
Kenichi Matsuyama
Acting
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.
Known for
2026Nagi Notes
Yoshihiro Iguchi
2025Oi, Dazai
2025New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2024Saint Young Men The Movie ~Holy Men vs Demon Army~
Jesus
2023We're Broke, My Lord!
Shinjiro Matsudaira
2023Do Unto Others
Munenori Shiba
2022Dreaming of the Meridian Arc
2022Noise
Jun Tanabe
2021Brave: Gunjyou Senki
Nobunaga Oda
2021Riverside Mukolitta
Takeshi Yamada
2021Blue
Nobuto Urita
2020Mio's Cookbook
2020Saint Young Men 3
イエス
2020Hotel Royal
Satoshi Miyagawa
2019Promare
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019Promare / Side: Galo
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019From Miyamoto to You
Kazuo Jinbo
2019Promare / Side: Lio
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019Saint Young Men 2nd Century
Jesus
2019Fortress of Skulls
2018Saint Young Men
Jesus Christ
2017Sekigahara
Naoe Kanetsugu
2017Yurigokoro
Yosuke
2016Rage
Tetsuya Tashiro