Takayuki Yamada

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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.

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Known For

Isle of Dogs

Junior Scientist 1 (voice)

The Cat Returns

Lune (voice)

13 Assassins

Shinrokuro Shimada

Crows Zero

Tamao Serizawa

Gantz

Masamitsu Shigeta

Terra Formars

Ichiro Hiruma

Last Samurai Standing

Ando Jinbe

Crows Zero II

Tamao Serizawa

Full Filmography

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

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