Takayuki Yamada

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

Isle of Dogs

as Junior Scientist 1 (voice)

The Cat Returns

as Lune (voice)

13 Assassins

as Shinrokuro Shimada

Crows Zero

as Tamao Serizawa

Gantz

as Masamitsu Shigeta

Terra Formars

as Ichiro Hiruma

Crows Zero II

as Tamao Serizawa

Lesson of the Evil

as Tetsuro Shibahara

Dragon Quest: Your Story

as Pankraz (voice)

Gantz: Perfect Answer

as Masamitsu Shigeta