Yuki Yamada

• Name — Yuki Yamada • Native Name — 山田 裕貴 • Born — 18 September 1990 • Birthplace — Aichi Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 2010–present • Agent — Watanabe Entertainment

In 2010, Yamada applied for the D-Boys Special Unit Audition, an audition for the fifth member of D-Boys' boy band, D-Date. In August 2010, he was revealed as one of seven finalists on D-Boys' variety show, D-Boys Be Ambitious. 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. In 2011, he made his acting debut as Joe Gibken in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger 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. 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". In 2020, he won the New Wave Award (actor category) at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival 2020. In February 2022, he received the Elan d'or Awards in Newcomer of the Year category, which is given to promising actors. 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. He proceeded to win in the same category in second Half of 2022, receiving the highest ranking, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. In November 2023, he won the Breakthrough Actor category in GQ Japan's Men of the Year 2023. In December, he won the Yahoo! Japan Search Award 2023, ranking first in the Actor category.

His father was former professional baseball player Kazutoshi Yamada. Yamada played baseball in elementary and middle school, but decided to quit when entering high school. On March 31, 2024, he announced his marriage to actress Nanase Nishino.

• Year — Title — Role — Other notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 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 • 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 • Tomodachi Game — Tenji Mikasa • 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 • 2019 — Innocence: Enzai Bengoshi — Takeo Tokachi — Episode 2 • Dai Zenryoku Shissou — Masaya Shirogane • Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky — Yukijirō — Asadora • High & Low The Worst Episode.0 — Yoshiki Murayama • 2020 — Sedai Wars — Satoru Kashiwagi — Lead role • Homeroom — Rintaro Aida — Lead role • Equation to Erase the Teacher — Asahi Yorita • Yorita Asahi's Equation — Asahi Yorita — Lead role • 2021 — School Police — Hitoki Saegusa • Koko wa Ima kara Rinri Desu — Takayangi — Lead role • Police in a Pod — Takeshi Yamada • Shimura Ken to Drif no Daibakushō Monogatari — Ken Shimura — Lead role; TV movie • 2022 — Chimudondon — Hiro'o Ishikawa — Asadora • 2023 — Themis's Law School Classroom — Jin Aoi • What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Honda Tadakatsu — Taiga drama • Pending Train — Naoya Kayashima — Lead role • 2024 — The Gift of Your Heart — Taiyo Asano • 2026 — Song of the Samurai — Hijikata Toshizō — Lead role • Gift — Ryo Miyashita

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference(s) • 2024 — Ultraman: Rising — Ken Sato/Ultraman • Joker: Folie à Deux — Harvey Dent