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Ken'ichi Matsuyama

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Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)
Mayra is married to Aditya. She is 3 months pregnant but she has a serious problem, which is noise phobia. One night there is a party going on at Mayra's house. Suddenly a man enters the house and kills everyone. A team of police officers headed by reaches the crime scene and finds out that all have been killed except Mayra. Police investigation goes on and in the end they find out who is the killer.
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Noise (2022)
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Kenichi Matsuyama was born on March 5, 1985 in Mutsu, Japan.

He started his career in 2001 modeling. The following year, he debuted as an actor, landing a small role in Gokusen (2002). In 2003, he made his film debut w/ a supporting role in Bright Future (2002). His major breakthrough was in 2006 his performance as L in the Death Note film franchise. Subsequently, he was nominated for several awards, including the Hochi Film Awards for Best New Actor in 2006 as well as the Japan Academy Award for Best New Actor & Yokohama Film Festival Award for Best New Talent in 2007. Since then, he has performed in a variety of different character driven roles.

In 2010, he won the Takasaki Film Festival award for Best Actor & 64th Mainichi Film Awards for Best Actor. He's represented by Horipro Talent Agency.
BornMarch 5, 1985
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Tatsuya Fujiwara and Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Death Note (2006)
    Death Note
    7.5
    • L
    • Ryûzaki
    • 2006
    Shunji Fujimura, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Takeshi Kaga, Sakura Uehara, Nana Katase, Magy, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, and Erika Toda in Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
    Death Note: The Last Name
    7.2
    • L
    • Ryûzaki
    • 2006
    Rinko Kikuchi and Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Norwegian Wood (2010)
    Norwegian Wood
    6.3
    • Toru Watanabe
    • 2010
    Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Death Note: L Change the World (2008)
    Death Note: L Change the World
    6.0
    • L
    • 2008

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    • Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle? (2025)
      Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Yoshiteru Matsukaze
      • 2025
    • Ken'ichi Matsuyama and Shôta Sometani in Saint Young Men: Holy Men vs Demon Army (2024)
      Saint Young Men: Holy Men vs Demon Army
      3.0
      • Jesus Christ
      • 2024
    • Sairi Itô in Tora ni Tsubasa (2024)
      Tora ni Tsubasa
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Katsuraba Toichiro
      • 2024
    • Owakare Hospital (2024)
      Owakare Hospital
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • 2024
    • Daimyô-tôsan (2023)
      Daimyô-tôsan
      6.1
      • Shinjiro Matsudaira
      • 2023
    • Masami Nagasawa and Ken'ichi Matsuyama in Do Unto Others (2023)
      Do Unto Others
      6.5
      • Munenori Shiba
      • 2023
    • Mao Inoue, Ken'ichi Matsuyama, and Takeru Satoh in Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (2023)
      Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times?
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Yuzuru Uozumi
      • 2023
    • Taiga e no michi (2022)
      Taiga e no michi
      6.9
      • Hiroaki Kinoshita
      • Matayoshi
      • 2022
    • Noise (2022)
      Noise
      6.2
      • Jun Tanabe
      • 2022
    • Japan Sinks: People of Hope (2021)
      Japan Sinks: People of Hope
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Koichi Tokiwa
      • 2021
    • Riverside Mukolitta (2021)
      Riverside Mukolitta
      6.9
      • Takeshi Yamada
      • 2021
    • Blue (2021)
      Blue
      6.6
      • Nobuto Urita
      • 2021
    • Haruma Miura and Mackenyu in Brave: Gunjyo Senki (2021)
      Brave: Gunjyo Senki
      5.2
      • Nobunaga
      • 2021
    • Hotel Royal (2020)
      Hotel Royal
      5.6
      • Satoshi Miyakawa
      • 2020
    • Yuganda hamon
      TV Series
      • Mitazono Kunio
      • 2019

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    • Alternative name
      • Kenichi Matsuyama
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • March 5, 1985
      • Mutsu, Japan
    • Spouse
      • KoyukiApril 1, 2011 - present (3 children)
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    • Trivia
      Attended Ominato High School.
    • Nickname
      • Matsuken

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