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

YearTitleRoleDirector
1993SonatineTakahashiTakeshi Kitano
1995Kamikaze TaxiIshidaMasato Harada
1997Hana-biDoctorTakeshi Kitano
1999SpellboundTakuya IshiiMasato Harada
2001OnmyojiFujiwara no MorosukeYōjirō Takita
2004Lady JokerHidetsugu KanzakiHideyuki Hirayama
2004Kagen no TsukiSayaka's fatherKen Nikai
2006'KitaharaKozo Nagayama
2006The Uchōten HotelAraiKōki Mitani
2006Sinking of JapanMinister for Foreign AffairsShinji Higuchi
2006Strawberry ShortcakesŌsakiHitoshi Yazaki
2007Densen UtaYoriiMasato Harada
2008Climber's HighMoriyaMasato Harada
200810 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
2015Flying ColorsNobuhiro Doi
2015The Emperor in AugustKōichi KidoMasato Harada
2016'Takashi Yamazaki
2016Shin GodzillaMinister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and TourismHideaki Anno
Shinji Higuchi
2017ReminiscenceYasuo Furuhata
2017ManhuntJohn Woo
2018Killing for the ProsecutionTakashimaMasato Harada
2018RecallManabeKatsuhide Motoki
2018The Blood of WolvesKazuya Shiraishi
2018My Friend ATakahisa Zeze
2020Touge: The Last SamuraiMatsudaira SadaakiTakashi Koizumi
2020Fukushima 50Setsurō Wakamatsu
2020All About MarchKazuhiko Yukawa

Television

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