
Takayuki Yamada
Department: Acting
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 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.
Known For

Crows Zero II
2009

Train Man
2005

MW -ムウ-
2009

Dragon Head
2003

Cinema Fighters
2018

Crows Zero
2007

The Cat Returns
2002

The Day I Realized I'm in Love
2023

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2008

252: Signal of Life
2008

Gantz: Perfect Answer
2011

Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto
2009

The Seaside Motel
2010

13 Assassins
2010

Lesson of the Evil
2012

Milocrorze: A Love Story
2011

Chasing My Girl
2009

UNFAIR: the answer
2011

Say Hello for Me
2007

Six Singing Women
2023

Inside Zokki
2021

Vengeance Can Wait
2010

The Letters
2006

The Imaginary
2023

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
2013

The Samurai That Night
2012

The Devil's Path
2013

Monsterz
2014

Oba: The Last Samurai
2011

The Floating Castle
2012

Ushijima the Loan Shark
2012

Maiko Haaaan!!!
2007

Shinjuku Swan
2015

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2
2014

Arakawa Under the Bridge
2012

Looking for a True Fiancée
2011

Bungo: Stories of Desire
2012

The Rakugo Movie
2013

Jenifa
2004

I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow
2013

Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie
2016

Terra Formars
2016

Bakuman
2015

Gantz
2010

Someone
2016

11 Rebels
2024

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1
2017

Sakura,
2021

The Little Star
2022

Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3
2016

Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
2016

Prison Break
2017

Hard-Core
2018

DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon
2017

Takayuki Yamada in 3D
2017

Isle of Dogs
2018

50 First Kisses
2018

Ten
2017

Gintama
2017

Dragon Quest: Your Story
2019

TAKAYUKI YAMADA DOCUMENTARY「No Pain, No Gain」
2019

Parallel World
2018

Brothers in Brothel
2019

The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
2020

Step
2020

Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan
2017

Faceless
2024

MIMI
2024

Weird Ryu
2024

Blazing Fists
2025

Shinjuku Swan II
2017

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback
2025

Good News
2025

New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period
2025

Water Boys
2003

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002

Long Love Letter
2002

Churasan
2001

Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun
2014

Fire Boys
2004

I Wanna Fall in Love
2001

Onmyoji Abe no Seimei
2002

Ushijima the Loan Shark
2010

The Brave 'Yoshihiko'
2011

A Song to the Sun
2006

Into the White Night
2006

映像の世紀プレミアム
2016

Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World
2004

BOSS
2009

H2: The Days with You
2005

The History of Our Family
2010

Nobunaga Concerto
2014

Yamada Takayuki in Akabane, Kita, Tokyo
2015

Sayoko is Back
2000

Lunch Queen
2002

Arakawa Under the Bridge
2011

REPLAY&DESTROY
2015

What's So Wrong with "Azatoi"?
2020

Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People
2016

Mitsuhide no Sumaho
2020

A Century on Film
2015

BAZOOKA!!!
2011

dele
2018

From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018

House of Ninjas
2024

Japan's Got Talent
2023

Rilakkuma and Kaoru
2019

What Will You Do, Ieyasu?
2023

The Naked Director
2019

The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee
2018

Takayuki Yamada at Cannes Film Festival
2017

Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure
2022

GAME GENOME
2022

Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key
2012

Land of Tanabata
2024

Yomawari Neko
2023

夢の本屋をめぐる冒険
2020

Tokyo Swindlers
2024

Marumaru no Smartphone
2020

Mitsuaki Iwago's World “Cats” Travelogue
2012

Quiztopia
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Last Samurai Standing
2025