Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki, born September 18, 1990) is a Japanese actor. He is associated with Watanabe Entertainment's male acting troupe D-Boys since 2010 and made his acting debut in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011). Notable works he has starred in include the High & Low tv and film franchise (2015-2019), Strobe Edge (2015), Tokyo Revengers (2021), and Godzilla Minus One (2023).
Yuki Yamada | |
|---|---|
 Yamada in 2018 | |
| Born | September 18, 1990 Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Agent | Watanabe Entertainment |
| Spouse | |
Career
editIn 2010, Yamada applied for the D-Boys Special Unit Audition, an audition that was to determine the fifth member of D-Boys' boy band, D-Date.[1] In August 2010, he was revealed as one of seven finalists on D-Boys' variety show, D-Boys Be Ambitious.[1] Despite not winning a spot in D-Date, Yamada won the Grand Prix award in the audition and was selected to join D-Boys' D2 division.[2] In 2011, he made his acting debut as Joe Gibken in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger[3]
On May 28, 2012, Yamada announced on his blog that he has been cast on manga adaption drama GTO in the role of Koji Fujiyoshi.[4]
In 2014, Yamada landed a leading role for the first time in the movie Live directed by Noboru Iguchi. In the same year, Yamada was also cast as Tadaomy Ando in the movie Gachiban: Ultra Max. He reprised his role in Gachiban: New Generation 2 the following year.
In 2017, Yamada made his Taiga drama acting debut in Naotora: The Lady Warlord. In addition, he also made an appearance in 14 movies within the same year. With diversity and range of roles he has taken, he become known as "Chameleon Actor".[5][6]
In 2020, he won the New Wave Award (actor category) at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2020.[7]
In February 2022, he received the Elan d'or Awards in Newcomer of the Year category, which is given to promising actors.[8] In July, he won first place of the women's fashion magazine "ViVi"'s popularity voting project "National Treasure Handsome Men Ranking for the First Half of 2022" in the adult category,[9] he proceed to win the same category in second Half of 2022, received the highest ranking and was inducted into the Hall of Fame.[10]
In November 2023, he won the GQ Japan's Men of the Year 2023 in Breakthrough Actor category.[11] In December, he won the Yahoo! Japan Search Award 2023, ranked first in Actor category.[12]
Personal life
editHis father is former professional baseball player Kazutoshi Yamada.[13] Yamada played baseball in elementary and middle school, but decided to quit when entering high school.[14]
On March 31, 2024, he announced his marriage to actress Nanase Nishino.[15]
Filmography
editTV drama
edit| Year | Title | Role | Other notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | ||
| 2012 | D × TOWN 3rd "Why we can not be love | Kenji Miyamoto | Lead role | |
| GTO | Koji Fujiyoshi | |||
| 2013 | Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo | Kinnosuke Ikezawa | ||
| Starman -Sutaman-Kono Hoshi no Koi | Ando | |||
| 2014 | Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2 | Kinnosuke Ikezawa | ||
| Testimony of N | Mizoguchi | Episodes 4-5 | ||
| 2015 | The Concierge | Kotarou Konno | ||
| Odora Daisenden Kaigi Season 2 | Kazuya Niimi | |||
| High＆Low: The Story of S.W.O.R.D. | Yoshiki Murayama | [16] | ||
| 2016 | Arechi no Koi | Tadao Kayama | ||
| Wine, Dine and Woo Me Season 2 | Yamato Ogasawara | Episode 2 | ||
| Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | Episodes 28-29 | ||
| High&Low Season 2 | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
| Juken no Cinderella | Yuya Okita | |||
| Death Cash | Satoshi Miura | |||
| The Woman of S.R.I. Season 16 | Naoto Iimura | Episode 4 | ||
| Cabasuka Gakuen | Hirose Ueno | Episodes 4-5 | ||
| 2017 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | Ihara Tomomasa | Taiga drama | [17] |
| Tomodachi Game | Tenji Mikasa | [18] | ||
| Gaki☆Rock ~The Story of Kindness in Asakusa~ | Ryuta Kaneyama | |||
| Three Dads | Kyohei Hanoi | |||
| Fugitive Boys | Reimu Harano | |||
| The Many Faces of Ito | Okita | |||
| 2018 | Holiday Love | Yoshinobu Kuroi | ||
| Miss Sherlock | Yuichi Takayama | Episode 6 | ||
| Caseworker's Diary | Ryuichi Shichijo | |||
| 2018–21 | Tokusou Nine | Ryo Shindo | 4 seasons | [19] |
| 2019 | Innocence: Enzai Bengoshi | Takeo Tokachi | Episode 2 | |
| Dai Zenryoku Shissou | Masaya Shirogane | |||
| Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky | Yukijirō | Asadora | [20] | |
| High & Low The Worst Episode .0 | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
| 2020 | Sedai Wars | Satoru Kashiwagi | Lead role | [21] |
| Homeroom | Rintaro Aida | Lead role | [22] | |
| Equation to Erase the Teacher | Asahi Yorita | [23] | ||
| Yorita Asahi's Equation | Asahi Yorita | Lead role | [23] | |
| 2021 | School Police | Hitoki Saegusa | [24] | |
| Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu | Takayangi | Lead role | [24] | |
| Police in a Pod | Takeshi Yamada | [25] | ||
| Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari | Ken Shimura | Lead role; TV movie | [26] | |
| 2022 | Chimudondon | Hiro'o Ishikawa | Asadora | [27] |
| 2023 | Themis's Law School Classroom | Jin Aoi | [28] | |
| What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | Honda Tadakatsu | Taiga drama | [29] | |
| Pending Train | Naoya Kayashima | Lead role | [30] | |
| 2024 | The Gift of Your Heart | Taiyo Asano | [31] |
Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Other notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Tensou Sentai Goseiger vs. Shinkenger: Epic on Ginmaku | Gokai Blue (voice) | ||
| Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | |||
| Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger the Movie: The Flying Ghost Ship | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | |||
| 2012 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | ||
| Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Super Hero Taisen | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue, Geki Red (voice only) | |||
| 2013 | Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger: The Movie | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | ||
| 2014 | Me & 23 Slaves | Ataru Chūō | ||
| Gachiban: Ultra Max | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| Live | Naoto Tamura | Lead role | ||
| Hot Road | Kinpa | [32] | ||
| 2015 | Gachiban: New Generation 2 | Tadaomy Ando | ||
| Strobe Edge | Takumi Ando | |||
| Stray Dogs | Tadaomy Ando | Lead role | ||
| 2016 | Kako: My Sullen Past | Hisashi | ||
| Road to High & Low | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
| High & Low: The Movie | Yoshiki Murayama | [33] | ||
| Wolf Girl and Black Prince | Nanpa boy | [34] | ||
| Yell for the Blue Sky | Kota Usui | [35] | ||
| Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 3 | Makoto Kiyosaka | |||
| Stray Dogz 3 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday | Hayashi | [36] | ||
| 2017 | Zou wo Naderu | Morikawa | ||
| Stray Dogz 5 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| Hurricane Polymar | Joichi Kuruma | |||
| Friends Game: The Movie | Tenji Mikasa | |||
| Stray Dogz 6 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
| Friends Game: The Movie Final | Tenji Mikasa | |||
| Second Summer, Never See You Again | Rokuro Ishida | |||
| Stray Dogz 7 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| Ajin: Demi-Human | Takahashi | |||
| Wilderness: Part One | Yūji | |||
| Wilderness: Part Two | Yūji | |||
| High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission | Yoshiki Murayama | |||
| Demekin | Atsunari | |||
| 2018 | Stray Dogz 8 | Tadaomy Ando | Lead role | |
| My Little Monster | Kenji Yamaguchi | [37] | ||
| Stray Dogz 9 | Tadaomy Ando | |||
| Shoplifters | Yasu Hojo | |||
| Rainbow Days | Masaomi Tsutsui | |||
| My Teacher, My Love | Cameo | |||
| You Are the Apple of My Eye | Kōsuke Mizushima | Lead role | [38] | |
| 2019 | High&Low The Worst | Yoshiki Murayama | [39] | |
| 2020 | We Make Antiques! Kyoto Rendezvous | Keita Makino | [40] | |
| Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes | The Minister of Defense (voice) | [41] | ||
| 2021 | Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger | Joe Gibken/Gokai Blue | [42] | |
| Tokyo Revengers | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [43] | ||
| Jump!! The Heroes Behind the Gold | Ryūji Takahashi | [44] | ||
| Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | [45] | ||
| Hula Fulla Dance | Kazuto Taira (voice) | [46] | ||
| The Crocodile That Lived for 100 Days | Frog (voice) | [47] | ||
| 2022 | The Last 10 Years | Takeru Tomita | [48] | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar | Solf J. Kimblee | [49] | ||
| Nighttime Warbles | Shin'ichi | Lead role | [50] | |
| Whisper of the Heart | 25-year-old Sugimura | [51] | ||
| One Piece Film: Red | Eboshi (voice) | [52] | ||
| Black Night Parade | Tōma Hino | [53] | ||
| 2023 | Blue Giant | Dai Miyamoto (voice) | Lead role | [54] |
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 1 | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [55] | ||
| Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Part 2 | Ken "Draken" Ryūgūji | [56] | ||
| Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny | Wan Ji | [57] | ||
| Godzilla Minus One | Shiro Mizushima | [58] | ||
| 2024 | Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General | Wan Ji | [59] |
Japanese dub
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ultraman: Rising | Ken Sato/Ultraman | [60] |
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34th Nikkan Sports Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Tokyo Revengers and the others | Nominated | [61] |
| 46th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | [62] | ||
| 2022 | 46th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won | [63] |
| 2023 | GQ Japan's Men of the Year 2023 | Breakthrough Actor | Himself | Won | [11] |
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External links
edit- Official profile (in Japanese)
- Official blog
- Yuki Yamada at IMDb