Kenichi Yajima
Kenichi Yajima 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
Year | Title | Role | Director |
1993 | Sonatine | Takahashi | Takeshi Kitano |
1995 | Kamikaze Taxi | Ishida | Masato Harada |
1997 | Hana-bi | Doctor | Takeshi Kitano |
1999 | Spellbound | Takuya Ishii | Masato Harada |
2001 | Onmyoji | Fujiwara no Morosuke | Yōjirō Takita |
2004 | Lady Joker | Hidetsugu Kanzaki | Hideyuki Hirayama |
2004 | Kagen no Tsuki | Sayaka's father | Ken Nikai |
2006 | ' | Kitahara | Kozo Nagayama |
2006 | The Uchōten Hotel | Arai | Kōki Mitani |
2006 | Sinking of Japan | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Shinji Higuchi |
2006 | Strawberry Shortcakes | Ōsaki | Hitoshi Yazaki |
2007 | Densen Uta | Yorii | Masato Harada |
2008 | Climber's High | Moriya | Masato Harada |
2008 | 10 Promises to My Dog | Dr. Sakamoto | Katsuhide Motoki |
2009 | Shizumanu Taiyō | Taketarō Aoyama | Setsurō Wakamatsu |
2010 | Sword of Desperation | Yabe Magochiyo | Hideyuki Hirayama |
2012 | Lesson of the Evil | Detective Shimozuru | Takashi Miike |
2014 | A Samurai Chronicle | Takashi Koizumi | |
2015 | Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen | Hōjō | Takeshi Kitano |
2015 | Flying Colors | Nobuhiro Doi | |
2015 | The Emperor in August | Kōichi Kido | Masato Harada |
2016 | ' | Takashi Yamazaki | |
2016 | Shin Godzilla | Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism | Hideaki Anno Shinji Higuchi |
2017 | Reminiscence | Yasuo Furuhata | |
2017 | Manhunt | John Woo | |
2018 | Killing for the Prosecution | Takashima | Masato Harada |
2018 | Recall | Manabe | Katsuhide Motoki |
2018 | The Blood of Wolves | Kazuya Shiraishi | |
2018 | My Friend A | Takahisa Zeze | |
2020 | Touge: The Last Samurai | Matsudaira Sadaaki | Takashi Koizumi |
2020 | Fukushima 50 | Setsurō Wakamatsu | |
2020 | All About March | Kazuhiko Yukawa |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
1981 | Omoide Zukuri | Okazaki | TBS | Debut role |
1984 | Romance | NHK | Asadora | |
1989 | Kasuga no Tsubone | Fukushima Masanori | NHK | Taiga drama |
1990 | Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari | Narita | TBS | |
1999 | Keizoku | Seiichi Hayashida | TBS | |
2004 | Itoshi Kimi e | Yukihiko Ogasawara | CX | |
2004 | Shinsengumi! | Hirosawa Tomijirō | NHK | Taiga drama |
2006 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | Naoe Kanetsugu | NHK | Taiga drama |
2008 | Atsuhime | Matsudaira Yoshinaga | NHK | Taiga drama |
2010 | Sunao ni Narenakute | Tomohiko Yamamoto | CX | |
2010 | Hammer Session! | Suguru Kai | TBS | |
2011 | Ohisama | Hagiwara | NHK | Asadora |
2012 | Taira no Kiyomori | Fujiwara no Norinaga | NHK | Taiga drama |
2012 | Jun to Ai | Masakuni Yoneda | NHK | Asadora |
2015 | Shingari | Nakanishi | Wowow | |
2017 | Sekiguchi Ujitsune | NHK | Taiga drama | |
2017 | Ishitsubute | Kunitomo | Wowow |