Portrait of Kenichi Yajima

Acting

Kenichi Yajima

Career

Active from 1987 to 2021, busiest in 2006 and 2011 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for Forbidden Love
Forbidden Love
GoodWatch score75/100

Characters

6

The characters Kenichi Yajima played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kenichi Yajima Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Situational Comedy
    1.7, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Melancholy 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Character-Driven Mystery 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Japanese Drama 2
  • Coming-of-Age 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

113
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

13 titles · average score 66
Smiling  Matryoshka
Smiling Matryoshka (2024)

TV show · as Ikuo Morohashi

Sun Expo
Sun Expo (2024)

as Director Kirishima

Kubi
Kubi (2023)
GoodWatch score 60

as Todakatsu Honda

Angel Flight
Angel Flight (2023)

TV show · as Satoshi Kamakura

When a Couple Breaks Up
When a Couple Breaks Up (2023)

TV show

Galapagos
Galapagos (2023)

TV show

The Lines That Define Me
The Lines That Define Me (2022)
GoodWatch score 70

as Museum director

Prism
Prism (2022)

TV show · as Morishita Sakuji

Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu
Tokkai: Furyousaiken Tokubetsu Kaishubu (2021)

TV show · as Iwanaga Hisashi

Last of the Wolves
Last of the Wolves (2021)
GoodWatch score 69

as Keiji Tomotake

Shiroi Dakuryu
Shiroi Dakuryu (2021)

TV show

Fukushima 50
Fukushima 50 (2020)
GoodWatch score 65

as Director of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

2010s

42 titles · average score 70
Mampuku
Mampuku (2018)

TV show · as Yano Ryoji

dele
dele (2018)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Hello, Detective Hedgehog
Hello, Detective Hedgehog (2017)

TV show · as Katagiri

Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla (2016)
GoodWatch score 75

as Yanagihara : Minister of land, infrastructure and transportation

Cold Case: Door of Truth
Cold Case: Door of Truth (2016)

TV show · as Yasuno

The Emperor in August
The Emperor in August (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

as Naidaijin Kōichi Kido

しんがり〜山一證券 最後の聖戦〜
しんがり〜山一證券 最後の聖戦〜 (2015)

TV show · as Mikio Nakanishi

Flying Colors
Flying Colors (2015)
GoodWatch score 76

as High School Principal

七つの会議
七つの会議 (2013)

TV show · as 河上省造

Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2012)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Kinnosuke

Jiu: Special Investigation Team
Jiu: Special Investigation Team (2011)

TV show · as Nishiwaki

Absolute Zero
Absolute Zero (2010)

TV show · as Yasuyuki Koga

2000s

42 titles · average score 65
The Clone Returns Home
The Clone Returns Home (2008)
GoodWatch score 62

as Sasagawa

One Million Yen Girl
One Million Yen Girl (2008)
GoodWatch score 73

as Suzuko & Takuya's Father

Atsuhime
Atsuhime (2008)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show

Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated
Akechi Mitsuhide: The Man God Hated (2007)

as Kazumasu Takigawa

Life
Life (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Masashi Iwaki

Top Caster
Top Caster (2006)

TV show · as Takao Kakutaka

Sky High
Sky High (2003)

TV show

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo (2002)

TV show

I Wanna Fall in Love
I Wanna Fall in Love (2001)

TV show

Onmyoji
Onmyoji (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

as Fujiwara no Morosuke

Inugami
Inugami (2001)
GoodWatch score 57

as Michio Bonomiya

Trick
Trick (2000)

TV show

1990s

13 titles · average score 73
Forbidden Love
Forbidden Love (1999)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show

Keizoku: Unsolved Cases
Keizoku: Unsolved Cases (1999)

TV show · as Seiichi Hayashida

Emergency Room 24 Hours
Emergency Room 24 Hours (1999)

TV show

Jubaku: Spellbound
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Takuya Ishii

One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over (1999)

as Matsuyama

Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1998)

TV show

Shomuni
Shomuni (1998)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as [Lawyer]

Fireworks
Fireworks (1997)
GoodWatch score 85

as Doctor

Lend Me Your Wings!
Lend Me Your Wings! (1996)

TV show

Kamikaze Taxi
Kamikaze Taxi (1995)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ishida

Furuhata Ninzaburo
Furuhata Ninzaburo (1994)

TV show · as Ichiro Suzuki's Manager

Sonatine
Sonatine (1993)
GoodWatch score 79

as Takahashi

1980s

3 titles
The Ginger Tree
The Ginger Tree (1989)

TV show · as Captain Nobushige Ozaki

Sapporo Story
Sapporo Story (1987)

as Tanaka

Precious Moments
Precious Moments (1981)

TV show