Kenichi Yajima (矢島 健一, Yajima Ken'ichi, born March 1, 1956 in Gifu) is a Japanese actor.
Kenichi Yajima | |
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Born | (1956-03-01) March 1, 1956 (age 66) Gifu, Japan |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1981 - present |
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Graduating from Meiji Gakuin University, Yajima debuted as an actor in 1981.[1][2] A frequent player in the films of Masato Harada, Yajima often plays yakuza and other bad guys, but can also do comic relief.[2] He has appeared in over 200 TV dramas and 70 films.[1]
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | Ref. |
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1993 | Sonatine | Takahashi | Takeshi Kitano | ||
1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Ishida | Masato Harada | ||
1997 | Hana-bi | Doctor | Takeshi Kitano | ||
1999 | Spellbound | Takuya Ishii | Masato Harada | ||
2001 | Onmyoji | Fujiwara no Morosuke | Yōjirō Takita | ||
2004 | Lady Joker | Hidetsugu Kanzaki | Hideyuki Hirayama | ||
Kagen no Tsuki | Sayaka's father | Ken Nikai | |||
2006 | Tokyo Friends: The Movie | Kitahara | Kozo Nagayama | ||
The Uchōten Hotel | Arai | Kōki Mitani | |||
Sinking of Japan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Shinji Higuchi | |||
Strawberry Shortcakes | Ōsaki | Hitoshi Yazaki | |||
2007 | Densen Uta | Yorii | Masato Harada | ||
2008 | Climber's High | Moriya | Masato Harada | ||
10 Promises to My Dog | Dr. Sakamoto | Katsuhide Motoki | |||
2009 | Shizumanu Taiyō | Taketarō Aoyama | Setsurō Wakamatsu | ||
2010 | Sword of Desperation | Yabe Magochiyo | Hideyuki Hirayama | ||
2012 | Lesson of the Evil | Detective Shimozuru | Takashi Miike | ||
2014 | A Samurai Chronicle | Takashi Koizumi | |||
2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen | Hōjō | Takeshi Kitano | ||
Flying Colors | Nobuhiro Doi | ||||
The Emperor in August | Kōichi Kido | Masato Harada | |||
2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate | Takashi Yamazaki | |||
Shin Godzilla | Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Hideaki Anno Shinji Higuchi |
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2017 | Reminiscence | Yasuo Furuhata | |||
Manhunt | John Woo | Chinese film | |||
2018 | Killing for the Prosecution | Takashima | Masato Harada | ||
Recall | Manabe | Katsuhide Motoki | |||
The Blood of Wolves | Keiji Tomotake | Kazuya Shiraishi | [3] | ||
My Friend "A" | Takahisa Zeze | ||||
Last Winter, We Parted | Tomoyuki Takimoto | [4] | |||
2020 | Fukushima 50 | Setsurō Wakamatsu | |||
All About March | Kazuhiko Yukawa | ||||
2021 | Last of the Wolves | Keiji Tomotake | Kazuya Shiraishi | [3] | |
2022 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Matsudaira Sadaaki | Takashi Koizumi | [5] | |
Akira and Akira | Takahiro Miki | [6] | |||
The Lines That Define Me | Kunieda | Norihiro Koizumi | [7] | ||
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
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1981 | Omoide Zukuri | Okazaki | TBS | Debut role | |
1984 | Romance | NHK | Asadora | ||
1989 | Kasuga no Tsubone | Fukushima Masanori | NHK | Taiga drama | |
1990 | Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari | Narita | TBS | ||
1999 | Keizoku | Seiichi Hayashida | TBS | ||
2004 | Itoshi Kimi e | Yukihiko Ogasawara | CX | ||
Shinsengumi! | Hirosawa Tomijirō | NHK | Taiga drama | ||
2006 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | Naoe Kanetsugu | NHK | Taiga drama | |
2008 | Atsuhime | Matsudaira Yoshinaga | NHK | Taiga drama | |
2010 | Sunao ni Narenakute | Tomohiko Yamamoto | CX | ||
Hammer Session! | Suguru Kai | TBS | |||
2011 | Ohisama | Hagiwara | NHK | Asadora | |
2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | Fujiwara no Norinaga | NHK | Taiga drama | |
Jun to Ai | Masakuni Yoneda | NHK | Asadora | ||
2015 | Shingari | Nakanishi | Wowow | ||
2017 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | Sekiguchi Ujitsune | NHK | Taiga drama | |
Ishitsubute | Kunitomo | Wowow | |||
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