Portrait of Ken Yasuda

Acting

Ken Yasuda

Career

Active from 2001 to 2025, busiest in 2019 and 2025 with 7 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for My Story Is Long
My Story Is Long
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ken Yasuda Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Historical
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6
  • Crime
    2.5, average 3.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 10
  • Japanese Drama 5
  • Coming-of-Age Story 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Psychological Drama 3
  • Thought-Provoking 3
  • Moral Ambiguity 3
  • Psychological Mystery 3
  • Slice-of-Life 3
  • Self-Discovery Journey 3
  • Slice of Life 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Sleeping in the Red Earth
Sleeping in the Red Earth

as Saburo Narayama

PARAMUSHIR〜信じ続けた士魂の旗を掲げて
PARAMUSHIR〜信じ続けた士魂の旗を掲げて

TV show

2020s

47 titles · average score 69
Unbound
Unbound (2025)

TV show · as Hiraga Gannai

Monster
Monster (2025)

TV show · as Hiroyuki Togashi

I'm a D-list Handler
I'm a D-list Handler (2025)

TV show · as Shinichiro Saigawa

Donketsu
Donketsu (2025)

TV show

Angel's Ears: Night of the Traffic Police
Angel's Ears: Night of the Traffic Police (2024)

TV show · as Yukihiko Kanazawa

PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
PICU: Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (2022)

TV show · as Hajime Ueno

Shimobee
Shimobee (2022)

TV show · as Shimobee

Ring Wandering
Ring Wandering (2022)

as Seiichi Kawauchi

Ten Count to the Future
Ten Count to the Future (2022)

TV show · as Seiichiro Kai

Love with a Case
Love with a Case (2022)

TV show · as Masumi Morizono

Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa
Rasen no Meikyu: DNA Kagaku Sosa (2021)

TV show · as Genji Andou

Alibi Breaker
Alibi Breaker (2020)

TV show · as Yoshiyuki Saji

2010s

66 titles · average score 66
My Story Is Long
My Story Is Long (2019)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Koji Akiba

Zekkyo
Zekkyo (2019)

TV show · as 神代武

Dragon Quest: Your Story
Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019)
GoodWatch score 67

as Pusan (voice)

The Fable
The Fable (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

as Ebihara

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead
When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead (2018)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jun Kagami

Ms. Justice
Ms. Justice (2018)

TV show · as Tsutomu Aihara

Come On Irene
Come On Irene (2018)

as Iwao Shishido

DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon
DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon (2017)

as Joker (voice)

Sleepeeer Hit!
Sleepeeer Hit! (2016)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Noboru Yasui

Shitamachi Rocket
Shitamachi Rocket (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Mitsuhiko Yamasaki

Flying Colors
Flying Colors (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

as Takashi Nishimura

Minna! ESPer Dayo!
Minna! ESPer Dayo! (2013)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Takahiro Asami

2000s

14 titles · average score 74
TEAM NACS FILMS N43°
TEAM NACS FILMS N43° (2009)

as Ken Yasuda

Sensei wa Erai!
Sensei wa Erai! (2008)

as Akio Aoyama

Hotaru no Hikari: It's Only a Little Light in My Life
Hotaru no Hikari: It's Only a Little Light in My Life (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Futatsugi Shouji

The Pride of the Temp
The Pride of the Temp (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Shinya Hitotsugi

Cycle Soul Apartment
Cycle Soul Apartment (2007)

as Kanji Nakata

Into the Sun
Into the Sun (2005)
GoodWatch score 38

as Yakuza

Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
GoodWatch score 85

as (voice)

Silver Angel
Silver Angel (2004)

as Yuki's Boss

The Cat Returns
The Cat Returns (2002)
GoodWatch score 76

as Machida (voice)

The Summer Promise
The Summer Promise (2002)

TV show

Spirited Away
Spirited Away (2001)
GoodWatch score 92

as Oshira-sama (voice)

man-hole
man-hole (2001)

as Masayoshi Kobayashi