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Kenichi Yajima
Japanese actor

Kenichi Yajima

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Japanese actor
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Place of birth
Gifu
Age
68 years
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Biography

Kenichi Yajima (矢島 健一, Yajima Ken'ichi, born March 1, 1956 in Gifu) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Graduating from Meiji Gakuin University, Yajima debuted as an actor in 1981. A frequent player in the films of Masato Harada, Yajima often plays yakuza and other bad guys, but can also do comic relief. He has appeared in over 200 TV dramas and 70 films.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
1993SonatineTakahashiTakeshi Kitano
1995Kamikaze TaxiIshidaMasato Harada
1997Hana-biDoctorTakeshi Kitano
1999SpellboundTakuya IshiiMasato Harada
2001OnmyojiFujiwara no MorosukeYōjirō Takita
2004Lady JokerHidetsugu KanzakiHideyuki Hirayama
Kagen no TsukiSayaka's fatherKen Nikai
2006Tokyo Friends: The MovieKitaharaKozo Nagayama
The Uchōten HotelAraiKōki Mitani
Sinking of JapanMinister for Foreign AffairsShinji Higuchi
Strawberry ShortcakesŌsakiHitoshi Yazaki
2007Densen UtaYoriiMasato Harada
2008Climber's HighMoriyaMasato Harada
10 Promises to My DogDr. SakamotoKatsuhide Motoki
2009Shizumanu TaiyōTaketarō AoyamaSetsurō Wakamatsu
2010Sword of DesperationYabe MagochiyoHideyuki Hirayama
2012Lesson of the EvilDetective ShimozuruTakashi Miike
2014A Samurai ChronicleTakashi Koizumi
2015Ryuzo and the Seven HenchmenHōjōTakeshi Kitano
Flying ColorsNobuhiro Doi
The Emperor in AugustKōichi KidoMasato Harada
2016A Man Called PirateTakashi Yamazaki
Shin GodzillaMinister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismHideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1981Omoide ZukuriOkazakiTBSDebut role
1984RomanceNHKAsadora
1989Kasuga no TsuboneFukushima MasanoriNHKTaiga drama
1990Wataru Seken wa Oni BakariNaritaTBS
1999KeizokuSeiichi HayashidaTBS
2004Itoshi Kimi eYukihiko OgasawaraCX
Shinsengumi!Hirosawa TomijirōNHKTaiga drama
2006Kōmyō ga TsujiNaoe KanetsuguNHKTaiga drama
2008AtsuhimeMatsudaira YoshinagaNHKTaiga drama
2010Sunao ni NarenakuteTomohiko YamamotoCX
Hammer Session!Suguru KaiTBS
2011OhisamaHagiwaraNHKAsadora
2012Taira no KiyomoriFujiwara no NorinagaNHKTaiga drama
Jun to AiMasakuni YonedaNHKAsadora
2015ShingariNakanishiWOWOW
2017Onna jōshu NaotoraSekiguchi UjitsuneNHKTaiga drama

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