Kenichi Yajima
Born (1956-03-01) March 1, 1956
Gifu, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1981–present
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Kenichi Yajima (矢島 健一, Yajima Ken'ichi, born March 1, 1956 in Gifu) is a Japanese actor.

Career

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]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref.
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
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]
2023 Kubi Honda Tadakatsu Takeshi Kitano [8]

Television

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
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 and Ai Masakuni Yoneda NHK Asadora
2015 Shingari Nakanishi Wowow
2017 Naotora: The Lady Warlord Sekiguchi Ujitsune NHK Taiga drama
Ishitsubute Kunitomo Wowow
2023 What Will You Do, Ieyasu? Kira Yoshiakira NHK Taiga drama [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Yajima Ken'ichi-san to Santa". Opi-rina (in Japanese). Chunichi Shimbun. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Yajima Ken'ichi". Kinenote (in Japanese). Kinema Junpō. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "「孤狼の血」続編に滝藤賢一、中村獅童、矢島健一が再集結、音尾琢真は「真珠縛り」". Natalie. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ "去年の冬、きみと別れ". Yahoo! Movie. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
  5. ↑ "峠 最後のサムライ". eiga.com. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "竹内涼真×横浜流星「アキラとあきら」特報解禁、計22名の新キャストも明らかに". Natalie. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ "横浜流星×清原果耶、映画『線は、僕を描く』メイキング映像解禁 細田佳央太、河合優実ら出演者も発表". Oricon. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  8. ↑ "徳川軍 相関図". X. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  9. ↑ "どうする家康:戦国大河が本気出してきた 松本潤"元康"のつらい決断 駿府の三河衆が次々…本当の地獄は「これから」". Mantan-web. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
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