Takayuki Yamada
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Known for

Takayuki Yamada

Born
20 October 1983
Age
43 years old
Next birthday in
358 days
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birthplace
Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Credits
115

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Born in Naha, Okinawa, on October 20, 1983, Takayuki Yamada is a Japanese actor with 115 credits to his name. Early in his career, he won the Elan d’or Award for Newcomer of the Year in 2004. Many viewers know him best as Tamao Serizawa in the Crows Zero films (2007 and 2009) and as Masamitsu Shigeta in Gantz (2010) and its follow-up, Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011).

His other movie roles include Shinrokuro Shimada in 13 Assassins (2010), Tetsuro Shibahara in Lesson of the Evil (2012) and Ichiro Hiruma in Terra Formars (2016). He has also done voice work for The Cat Returns (2002), Isle of Dogs (2018) and Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019). For TV, he took on the role of Toru Muranishi in The Naked Director (2019) and Ando Jinbe in Last Samurai Standing (2025). Next up is Quiztopia, which is scheduled to come out on December 17, 2026.

TV series

New & upcoming work

  • Quiztopia · 17 Dec 2026

Frequent co-stars

  • Shun Oguri · 4 films together: Crows Zero, Terra Formars, Crows Zero II, Gintama
  • Kyosuke Yabe · 3 films together: Crows Zero, Crows Zero II, Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
  • Go Ayano · 2 films together: Gantz: Perfect Answer, Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final
  • Kenta Kiritani · 2 films together: Crows Zero, Crows Zero II
  • Tsutomu Takahashi · 2 films together: Crows Zero II, The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms
  • Sousuke Takaoka · 2 films together: Crows Zero, Crows Zero II

Awards won

  • Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (2004)

Career at a glance

First credit: Sayoko is Back (2000) · Credits: 115

Roles played

Titles reviewed on Drama4U

Other work

  • Sgt. Frog (2026)Sgt. Frog2026 · Yoshihiko (voice)
  • New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period (2025)New Interpretation of the End of Edo Period2025
  • Good News (2025)Good News2025 · Shinichi Ishida
  • Glass Heart (2025)Glass Heart2025
  • Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback2025 · Takashi Otomo (voice)
  • Blazing Fists (2025)Blazing Fists2025 · Man in bear suit
  • Faceless (2024)Faceless2024 · Detective Matanuki
  • 11 Rebels (2024)11 Rebels2024 · Masa
  • Land of Tanabata (2024)Land of Tanabata2024
  • Weird Ryu (2024)Weird Ryu2024
  • MIMI (2024)MIMI2024
  • The Imaginary (2023)The Imaginary2023 · Jinzan (voice)
  • Six Singing Women (2023)Six Singing Women2023 · Uwajima Ryo
  • The Day I Realized I'm in Love (2023)The Day I Realized I'm in Love2023 · Ippei Miyata
  • Yomawari Neko (2023)Yomawari Neko2023 · Heizō Endō (voice)
  • Japan's Got Talent (2023)Japan's Got Talent2023
  • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023)What Will You Do, Ieyasu?2023 · Hattori Hanzo
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  • Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure (2022)Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure2022 · Hayate (voice)
  • The Man For (2022)The Man For2022 · Director
  • The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero - (2022)The Confidence Man JP - Episode of the Hero -2022
  • The Little Star (2022)The Little Star2022
  • ZOKKI (2021)ZOKKI2021 · Director
  • Sakura (2021)Sakura2021
  • The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms (2020)The Untold Tale of the Three Kingdoms2020 · Yellow Turban
  • Mitsuhide no Sumaho (2020)Mitsuhide no Sumaho2020 · Akechi Mitsuhide
  • Marumaru no Smartphone (2020)Marumaru no Smartphone2020
  • 夢の本屋をめぐる冒険 (2020)夢の本屋をめぐる冒険2020
  • Step (2020)Step2020 · Kenichi Takeda
  • Brothers in Brothel (2019)Brothers in Brothel2019 · Mashiba Tokuta
  • The Naked Director (2019)The Naked Director2019 · Toru Muranishi
  • Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)Dragon Quest: Your Story2019 · Pankraz (voice)
  • Rilakkuma and Kaoru (2019)Rilakkuma and Kaoru2019 · Hayate (voice)
  • Hard-Core (2018)Hard-Core2018 · Ukon Gondo
  • From Today, It's My Turn!! (2018)From Today, It's My Turn!!2018
  • dele (2018)dele2018 · Keiji Sakagami
  • 50 First Kisses (2018)50 First Kisses2018 · Daisuke Yuge
  • The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee (2018)The Could've-Gone-All-the-Way Committee2018 · Oashisu / Oasis
  • Isle of Dogs (2018)Isle of Dogs2018 · Junior Scientist 1 (voice)
  • Parallel World (2018)Parallel World2018 · Toru
  • Cinema Fighters (2018)Cinema Fighters2018 · Toru
  • DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon (2017)DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon2017 · Batman (voice)
  • Ten (2017)Ten2017 · Takashi
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1 (2017)JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 12017 · Anjuro Katagiri
  • Gintama (2017)Gintama2017 · Elizabeth (voice)
  • Prison Break (2017)Prison Break2017
  • Shinjuku Swan II (2017)Shinjuku Swan II2017
  • Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final (2016)Ushijima the Loan Shark The Final2016 · Kaoru Ushijima
  • Someone (2016)Someone2016 · Sawa
  • Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People (2016)Brave Yoshihiko and the Seven Driven People2016 · ヨシヒコ
  • Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 (2016)Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 32016 · Kaoru Ushijima
  • Terra Formars (2016)Terra Formars2016 · Ichiro Hiruma
  • Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie (2016)Nobunaga Concerto: The Movie2016 · Denjiro Tahara
  • A Century on Film (2015)A Century on Film2015 · 語り
  • Bakuman (2015)Bakuman2015 · Akira Hattori
  • Shinjuku Swan (2015)Shinjuku Swan2015 · Hideyoshi Minami
  • REPLAY＆DESTROY (2015)REPLAY＆DESTROY2015 · Kaname Yokoyama
  • Nobunaga Concerto (2014)Nobunaga Concerto2014 · Denjiro Tahara
  • Monsterz (2014)Monsterz2014 · Shuichi Tanaka
  • Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 (2014)Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 22014 · Kaoru ushijima
  • Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun (2014)Ushijima the Loan Shark: Super Taxi-kun2014 · 丑嶋馨
  • The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2013)The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji2013 · Shun Tsukihara
  • The Devil's Path (2013)The Devil's Path2013 · Shuichi Fujii
  • I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow (2013)I'll Give It My All ... Tomorrow2013 · Shuichi Ichinosawa
  • The Rakugo Movie2013
  • The Samurai That Night (2012)The Samurai That Night2012 · Hiroshi Kijima
  • Lesson of the Evil (2012)Lesson of the Evil2012 · Tetsuro Shibahara
  • The Floating Castle (2012)The Floating Castle2012 · Yoshitsugu Otani
  • Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key (2012)Brave Yoshihiko and the Demon's Key2012 · ヨシヒコ/勇者
  • Bungo: Stories of Desire (2012)Bungo: Stories of Desire2012
  • Ushijima the Loan Shark (2012)Ushijima the Loan Shark2012 · Kaoru Ushijima
  • Arakawa Under the Bridge (2012)Arakawa Under the Bridge2012 · Hoshi
  • Looking for a True Fiancée (2011)Looking for a True Fiancée2011 · Teruhiko Katayama
  • UNFAIR: the answer (2011)UNFAIR: the answer2011 · Katsuaki Murakami
  • Arakawa Under the Bridge (2011)Arakawa Under the Bridge2011 · Hoshi
  • The Brave 'Yoshihiko' (2011)The Brave 'Yoshihiko'2011 · Yoshihiko
  • Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)Gantz: Perfect Answer2011 · Masamitsu Shigeta
  • Milocrorze: A Love Story (2011)Milocrorze: A Love Story2011 · Besson Kumagai / Tamon / Ovreneli Vreneligare

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