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Kenichi Matsuyama

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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. 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. His stage name uses the katakana spelling of his first name (ケンイチ) instead of the usual kanji (研一). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Kenichi Matsuyama is the 9,026th most popular actor (down from 8,630th in 2024), the 2,336th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,884th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kenichi Matsuyama ranks 9,026 out of 13,578. Before him are Thomas Sadoski, Alessandra Negrini, Daniella Alonso, Robert Osborne, Rebecka Liljeberg, and Elden Henson. After him are Tina Desai, BarBara Luna, Laura Birn, Mayrín Villanueva, Joan Caulfield, and Gürkan Uygun.

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Among people born in 1985, Kenichi Matsuyama ranks 298. Before him are Katrina Law, Kangin, Hedwiges Maduro, Andreas Ulmer, Richard Thompson, and Elena Gheorghe. After him are Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Max Minghella, Haris Medunjanin, Gordon Schildenfeld, Tino Costa, and Yūki Kaji.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenichi Matsuyama ranks 2,336 out of 6,245. Before him are Kengo Nakamura (1980), Tomoko Kawakami (1970), Masaaki Yanagishita (1960), Mamoru Samuragochi (1963), Jushin Liger (1964), and Atsushi Matsuo (1990). After him are Shoji Jo (1975), Gen Hoshino (1981), Kyohei Yumisaki (1992), Masakazu Suzuki (1955), Taiten Sato (1983), and Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (1957).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kenichi Matsuyama ranks 203. Before him are Yūko Miyamura (1972), Mikako Ichikawa (1978), Masato Sakai (1973), Joe Odagiri (1976), Tenma Shibuya (1969), and Tomoko Kawakami (1970). After him are Gen Hoshino (1981), Yūki Kaji (1985), Jun'ichi Kanemaru (1963), Yui Ishikawa (1989), Hiroki Takahashi (1974), and Mika Kanai (1964).

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