Tatsuya Fujiwara

Born in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Fujiwara has had an interest in acting from a young age.^[4] In 2013, he married his long-term girlfriend. In the summer of 2016, they became parents. The name and gender of their child is unknown.^[5]

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He is famous for acting the part of Shuya Nanahara in Kinji Fukasaku's controversial 2000 film Battle Royale. He continues the character as a leader of the "Wild Seven" in the sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem.^[6]

He stars as Light Yagami, the leading role in Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name, films based on the manga of the same name. He also has a cameo appearance in L: Change the World, an L spin-off movie for the Death Note series. Fujiwara stated during filming that it was difficult to portray a character with such restrained emotions. During the filming of Death Note: The Last Name, Tatsuya became close friends with Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays L. Matsuyama mentioned that Tatsuya had done a good job.^{[citation needed]}

In theatrical works, he is known for collaborating with Yukio Ninagawa, one of the most influential directors in Japan. He started his career in theatre, before his screen debut, with the title role of Shintoku-maru, the boy who has an obsessive relationship with his step mother. He has also acted in Shakespeare plays, including Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.^[7] Fujiwara played one of the lead roles in Hideo Nakata's psychological thriller film The Incite Mill.^[8] Fujiwara has also done voice dubbing for IRIS along with Meisa Kuroki, Yuu Shirota and his Death Note co-star Hikari Mitsushima when Fujiwara plays Kim Hyun-jun played by Lee Byung-hun^{[9][10][11][12]}

He portrayed the role of Shishio Makoto in the sequels of Rurouni Kenshin in 2014.^[13][14][15] From January to February 2015, he will appear in Hamlet directed by Yukio Ninagawa at Sai-no-Kuni Saitama Arts Theater in Saitama and at Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka for the first time in 12 years. After that, he is scheduled to play the role in Taiwan in March and at Barbican Theatre in May 2015.^[16][17][18]

Hidayah Idris wrote in 2016 in the Singapore edition of the magazine Cleo that Fujiwara is "probably one of the most recognisable Japanese stars" in Singapore.^[19]

He appeared on the talk show Tetsuko’s Room (TBS/TV Asahi) on 11 April 2025 where he discussed aspects of his life including his childhood dream of being a professional soccer player and his wife’s role in the household.^[20]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2000	Kamen Gakuen	Akira Dojima	Lead role
	Battle Royale	Shuya Nanahara	Lead role
2002	Sabu	Eiji	Lead role
2003	Battle Royale II: Requiem	Shuya Nanahara
2004	Moonlight Jellyfish	Seiji Terasawa	Lead role
2006	Death Note	Light Yagami	Lead role
	Death Note 2: The Last Name	Light Yagami	Lead role
2008	L: Change the World	Light Yagami	Cameo
	Chameleon	Gorō Noda	Lead role
	Snakes and Earrings		Cameo
2009	Zen	Hojo Tokiyori
	Baton	Cipher	Voice role
	Kaiji	Kaiji Itō	Lead role	[21]
	Parade	Naoki Ihara	Lead role
2010	The Incite Mill		Lead role
	You Dance With The Summer	Shiro Takaki
	Arrietty	Spiller	Voice role
2011	Kaiji 2	Kaiji Itō	Lead role	[22]
2012	Okaeri Hayabusa	Kento Ohashi	Lead role
	I'm Flash!		Lead role
2013	Wara no Tate	Kunihide Kiyomaru
2014	In His Chart 2	Dr. Tatsuya Shindo
	Sanbun no Ichi	Shu	Lead role
	Monsterz		Lead role
	Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno	Shishio Makoto
	Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends	Shishio Makoto
2015	ST 'Scientific Task Force' Aka to Shiro no Sosa File - The Movie		Lead role
	Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages	Barza	Voice role
2016	Erased	Satoru Fujinuma	Lead role
	Death Note: Light Up the New World	Light Yagami
2017	Memoirs of a Murderer	Sonezaki	Lead role
2018	Million Dollar Man
	The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan
2019	Diner		Lead role
	No Longer Human	Ango Sakaguchi
	Lupin III: The First	Gerard	Voice role
2020	Kaiji: Final Game	Kaiji Itō	Lead role	[23]
2021	The Sun Stands Still	Kazuhiko Takano	Lead role
	Every Trick in the Book	Shin'ichi Tsuda	Lead role	[24]
2022	Noise	Keita Izumi	Lead role	[25]
2024	Hey Handsome!!	Hara		[26]
	Saint Young Men: The Movie	Fallen angel Lucifer		[27]
2027	AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office – The Movie	Miyabi Okitama	Lead role	[28]
	AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office – The Movie 2	Miyabi Okitama	Lead role	[28]
	Kaiji 4	Kaiji Ito	Lead role	[29]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	That's the Answer
1998	Cyber Bishōjo Telomere
	Feeling Relief Is Easy
	Frozen Summer
	Change!
1999	LxIxVxE
	Kiss of Heaven
2000	The Things You Taught Me
2001	Saintly Springtime of Life
	Ikutsumono Umi o Koeru Te
	Heaven's Coins 3		Lead role
2002	I Cannot Say I Love You
	Night of Being Concerned
2003	Ai Gorin
2004	Shinsengumi!	Okita Sōji	Taiga drama	[30]
	Yatsuhakamura		Television film
2005	Red Doubt
	SunLight
2006	Furuhata Ninzaburo
	Sengoku Jieitai: Sekigahara no Tatakai
2008	Tokyo Daikushu
2010	Ojiichan wa 25-sai		Lead role
	Wagaya no Rekishi	Osamu Tezuka	Miniseries	[31]
2011	Piece Vote	Yu Wakitan
2013	ST 'Scientific Task Force' Keishichou Kagaku Tokusouhan		Lead role
2014	ST 'Scientific Task Force' Aka to Shiro no Sosa File		Lead role
	Sherlock Holmes	Windibank and Hosmar Angel	Voice role
2016	Lost ID	Shinichi Todo	Lead role
	Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit	The Emperor
2017	Reverse	Kazuhisa Fukase	Lead role
2020	The Sun Stands Still: The Eclipse	Kazuhiko Takano	Lead role
2021	Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi		Miniseries	[32]
2024	AARO: All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office	Miyabi Okitama	Lead role	[28]

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Video games

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Yakuza 3	Rikiya Shimabukuro
2016	Yakuza 6: The Song of Life	Yuta Usami

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Dubbing

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Stuart Little	Stuart Little		[33]
2001	The Emperor's New Groove	Emperor Kuzco		[citation needed]
2002	Stuart Little 2	Stuart Little		[34]
2009	Iris	Kim Hyun-jun		[citation needed]
2016	Independence Day: Resurgence	Jake Morrison		[35]

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