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==Profile==
* '''Name:''' Kenichi Matsuyama
* '''Japanese:''' 松山ケンイチ
* '''Birthdate:''' March 5, 1985
* '''Birthplace:''' [[Mutsu]], [[Aomori]] Prefecture, Japan
* '''Height:''' 180cm
* '''Blood Type:''' B

==Biography==
Ken'ichi Matsuyama was born in [[Mutsu]], [[Aomori]] Prefecture in 1985. In 2001, Ken'ichi started his career as a model. In 2002 Ken'ichi made his debut as an actor landing a small role in the [[NTV]] drama "[[Gokusen]]" as Kenichi Mori. In 2003, Ken'ichi expanded to movies and landed his first supporting role in [[Bright Future]]. Ken'ichi's acting career expanded with his role as Shin in the 2005 movie [[Nana]]. His major breakthrough came in 2006 with Ken'ichi's charismatic performance as "L" in [[Death Note]] and [[Death Note: The Last Name]]. Since then Ken'ichi has performed in a variety of different roles like the shy death metal rocker in [[Detroit Metal City]] and the youth that falls in love with an older woman in [[Don't Laugh at My Romance]]. More recently, Ken'ichi has worked with foreign directors like Korean-Japanese director [[Yoichi Sai]] in [[Kamui gaiden]] and Vietnamese director [[Anh Hung Tran]] in [[Norwegian Wood]].

==Movies==
* [[Saint Young Men (Japanese Movie)| Saint Young Men]] | Saint Oniisan: The Movie Hori Men VS Akuma Gundan (2024) - Jesus
* [[We're Broke, My Lord]] | Daimyo Tousan (2023) - Shinjiro Matsudaira
* [[Do Unto Others]] | Lost Care (2023) - Munenori Shiba
* [[Riverside Mukolitta]] | Kawapperi Mukolitta (2022) - Takeshi Yamada
* [[Taiga e no Michi]] (2022) - Kinoshita (present day) / Matayoshi (Edo period)
* [[Noise (Japanese Movie)|Noise]] (2022) - Jun Tanabe
* [[Blue (Japanese Movie)|Blue]] (2021) - Nobuto Urita
* [[Brave: Gunjyo Senki]] (2021) - Nobunaga Oda
* [[Hotel Royal]] (2020) - Satoshi Miyakawa
* [[Saint Young Men: 2nd Century]] | Saint Oniisan Dainiki (2019) - Jesus
* [[Miyamoto (Japanese Movie)|Miyamoto]] | Miyamoto kara Kimi e (2019) - Kazuo Jinbo
* [[Yurigokoro]] (2017) - Yosuke
* [[Sekigahara]] (2017) - Kanetsugu Naoe
* [[Death Note: Light Up The New World]] (2016) - L
* [[Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow]] | Satoshi no Seishun (2016) - Satoshi Murayama
* [[Rage (Japanese Movie)|Rage]] | Ikari (2016) - Tetsuya Tashiro
* [[Chinyuki]] (2016) - Taro Yamada
* [[Something Like, Something Like It]] | No Yona Mono No Yona Mono (2016) - Shinden Defunetei
* [[The Emperor in August]] | Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi (2015)
* [[Chasuke's Journey]] | Ten no Chasuke (2015) - Chasuke Saotome
* [[Homeland (Ieji)|Homeland]] | Ieji (2014) - Jiro Sawada
* [[Buddha 2]] | Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha: Owarinaki Tabi (2014) - Tatta (voice)
* [[Climbing to Spring]] | Haru wo Seotte (2014) - Tooru Nagamine
* [[The Kiyosu Conference]] | Kiyosu Kaigi (2013) - Hidemasa Hori
* [[Train Brain Express]] | Bokutachi Kyuukou - A Ressha de Ikou - (2012) - Kei Komachi
* [[Bunny Drop]] | Usagi Drop (2011) - Daikichi Kawachi
* [[My Back Page]] (2011) - Umeyama
* [[GANTZ Perfect Answer]] (2011) - Masaru Kato
* [[GANTZ (2011-Japan-Live Action)|Gantz]] (2011) - Masaru Kato
* [[Norwegian Wood]] | Noruwei no Mori (2010) - Toru Watanabe
* [[Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac]] (2010)
* [[Kaiji]] (2009) - Makoto Sahara
* [[Kamui]] | Kamui Gaiden (2009) - Kamui
* [[Bare Essence of Life]] | Urutora Mirakuru Rabu Sutori (2009) - Youjin Mizuki
* [[Detroit Metal City]] (2008) - Soichi Negishi
* [[L: Change the World]] (2008) - L
* [[Don't Laugh at My Romance]] | Hito no sekkusu o warauna (2008)
* [[Tsubaki Sanjuro]] (2007) - Iori Isaka
* [[South Bound]] | Sausubaundo (2007) - Officer Niigaki
* [[Dolphin blue: Fuji, mou ichido sora e]] (2007)
* [[Shindo]] (2007) - Oto Kikuna
* [[The Blue Wolf: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea]] |Aoki Okami: chi hate umi tsukiru made (2007) - Jochi
* [[Ten Nights of Dream]] | Yume juya (2006) - segment - 'The 10th Night'
* [[Death Note: The Last Name]] (2006) - L
* [[Death Note]] (2006) - L
* [[Vanished]] | Oyayubi sagashi (2006) - Tomohiko
* [[Yamato]] | Otoko-tachi no Yamato (2005) - Katsumi Kamio (15 years old)
* [[Custom Made 10.30]] | Kasutamu-meido 10.30 (2005) - Tamotu
* [[Furyo shonen no yume]] (2005)
* [[Nana (Japanese Movie)|Nana]] (2005) - Shin
* [[Linda Linda Linda]] (2005) - Makihara
* [[The Taste of Tea]] | Cha no Aji (2004) - Young Man in Red T-Shirt
* [[Kamachi]] (2004)
* [[The Locker 2]] | Shibuya kaidan 2 (2004)
* [[Winning Pass]] (2004)
* [[Worst by Chance]] | Guuzen nimo saiaku na shounen (2003)
* [[Perfect Education 4: Secret Basement]] | Kanzen-naru shiiku: Himitsu no chika-shitsu (2003)
* [[Bright Future]] | Akarui mirai (2003)

==Drama Series==
* [[Dou Suru Ieyasu]] (NHK / 2023) - Masanobu Honda
* [[Why Didn’t I Tell You A Million Times?]] | 100 mankai Ieba Yokatta (TBS / 2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
* [[Japan Sinks: People of Hope]] | Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito (TBS / 2021) - Koichi Tokiwa
* [[The Great White Tower (2019)|The Great White Tower]] | Shiroi Kyoto (TV Asahi / 2019) - Shuji Satomi
* [[Miyamoto kara Kimi e]] (TV Tokyo / 2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
* [[Tonari no Kazoku wa Aoku Mieru]] (Fuji TV / 2018) - Daiki Igarashi
* [[A Life: A Love]] | A Life Kanashiki Hito (TBS / 2017) - Sota Igawa
* [[Futagashira 2]] (WOWOW / 2016) - Benzo
* [[The Gutsy Frog]] | Dokonjo Gaeru (NTV / 2015) - Hiroshi
* [[Futagashira]] (WOWOW / 2015) - Benzo
* [[Taira no Kiyomori]] (NHK / 2012) - Taira no Kiyomori
* [[Japanese Americans]] | 99-nen no Ai ~ Japanese Americans (TBS / 2010)
* [[Zeni Geba]] (NTV / 2009)
* [[Sexy Voice and Robo]] | Sekushî boisu ando robo (2007)
* [[5 Minutes Ago]] (2006)
* [[Angels with Broken Wings]] (Fuji TV / 2006) - ep. 2
* [[The Street Lawyers]] - Machiben (NHK / 2006) - ep. 1
* [[1 Litre of Tears (2005-Japan-Fuji TV)|1 Litre of Tears]] (Fuji TV / 2005)
* [[Kids War 5]] (2003)
* [[Tokyo Niwatsuki Ikkodate]] (NTV / 2002)
* [[Gokusen]] (NTV / 2002)

==TV Movies==
* [[Olympic Ransom (Orinpikku no Minoshirokin)|Olympic Ransom]] | Orinpikku no Minoshirokin (TV Asahi / 2013) - Kunio Shimazaki
* [[Be-Bop High School]] (2004)
* [[Kids War Special: Korede Final! Zakennayo]] (2003)

==Awards==
* "'''Popularity Award'''" - [[2009 (32nd) Japan Academy Prize]] - February 20, 2009
* "'''Rookie of the Year'''" - [[2007 (30th) Japan Academy Prize]] - February 16, 2007

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