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name: "Kenichi Yajima"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 March 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:07.531155+00:00"
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# Kenichi Yajima

Actor. Born 1 March 1956 in Gifu, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 March 1956, Gifu, Japan
- **Also known as:** Ken'ichi Yajima

## Biography

Ken'ichi Yajima is a Japanese actor. He was born on 1 March 1956 in Gifu and graduated from Meiji Gakuin University before making his acting debut in 1981.

He has appeared in more than 70 films and over 200 television dramas. Yajima is known for roles in Takeshi Kitano's *Sonatine* (1993) as Takahashi and *Fireworks* (1997) as the Doctor, as well as *Shin Godzilla* (2016), *Fukushima 50* (2020) and *Kubi* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fireworks* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/film/fireworks.md)

## Also known for

- *Shin Godzilla* (2016), Yanagihara : Minister of land, infrastructure and transportation
- *Sonatine* (1993), Takahashi
- *Fukushima 50* (2020), Director of Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
- *Flying Colors* (2015), High School Principal
- *Manhunt* (2017), Yasutake Doto
- *Gemini* (1999)
- *One Million Yen Girl* (2008), Suzuko & Takuya's Father
- *Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen* (2015), Hojo

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