Kenichi Matsuyama

is a Japanese actor. He is known for his affinity for strange character roles, and he is best known internationally for playing L in the 2006 films ''Death Note'', ''Death Note 2: The Last Name'' and ''L: Change the World'' in 2008. He was cast to play lead character Toru Watanabe in the film adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel ''Norwegian Wood'', which was released in December 2010.

His stage name uses the katakana spelling of his first name (ケンイチ) instead of the usual kanji (研一).

He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School. Provided by Wikipedia