He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films Death Note, Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World in 2008, as well as voicing Gelus in the Death Note animated adaptation. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood, which was released in December 2010.
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Personal life
On April 1, 2011, he married Koyuki Katō, who co-starred with him in Kamui Gaiden. The couple's first child was born in January 2012, and their second child was born in January 2013 in South Korea. In July 2015, the couple had their third child.
Filmography
Actor
2024
Owakare Hospital (TV Mini Series)
2023
Daimyo-Tousan as
Shinjiro Matsudaira
2023
Do Unto Others as
Munenori Shiba
2023
Why Didn't I Tell You a Million Times? (TV Mini Series) as
Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.10 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.9 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.8 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.7 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.6 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.5 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.4 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.3 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.2 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
- Episode #1.1 (2023) - Yuzuru Uozumi
2022
Dreaming of the Meridian Arc as
Hiroaki Kinoshita / Matakichi
2022
Noise as
Jun Tanabe
2021
Japan Sinks: People of Hope (TV Series)
2021
Nihon Chinbotsu: Kibo no Hito (TV Series) as
Koichi Tokiwa
- Episode #1.1 (2021) - Koichi Tokiwa
2021
Riverside Mukolitta as
Takeshi Yamada
2021
Blue as
Nobuto Urita
2021
Brave: Gunjyo Senki as
Nobunaga
2020
Hotel Royal as
Satoshi Miyakawa
2019
Yuganda hamon (TV Series) as
Mitazono Kunio
- Direction of ripples (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- Birth (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- Treasure (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- Arrest (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- In the fog (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- Accomplice (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- Reporter as occupation (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
- False news (2019) - Mitazono Kunio
2019
From Miyamoto to You as
Kazuo Jinbo
2019
The Big White Tower (TV Mini Series) as
Shuji Satomi
- Episode #1.5 (2019) - Shuji Satomi
- Episode #1.4 (2019) - Shuji Satomi
- Episode #1.3 (2019) - Shuji Satomi
- Episode #1.2 (2019) - Shuji Satomi
- Episode #1.1 (2019) - Shuji Satomi
2019
Promare: Galo-hen (Short) as
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Promare: Lio-hen (Short) as
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Promare as
Galo Thymos (voice)
2019
Seven Souls in the Skull Castle: Season Wind
2018
Seinto Oniisan (TV Series) as
Jesus Christ
2018
From Miyamoto to You (TV Mini Series) as
Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.12 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.11 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.10 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.9 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.8 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.7 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.6 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
- Episode #1.5 (2018) - Kazuo Jinbo
2018
Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru (TV Mini Series) as
Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.10 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.9 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.8 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.7 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.6 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.5 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.4 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.3 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.2 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
- Episode #1.1 (2018) - Taiki Igarashi
2017
Yurigokoro as
Yosuke
2017
Sekigahara as
Kanetsugu Naoe
2017
A Life: Itoshiki Hito (TV Mini Series) as
Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.10 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.9 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.8 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.7 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.6 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.5 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.4 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.3 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.2 (2017) - Souta Igawa
- Episode #1.1 (2017) - Souta Igawa
2016
Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow as
Satoshi
2016
Death Note: Light Up the New World as
L
2015
Futagashira (TV Series) as
Benzo
- Episode #2.5 (2016) - Benzo
- Episode #2.4 (2016) - Benzo
- Episode #2.3 (2016) - Benzo
- Episode #2.1 (2016) - Benzo
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Benzo
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Benzo
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Benzo
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Benzo
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Benzo
2016
Rage as
Tetsuya Tashoro
2016
Chin-Yu-Ki: The Journey to the West with Farts
2016
No yôna mono no yôna mono
2015
The Gutsy Frog (TV Mini Series) as
Hiroshi
- Episode #1.10 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.9 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.8 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.7 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.6 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.5 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.4 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.3 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.2 (2015) - Hiroshi
- Episode #1.1 (2015) - Hiroshi
2015
The Emperor in August as
Takeo, Sasaki
2015
Ao no ran (as Kenichi Matsuyama)
2015
Legacy of SOMA: Aonoran as
Kojiro Masakado
2015
Kôhaku ga umareta hi (TV Movie)
2015
Chasuke's Journey as
Chasuke
2014
Tôi yakusoku - hoshi ni natta kodomotachi (TV Movie)