Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi (竹野内 豊 (hiragana:たけのうちゆたか), Takenouchi Yutaka, born January 2, 1971) is a Japanese actor. His on-screen acting debut was in the drama 「ボクの就職」 (Boku no Syūshoku) in 1994,^[1][2] after winning a modeling contest. He also appeared in commercials.

Yutaka Takenouchi
竹野内 豊
Born	(1971-01-02) January 2, 1971 (age 54) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	1994–present
Known for	Calmi Cuori Appassionati Hoshi no Kinka Nagareboshi

Filmography

TV series

• My First Job (TBS, 1994), Sanshirō Sasaki^[3]
• Tokyo University Love Story (TV Asahi, 1994), Kōichi Asakura
• Heaven's Coins (NTV, 1995) – Takumi Nagai^[4]
• Love Still Hasn't Begun (Fuji TV, 1995)^[5]
• Long Vacation (Fuji TV, 1996), Shinji Hayama^[6]
• Heaven's Coins 2 (NTV, 1996), Takumi Nagai^[7]
• Wedding Story (TBS, 1997), Tsutomu Otaki^[8]
• Beach Boys (Fuji TV, 1997), Kaito Suzuki^[9]
• With Love (Fuji TV, 1998), Takashi Hasegawa^[10]
• The Last Song (NTV, 1998), Itaru Noa
• The World of Ice (Fuji TV, 1999), Eiki Hirokawa^[11]
• Merry Christmas in Summer (TBS, 2000)^[12]
• Shotgun Wedding (Fuji TV, 2001), Ryūnosuke Hirao^[13]
• Toshiie and Matsu: Love Shines Through (NHK, 2002), Yoshiyuki Sawaki^[14]
• Psycho Doctor (NTV, 2002), Kyōsuke Kai^[15]
• Time Limit (TBS, 2003)^[16]
• Drop-out Teacher Returns to School (TBS, 2003), Yoshimori Masaya^[17]
• China's Last Princess (TV Asahi, 2003), Pujie^[18]
• Rikon Bengoshi (Fuji TV, 2004), Yoshiyuki Hirosawa(Guest in episode 1)^[19]
• Proof of the Man (Fuji TV, 2004), Kōichirō Munesue^[20]
• Ruri no Shima (NTV, 2005), Tatsuya Kawashima/Makoto Takahara^[21]
• Yeonmogok (TBS, 2006), Shō Nishijima/Takumi Kanayama^[22]
• Kazoku: Tsuma no Fuzai, Otto no Sonzai (TV Asahi, 2006), Ryōhei Kamikawa^[23]
• Tomorrow: Hi wa Mata Noboru (TBS, 2008), Kōhei Moriyama^[24]
• Boss (Fuji TV, 2009), Shinjirō Nodate^[25]
• The Waste Land (Fuji TV, 2009–2010), Shinichirō Hyōdō^[26]
• Nagareboshi (Fuji TV, 2010), Kengo Okada^[27]
• Boss 2 (Fuji TV, 2011), Shinjirō Nodate^[28]
• Mō Ichido Kimi ni, Propose (TBS, 2012), Haru Miyamoto^[29]
• Olympic no Minoshirokin (TV Asahi, 2013), Masao Ochiai^[30]
• Suteki na Sen Taxi (KTV, 2014), Edawakare^[31][32]
• Stepmom and Daughter Blues (TBS, 2019), Ryōichi Miyamoto^[33]
• Idaten (NHK, 2019), Hyozo Omori^[34]
• Ichikei's Crow: The Criminal Court Judges (Fuji TV, 2021), Michio Iruma^[35]
• The Days (Netflix, 2023), Shinji Maejima^{[36] [37]}
• Anpan (NHK, 2025) Hiroshi Yanai^[38]

Films

• Calmi Cuori Appassionati (2001), Junsei Agata^[39]
• Best Wishes for Tomorrow (2008)^[40]
• Wenny Has Wings (2008)^[41]
• The Hovering Blade (2009), Takashi Oribe^[42]
• Oba: The Last Samurai (2011), Captain Ōba Sakae^[43]
• A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. and Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip (2011), Nobuyoshi Ōki^[44]
• The Apology King (2013), Masaomi Minowa^[45]
• The Tale of Nishino (2014), Yukihiko Nishino^[46]
• Jinsei no Yakusoku (2016), Yūma Nakahara^[47]
• Shin Godzilla (2016), Hideki Akasaka^[48]
• The Last Recipe (2017), Miyake
• Birds Without Names (2017), Shun'ichi Kurosaki
• The Blood of Wolves (2018), Kōsuke Nozaki^[49]
• Talking the Picture (2019)^[50]
• Shin Ultraman (2022), Government official^[51]
• Six Singing Women (2023), Kayashima^[52]
• Ichikei's Crow: The Movie (2023), Michio Iruma^[35]
• Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (2023), Masaya^[53]
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023) as Government Man^[54]
• April Come She Will (2024) as Mamoru Iyoda^[55]
• Spirit World (2024)^[56]
• Yukikaze (2025) as Kazutoshi Terasawa^[57]

Dubbing

• The Little Prince (2015), the Snake^[58]