Cast & creator
Takayuki Yamada
Best known for The Naked Director, Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue, Isle of Dogs
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takayuki Yamada, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: تاکایوکی یامادا
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television credits
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2000–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (138)
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The Naked Director
Toru Muranishi
2019
Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
Isle of Dogs
Junior Scientist 1 (voice)
2018
Last Samurai Standing
Ando Jinbe
2025
Churasan
Kohagura Keitatsu
2001
What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
Hattori Hanzo
2023
What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?
Guest
2020
BAZOOKA!!!
2011
House of Ninjas
Yosuke Tsujioka
2024
Tokyo Swindlers
Narrator (voice)
2024
The Cat Returns
Lune (voice)
2002
From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018
BOSS
Tajima Shingo
2009
Ushijima the Loan Shark
Kaoru Ushijima
2010
The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
Yoshihiko
2011
Marumaru no Smartphone
2020
Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
Takashi Otomo (voice)
2025
Into the White Night
Ryoji Kirihara
2006
Water Boys
Kankuro Shindo
2003
Glass Heart
2025
Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure
Hayate (voice)
2022
13 Assassins
Shinrokuro Shimada
2010
dele
Keiji Sakagami
2018
The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine
Ushijima Minoru
2002
Crows Zero
Tamao Serizawa
2007
Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
Matsumoto Sakutaro
2004
Good News
Shinichi Ishida
2025
Land of Tanabata
2024
Nobunaga Concerto
Denjiro Tahara
2014
H2: The Days with You
Kunimi Hiro
2005
The History of Our Family
Tatsuya Nakadai
2010
The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee
Oashisu / Oasis
2018
Gantz
Masamitsu Shigeta
2010
The Imaginary
Jinzan (voice)
2023
Rilakkuma and Kaoru
Hayate (voice)
2019
Quiztopia
2026
A Song to the Sun
Fujishiro Koji
2006
Crows Zero II
Tamao Serizawa
2009
GAME GENOME
2022
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Masamitsu Shigeta
2011
Long Love Letter
Takamatsu Sho
2002
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Hoshi
2011
REPLAY＆DESTROY
Kaname Yokoyama
2015
Sayoko is Back
Shū Sekine
2000
Fire Boys
Asahina Daigo (18)
2004
Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People
ヨシヒコ
2016
Terra Formars
Ichiro Hiruma
2016
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
Anjuro Katagiri
2017
Dragon Quest: Your Story
Pankraz (voice)
2019
I Wanna Fall in Love
Aoshima Wataru
2001
Gintama
Elizabeth (voice)
2017
Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key
ヨシヒコ/勇者
2012
Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun
丑嶋馨
2014
Yomawari Neko
Heizō Endō (voice)
2023
Lesson of the Evil
Tetsuro Shibahara
2012
11 Rebels
Masa
2024
Japan's Got Talent
2023
Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo
himself
2015
Oba: The Last Samurai
Toshio Kitami
2011
Shinjuku Swan
Hideyoshi Minami
2015
Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
Kaoru Ushijima
2016
Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
2017
Bakuman
Akira Hattori
2015
Ushijima the Loan Shark
Kaoru Ushijima
2012
Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002
The Floating Castle
Yoshitsugu Otani
2012
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
Shun Tsukihara
2013
Sgt. Frog
Yoshihiko (voice)
2026
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
Satoshi Iizuka
2008
Faceless
Detective Matanuki
2024
映像の世紀プレミアム
語り
2016
Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
Denjiro Tahara
2016
252: Signal of Life
Makoto Shigemura
2008
The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
Yellow Turban
2020
Shinjuku Swan II
2017
Six Singing Women
Uwajima Ryo
2023Six Singing Women
Co-Producer
2023
The Devil's Path
Shuichi Fujii
2013
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3
Kaoru Ushijima
2016
UNFAIR: the answer
Katsuaki Murakami
2011
Blazing Fists
Man in bear suit
2025
Train Man
Densha otoko
2005
ZOKKI
Director
2021
The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -
2022Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002
Monsterz
Shuichi Tanaka
2014
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2
Kaoru ushijima
2014
Mitsuhide no Sumaho
Akechi Mitsuhide
2020
Say Hello for Me
Satoshi Toyama
2007
50 First Kisses
Daisuke Yuge
2018
Step
Kenichi Takeda
2020
夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
2020
Dragon Head
Nobuo Takahashi
2003
Prison Break
2017
The Letters
Naotaka Takeshima
2006
Someone
Sawa
2016
I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
Shuichi Ichinosawa
2013
Maiko Haaaan!!!
Student on field trip (cameo)
2007
Arakawa Under the Bridge
Hoshi
2012
Milocrorze: A Love Story
Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare
2011
Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012
New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025
Brothers in Brothel
Mashiba Tokuta
2019
Day and Night
Screenplay
2019Day and Night
Producer
2019
Cinema Fighters
Toru
2018
DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon
Batman (voice)
2017
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
Akira Abe
2009
The Samurai That Night
Hiroshi Kijima
2012
A Century on Film
語り
2015
Hard-Core
Ukon Gondo
2018
TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
Himself
2019
Ten
Takashi
2017
MW -ムウ-
Yutaro Garai
2009
Inside Zokki
2021
Saint Young Men 2nd Century
Producer
2019
Jenifa
2004
Chasing My Girl
Sugimoto
2009
Saint Young Men
Producer
2018
Looking for a True Fiancée
Teruhiko Katayama
2011
Cycling Chronicles: Landscapes the Boy Saw
Screenplay
2004
The Seaside Motel
Yosuke Asakura
2010
Hokkaido Yakuza War: Elegy of the North Sea
Screenplay
2003
Saint Young Men 3
Producer
2020
Parallel World
Toru
2018The Rakugo Movie
2013
Takayuki Yamada in 3D
Himself
2017Tanabata: The Evening of the Seventh
Takayuki
Vengeance Can Wait
Banjo Takai
2010
Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
2017
Sakura
2021
The Man For
Writer
2022The Man For
Director
2022
The Day I Realized I'm in Love
Ippei Miyata
2023
MIMI
2024
The Little Star
2022
Weird Ryu
2024