Takayuki Yamada

ActorProductionDirectorWriterProducer Oct 20 (age 42) Naha, Okinawa, Japan 2000–2025 (25 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Isle of Dogs

Junior Scientist 1 (voice)

Film

The Cat Returns

Lune (voice)

Film

13 Assassins

Shinrokuro Shimada

Film

Crows Zero

Tamao Serizawa

Film

Crows Zero II

Tamao Serizawa

Film

The Naked Director

Toru Muranishi

Film

Gantz

Masamitsu Shigeta

Film

Dragon Quest: Your Story

Pankraz (voice)

Filmography

Acting (123)

Movies (75)

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

2025

as Takashi Otomo (voice)

Blazing Fists

Good News

as Shinichi Ishida

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period

2025

Faceless

2024

as Detective Matanuki

11 Rebels

as Masa

Weird Ryu

MIMI

The Imaginary

as Jinzan (voice)

Six Singing Women

as Uwajima Ryo

The Day I Realized I'm in Love

2023

as Ippei Miyata

The Little Star

Inside Zokki

Sakura,

Step

as Kenichi Takeda

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms

as Yellow Turban

Brothers in Brothel

as Mashiba Tokuta

Dragon Quest: Your Story

2019

as Pankraz (voice)

6.7

TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」

2019

as Himself

Isle of Dogs

2018

as Junior Scientist 1 (voice)

7.8

Parallel World

2018

as Toru

Cinema Fighters

2018

as Toru

50 First Kisses

as Daisuke Yuge

Hard-Core

as Ukon Gondo

Gintama

as Elizabeth (voice)

Prison Break

Shinjuku Swan II

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1

2017

as Anjuro Katagiri

6.6

DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon

2017

as Batman (voice)

6.4

Takayuki Yamada in 3D

2017

as Himself

Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan

2017

Ten

2017

as Takashi

Terra Formars

as Ichiro Hiruma

Someone

as Sawa

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie

2016

as Denjiro Tahara

6.5

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3

2016

as Kaoru Ushijima

7.1

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final

as Kaoru Ushijima

Bakuman

as Akira Hattori

Shinjuku Swan

as Hideyoshi Minami

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2

as Kaoru ushijima

Monsterz

as Shuichi Tanaka

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji

as Shun Tsukihara

The Rakugo Movie

The Devil's Path

as Shuichi Fujii

I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow

2013

as Shuichi Ichinosawa

6.4

The Floating Castle

2012

as Yoshitsugu Otani

7.4

Bungo: Stories of Desire

Lesson of the Evil

as Tetsuro Shibahara

Arakawa Under the Bridge

2012

as Hoshi

6.8

The Samurai That Night

2012

as Hiroshi Kijima

5.2

Ushijima the Loan Shark

2012

as Kaoru Ushijima

6.8

Gantz: Perfect Answer

2011

as Masamitsu Shigeta

6.7

Oba: The Last Samurai

2011

as Toshio Kitami

6.1

Milocrorze: A Love Story

2011

as Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare

6.4

UNFAIR: the answer

2011

as Katsuaki Murakami

6.4

Looking for a True Fiancée

2011

as Teruhiko Katayama

2.7

13 Assassins

2010

as Shinrokuro Shimada

Gantz

as Masamitsu Shigeta

The Seaside Motel

as Yosuke Asakura

Vengeance Can Wait

as Banjo Takai

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

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit

as Satoshi Iizuka

252: Signal of Life

as Makoto Shigemura

Crows Zero

as Tamao Serizawa

Maiko Haaaan!!!

as Student on field trip (cameo)

Say Hello for Me

as Satoshi Toyama

The Letters

as Naotaka Takeshima

Train Man

as Densha otoko

Jenifa

Dragon Head

as Nobuo Takahashi

The Cat Returns

as Lune (voice)

イクサガミ

as Jinbe Ando

Television (48)

Last Samurai Standing

as Ando Jinbe

Tokyo Swindlers

as Narrator (voice)

House of Ninjas

as Yosuke Tsujioka

Land of Tanabata

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?

2023

as Hattori Hanzo

7.7

Yomawari Neko

2023

as Heizō Endō (voice)

5.0

Japan's Got Talent

2023

8.0

Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure

as Hayate (voice)

GAME GENOME

What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?

2020

as Guest

9.5

Marumaru no Smartphone

2020

Mitsuhide no Sumaho

2020

as Akechi Mitsuhide

夢の本屋をめぐる冒険

The Naked Director

as Toru Muranishi

Rilakkuma and Kaoru

as Hayate (voice)

From Today, It's My Turn!!

dele

as Keiji Sakagami

The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee

2018

as Oashisu / Oasis

5.9

Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival

2017

Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People

2016

as ヨシヒコ

8.0

映像の世紀プレミアム

2016

as 語り

Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo

as himself

REPLAY＆DESTROY

as Kaname Yokoyama

A Century on Film

as 語り

Nobunaga Concerto

as Denjiro Tahara

Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun

2014

as 丑嶋馨

7.0

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue

2012

as Self - Narrator (voice)

9.3

Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key

2012

as ヨシヒコ/勇者

7.7

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'

as Yoshihiko

BAZOOKA!!!

Arakawa Under the Bridge

2011

as Hoshi

4.6

Ushijima the Loan Shark

2010

as Kaoru Ushijima

8.7

The History of Our Family

as Tatsuya Nakadai

BOSS

as Tajima Shingo

Into the White Night

as Ryoji Kirihara

A Song to the Sun

as Fujishiro Koji

H2: The Days with You

2005

as Kunimi Hiro

7.3

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World

2004

as Matsumoto Sakutaro

8.3

Fire Boys

2004

as Asahina Daigo (18)

Water Boys

as Kankuro Shindo

Lunch Queen

as Ushijima Minoru

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

Long Love Letter

as Takamatsu Sho

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei

Churasan

as Kohagura Keitatsu

I Wanna Fall in Love

as Aoshima Wataru

Sayoko is Back

2000

as Shū Sekine

5.0

Quiztopia

Crew (11)

Movies (11)

Six Singing Women

2023

Co-Producer

7.2

Sarah's Holiday

2022

Director

Sarah's Holiday

2022

Writer

ZOKKI

Director

Saint Young Men 3

Producer

Day and Night

Producer

Day and Night

Screenplay

Saint Young Men 2nd Century

Producer

Saint Young Men

Producer

Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw

2004

Screenplay

3.6

Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea

2003

Screenplay