Takayuki Yamada (Actor)

Takayuki Yamada is a Japanese actor from Kagoshima Prefecture.

Native name: 山田孝之 (YAMADA Takayuki)
Occupation: Actor
Birthplace: Kagoshima Prefecture
Born: October 19, 1983 (age 32)
Height: 5' 7" (169 cm)
Debuted: 1988
Office: Stardust Promotion

Filmography as actor

Year	Movie	Role
2015	Shinjuku Swan	Jin Yamashiro
2015	Bakuman	Akira Hattori, Moritaka and Akito's editor
2014	MONSTERZ	Shuichi Tanaka
2014	Ushijima the Loan Shark 2	Ushijima
2013	The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji	Shun Tsukihara, Akogi-gumi
2013	The Devil’s Path	Fujii, magazine reporter
2013	I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow
2012	The Samurai That Night	Hiroshi Kijima
2012	Lesson of Evil	Tetsuro Shibahara
2012	The Floating Castle
2012	Bungo: Sasayaka na Yokubou
2012	Ushijima the Loan Shark	Ushijima
2011	Looking for a True Fiancée	Katayama
2011	Unfair: The Answer
2011	Gantz II: Perfect Answer
2011	MILOCRORZE - A Love Story
2011	Oba: The Last Samurai
2011	GANTZ
2010	Vengeance Can Wait
2010	13 Assassins
2010	The Seaside Motel
2009	Chasing My Girl
2009	MW	Yutaro Garai
2009	Battle League HORUMO	Akira Abe
2009	Crows Zero II	Tamao Serizawa
2008	252: Signal of Life
2008	Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit
2007	Crows Zero	Tamao Serizawa
2007	Maiko Haaaan!!!
2007	Say Hello for Me	Satoshi Toyama
2006	The Letter	Naotaka Takeshima
2003	Dragon Head	Nobuo Takahashi

Latest news

Kankuro Kudo, Takayuki Yamada, and Lily Franky join live-action "Bakuman" cast

Kankuro Kudo, Takayuki Yamada, and Lily Franky have joined the cast of Hitoshi Ohne's live-action movie adaptation of Bakuman.Based on a manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, the...

2 years ago
Making-of clip from the set of Hideo Nakata’s MONSTERZ

A new 3-minute making-of video has been released form the set of Hideo Nakata’s upcoming sci-fi thriller MONSTERZ starring Tatsuya Fujiwara and Takayuki Yamada.

2 years ago
New “Ushijima the Loan Shark” TV drama and movie sequel coming in 2014

On Monday, it was announced that a sequel to 2012’s Ushijima the Loan Shark live-action film starring Takayuki Yamada is in the works as well as a second TV drama titled “Yamikin...

2 years ago
Satomi Ishihara joins cast of Hideo Nakata’s "Haunters" remake

Actress Satomi Ishihara will join Tatsuya Fujiwara and Takayuki Yamada in Hideo Nakata’s upcoming film MONSTER (tentative title), a Japanese remake of the 2010 South Korean film...

3 years ago
Hideo Nakata remaking South Korean film "Haunters", Tatsuya Fujiwara and Takayuki Yamada to star

Tatsuya Fujiwara and Takayuki Yamada are set to co-star for the first time in MONSTER (tentative title), a remake of Min-suk Kim’s 2010 South Korean blockbuster Haunters. Hideo Nakata (Ring, The...

3 years ago
Cast of Takashi Miike’s "Mogura no Uta" revealed

On Thursday, cast details for Takashi Miike’s Mogura no Uta were revealed along with a series of character images.Ten cast members were revealed in the pictures, minus Toma Ikuta who is subject to...

3 years ago
Takayuki Yamada, Pierre Taki, and Lily Franky to star in “Kyoaku” film adaptation

Today it was announced that actor Takayuki Yamada will star in Kyoaku, a film adaptation of the best-selling nonfiction novel Kyoaku -Aru Shikeishū no Kokuhatsu-.The novel told the story of a death...

3 years ago
More cast members revealed for Takashi Miike’s "Lesson of Evil"

Today more cast members were announced for Takashi Miike’s upcoming psychological thriller, Lesson of Evil (Aku no Kyoten).Most notably, Fumi Nikaido and Shota Sometani will once again appear...

4 years ago
Konishi, Maki, and Ikewaki to play 3 potential brides in "Looking for a True Fiancée"

Earlier today it was announced that actresses Yoko Maki, Manami Konishi, and Chizuru Ikewaki will play Takayuki Yamada’s 3 potential brides in Yuki Iwata’s upcoming film adaptation of Takami...

5 years ago
7 eccentric suitors analyze their love woes in “Chasing My Girl”

From Tokyograph comes word of a new starring role for Takayuki Yamada (Train Man, Crows Zero). This time around he'll be playing one of a group of 7 unique men who have been competing for the...

7 years ago
Review: Crows Zero

Aside from “Be-bop High School”, Hiroshi Takahashi’s “Crows” is probably the most well-known juvenile delinquent shonen (boys’) manga in Japan. Therefore, making a live-action film...

7 years ago
Review: Dragon Head

Ever had one of those dreams where you’re trying your hardest to run from something but your legs just don’t want to work properly? That’s kind of the feeling I had the entire time I was...

10 years ago