Kenichi Yajima
Japanese actor (born 1956)
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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 | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Sonatine | Takahashi | ||
| 1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Ishida | ||
| 1997 | Hana-bi | Doctor | ||
| 1999 | Spellbound | Takuya Ishii | ||
| 2001 | Onmyoji | Fujiwara no Morosuke | ||
| 2004 | Lady Joker | Hidetsugu Kanzaki | ||
| Kagen no Tsuki | Sayaka's father | |||
| 2006 | Tokyo Friends: The Movie | Kitahara | ||
| The Uchōten Hotel | Arai | |||
| Sinking of Japan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | |||
| Strawberry Shortcakes | Ōsaki | |||
| 2007 | Densen Uta | Yorii | ||
| 2008 | Climber's High | Moriya | ||
| 10 Promises to My Dog | Dr. Sakamoto | |||
| 2009 | Shizumanu Taiyō | Taketarō Aoyama | ||
| 2010 | Sword of Desperation | Yabe Magochiyo | ||
| 2012 | Lesson of the Evil | Detective Shimozuru | ||
| 2014 | A Samurai Chronicle | |||
| 2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen | Hōjō | ||
| Flying Colors | ||||
| The Emperor in August | Kōichi Kido | |||
| 2016 | Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate | |||
| Shin Godzilla | Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | |||
| 2017 | Reminiscence | |||
| Manhunt | Chinese film | |||
| 2018 | Killing for the Prosecution | Takashima | ||
| Recall | Manabe | |||
| The Blood of Wolves | Keiji Tomotake | [3] | ||
| My Friend "A" | [4] | |||
| Last Winter, We Parted | [5] | |||
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | [6] | ||
| All About March | [7] | |||
| 2021 | Last of the Wolves | Keiji Tomotake | [3] | |
| 2022 | The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai | Matsudaira Sadaaki | [8] | |
| Akira and Akira | [9] | |||
| The Lines That Define Me | Kunieda | [10] | ||
| 2023 | Kubi | Honda Tadakatsu | [11] | |
| 2025 | Muromachi Outsiders | Ise Sadachika | [12] | |
| Snowflowers: Seeds of Hope | [13] | |||
| 2026 | The Specials | Zaizen | [14] | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Omoide Zukuri | Okazaki | Debut role | [15] |
| 1984 | Romance | Asadora | ||
| 1989 | Kasuga no Tsubone | Fukushima Masanori | Taiga drama | [16] |
| 1990 | Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari | Narita | ||
| 1999 | Keizoku | Seiichi Hayashida | ||
| 2004 | Itoshi Kimi e | Yukihiko Ogasawara | ||
| Shinsengumi! | Hirosawa Tomijirō | Taiga drama | [17] | |
| 2006 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | Naoe Kanetsugu | Taiga drama | [18] |
| 2008 | Atsuhime | Matsudaira Yoshinaga | Taiga drama | [19] |
| 2010 | Sunao ni Narenakute | Tomohiko Yamamoto | ||
| Hammer Session! | Suguru Kai | |||
| 2011 | Sunshine | Hagiwara | Asadora | |
| 2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | Fujiwara no Norinaga | Taiga drama | [20] |
| Jun and Ai | Masakuni Yoneda | Asadora | ||
| 2017 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | Sekiguchi Ujitsune | Taiga drama | [21] |
| 2023 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Kira Yoshiakira | Taiga drama | [22] |
| 2024 | Laughing Matryoshka | Ikuo Morohashi | [23] | |
| 2025 | Unbound | Honda Tadakazu | Taiga drama | [24] |
