Acting · Mutsu, Aomori, Japan · Born March 5, 1985
Kenichi Matsuyama (松山 ケンイチ, Matsuyama Ken'ichi, born March 5, 1985) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
MovieNagi Notes
2026
as Yoshihiro Iguchi
TVUntil the T-Shirt Dries
2026
as Mitsuru
TVToki Sudeni Osushi!?
2026
as Oedo Umiya
TVReboot
2026
as Riku Hayase (Before Reboot)
TVThemis's Uncertain Court
2026
as Kiyoharu Ando
MovieNew Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025
MovieOi, Dazai
2025
TVWho Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
2025
as Yoshiteru Matsukaze
MovieSaint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
2024
as Jesus
TVThe Tiger and Her Wings
2024
as 桂场等一郎
TVFarewell Hospital
2024
MovieWe're Broke, My Lord!
2023
as Shinjiro Matsudaira
MovieDo Unto Others
2023
as Munenori Shiba
TVWhy Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
2023
as Uozumi Yuzuru
TVWhat Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023
as Honda Masanobu
MovieDreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022
MovieNoise
2022
as Jun Tanabe
Moviehana –1970, Koza ga moeta hi–
2022
MovieRiverside Mukolitta
2021
as Takeshi Yamada
TVJAPAN SINKS: People of Hope
2021
as Kōichi Tokiwa
MovieBlue
2021
as Nobuto Urita
MovieBrave: Gunjyou Senki
2021
as Nobunaga Oda
TVKomoribito
2020
MovieHotel Royal
2020
as Satoshi Miyagawa
MovieMio's Cookbook
2020
MovieSaint Young Men 3
2020
as イエス
TV歪んだ波紋
2019
MovieFrom Miyamoto to You
2019
as Kazuo Jinbo
MovieSaint Young Men 2nd Century
2019
as Jesus
MoviePromare
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
MoviePromare / Side: Galo
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
MoviePromare / Side: Lio
2019
as Galo Thymos (voice)
TVThe Great White Tower
2019
as Shuji Satomi
MovieFortress of Skulls
2019
MovieSaint Young Men
2018
as Jesus Christ
TVFrom Miyamoto To You
2018
as 神保和夫
TVResidential Complex
2018
as Daiki Igarashi
MovieYurigokoro
2017
as Yosuke
MovieSekigahara
2017
as Naoe Kanetsugu
TVA Life
2017
as Igawa Sota
MovieSatoshi: A Move for Tomorrow
2016
as Satoshi Murayama
MovieDeath Note: Light Up the NEW World
2016
as L
MovieRage
2016
as Tetsuya Tashiro
MovieChinyuki
2016
as Taro Yamada
MovieSomething Like, Something Like It
2016
as Shinden Defunetei
MovieThe Emperor in August
2015
as Takeo Sasaki
TVDokonjō Gaeru
2015
as Hiroshi
MovieChasuke's Journey
2015
as Chasuke
TVFutagashira
2015
MovieLegacy of Soma: Ao no Ran
2015
as Kojiro Masakado
MovieThe Day Kouhaku Was Born
2015
as Shindo Tatsuya
MovieA Far Promise
2014
MovieClimbing to Spring
2014
as Toru
MovieHomeland
2014
as Jiro
MovieBuddha 2: The Endless Journey
2014
as Tatta (voice)
TVOlympic Ransom
2013
MovieThe Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Hidemasa Hori
MovieTrain Brain Express
2012
as Kei Komachi
TVTaira no Kiyomori
2012
as Taira no Kiyomori
MovieBunny Drop
2011
as Daikichi Kawachi
MovieMy Back Page
2011
as Umeyama
MovieGantz: Perfect Answer
2011
as Masaru Kato
MovieAnother Gantz
2011
as Masaru Kato
MovieGantz
2010
as Masaru Kato
TVJapanese Americans
2010
MovieNorwegian Wood
2010
as Toru Watanabe
MovieMemoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
2010
as Yûji Miwa
MovieMaking of Death Note
2009
as Self/L
MovieMaking of Death Note: The Last Name
2009
as Self/L
MovieKaiji: The Ultimate Gambler
2009
as Makoto Sahara
MovieKamui
2009
as Kamui
MovieBare Essence of Life
2009
as Youjin Mizuki
TVMoney Crazy
2009
as Gamagori Futaro
MovieDetroit Metal City
2008
as Sôichi Negishi / Johannes Krauser II
TVDetroit Metal City
2008
as Makoto Hokazono (voice)
MovieDeath Note: L Change the WorLd
2008
as L
MovieSex Is No Laughing Matter
2008
as Mirume
MovieThe Man who was Made a Fool by L the Most - Detective Matsuda's Case File
2007
as L / Ryuzaki
MovieTsubaki Sanjuro
2007
as Iori Isaka
MovieSouth Bound
2007
as Officer Niigaki
MovieProdigy
2007
as Oto Kikuna
MovieDolphin Blue: Soar Again, Fuji
2007
Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo
2007
TVSexy Voice and Robo
2007
as Robo
Movie1 Litre Of Tears SP
2007
as Yuji Kawamoto
MovieTen Nights of Dreams
2007
as Shotaro
MovieDeath Note: The Last Name
2006
as L
TVDeath Note
2006
as Geius (voice)
MovieVanished
2006
as Tomohiko
MovieDeath Note
2006
as L
TVAngels with Broken Wings
2006
as Shingo
MovieYamato
2005
MovieCustom Made 10.30
2005
as Tamotu
MovieFuryo shonen no yume
2005
TV1 Litre of Tears
2005
as Yuji Kawamoto
MovieNana
2005
as Shinichi Okazaki
MovieBe-Bop High School 2
2005
MovieLinda Linda Linda
2005
as Makihara
MovieThe Taste of Tea
2004
as Young Man in Red T-Shirt
MovieBe-Bop High School
2004
as Jun Kawabata
MovieThe Locker 2
2004
as Yôsuke Shinohara
MovieWinning Pass
2004
MoviePerfect Education 4: Secret Basement
2003
MovieBright Future
2003
as Jun
TVGokusen
2002
as Kenichi Mori
MovieDeath Note: Genius of the Counterattack
as L
