ryu | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2024 |
 | House of Ninjas | Yosuke Tsujioka | TV Series | 2024 |
 | The Imaginary | Jinzan (voice) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Six Singing Women | Uwajima Ryo | Movie | 2023 |
| Six Singing Women | Co-Producer | Movie | 2023 |
 | The Day I Realized I'm in Love | Ippei Miyata | Movie | 2023 |
 | Yomawari Neko | Heizō Endō (voice) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Japan's Got Talent | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2023 |
 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Hattori Hanzo | TV Series | 2023 |
 | GAME GENOME | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure | Hayate (voice) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Sarah's Holiday | Writer | Movie | 2022 |
| Sarah's Holiday | Director | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Little Star | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2022 |
 | Inside Zokki | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | ZOKKI | Director | Movie | 2021 |
 | Sakura | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2021 |
 | The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms | Yellow Turban | Movie | 2020 |
 | Mitsuhide no Sumaho | Akechi Mitsuhide | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Marumaru no Smartphone | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2020 |
 | What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"? | Guest | TV Series | 2020 |
 | 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2020 |
 | Step | Kenichi Takeda | Movie | 2020 |
 | Saint Young Men 3 | Producer | Movie | 2020 |
 | TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」 | Himself | Movie | 2019 |
 | Brothers in Brothel | Mashiba Tokuta | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Naked Director | Toru Muranishi | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Dragon Quest: Your Story | Pankraz (voice) | Movie | 2019 |
 | Saint Young Men 2nd Century | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Rilakkuma and Kaoru | Hayate (voice) | TV Series | 2019 |
 | Day and Night | Screenplay | Movie | 2019 |
| Day and Night | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Hard-Core | Ukon Gondo | Movie | 2018 |
 | From Today, It's My Turn!! | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Saint Young Men | Producer | Movie | 2018 |
 | dele | Keiji Sakagami | TV Series | 2018 |
 | 50 First Kisses | Daisuke Yuge | Movie | 2018 |
 | The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee | Oashisu / Oasis | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Isle of Dogs | Junior Scientist 1 (voice) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Cinema Fighters | Toru | Movie | 2018 |
 | Parallel World | Toru | Movie | 2018 |
 | DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon | Batman (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Ten | Takashi | Movie | 2017 |
 | Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 | Anjuro Katagiri | Movie | 2017 |
 | Gintama | Elizabeth (voice) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Takayuki Yamada in 3D | Himself | Movie | 2017 |
 | Prison Break | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Shinjuku Swan II | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2017 |
 | Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2017 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final | Kaoru Ushijima | Movie | 2016 |
 | Someone | Sawa | Movie | 2016 |
 | Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People | ヨシヒコ | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 | Kaoru Ushijima | Movie | 2016 |
 | 映像の世紀プレミアム | 語り | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Terra Formars | Ichiro Hiruma | Movie | 2016 |
 | Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie | Denjiro Tahara | Movie | 2016 |
 | A Century on Film | 語り | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Bakuman | Akira Hattori | Movie | 2015 |
 | Shinjuku Swan | Hideyoshi Minami | Movie | 2015 |
 | REPLAY＆DESTROY | Kaname Yokoyama | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo | himself | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Nobunaga Concerto | Denjiro Tahara | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Monsterz | Shuichi Tanaka | Movie | 2014 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 | Kaoru ushijima | Movie | 2014 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun | 丑嶋馨 | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji | Shun Tsukihara | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Devil's Path | Shuichi Fujii | Movie | 2013 |
 | I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow | Shuichi Ichinosawa | Movie | 2013 |
| The Rakugo Movie | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2013 | |
 | The Samurai That Night | Hiroshi Kijima | Movie | 2012 |
 | Lesson of the Evil | Tetsuro Shibahara | Movie | 2012 |
 | The Floating Castle | Yoshitsugu Otani | Movie | 2012 |
 | Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key | ヨシヒコ/勇者 | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Bungo: Stories of Desire | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2012 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark | Kaoru Ushijima | Movie | 2012 |
 | Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | Hoshi | Movie | 2012 |
 | Looking for a True Fiancée | Teruhiko Katayama | Movie | 2011 |
 | BAZOOKA!!! | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2011 |
 | UNFAIR: the answer | Katsuaki Murakami | Movie | 2011 |
 | Arakawa Under the Bridge | Hoshi | TV Series | 2011 |
 | The Brave 'Yoshihiko' | Yoshihiko | TV Series | 2011 |
 | Gantz: Perfect Answer | Masamitsu Shigeta | Movie | 2011 |
 | Milocrorze: A Love Story | Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare | Movie | 2011 |
 | Oba: The Last Samurai | Toshio Kitami | Movie | 2011 |
 | Gantz | Masamitsu Shigeta | Movie | 2010 |
 | Ushijima the Loan Shark | Kaoru Ushijima | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Vengeance Can Wait | Banjo Takai | Movie | 2010 |
 | 13 Assassins | Shinrokuro Shimada | Movie | 2010 |
 | The Seaside Motel | Yosuke Asakura | Movie | 2010 |
 | The History of Our Family | Tatsuya Nakadai | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Chasing My Girl | Sugimoto | Movie | 2009 |
 | MW -ムウ- | Yutaro Garai | Movie | 2009 |
 | Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto | Akira Abe | Movie | 2009 |
 | BOSS | Tajima Shingo | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Crows Zero II | Tamao Serizawa | Movie | 2009 |
 | 252: Signal of Life | Makoto Shigemura | Movie | 2008 |
 | Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit | Satoshi Iizuka | Movie | 2008 |
 | Crows Zero | Tamao Serizawa | Movie | 2007 |
 | Maiko Haaaan!!! | Student on field trip (cameo) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Say Hello for Me | Satoshi Toyama | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Letters | Naotaka Takeshima | Movie | 2006 |
 | A Song to the Sun | Fujishiro Koji | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Into the White Night | Ryoji Kirihara | TV Series | 2006 |
 | Train Man | Densha otoko | Movie | 2005 |
 | H2: The Days with You | Kunimi Hiro | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw | Screenplay | Movie | 2004 |
 | Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World | Matsumoto Sakutaro | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Jenifa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2004 |
 | Fire Boys | Asahina Daigo (18) | TV Series | 2004 |
 | Dragon Head | Nobuo Takahashi | Movie | 2003 |
 | Water Boys | Kankuro Shindo | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea | Screenplay | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Cat Returns | Lune (voice) | Movie | 2002 |
 | Onmyoji Abe no Seimei | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2002 |
| Onmyoji Abe no Seimei | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 2002 | |
 | The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine | Ushijima Minoru | TV Series | 2002 |
 | Long Love Letter | Takamatsu Sho | TV Series | 2002 |
 | I Wanna Fall in Love | Aoshima Wataru | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Churasan | Kohagura Keitatsu | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Sayoko is Back | Shū Sekine | TV Series | 2000 |
| Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh | Takayuki | Movie | — | |
| Quiztopia | Self / Appearance | TV Series | — |