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Riki Takeuchi

is a Japanese actor best known for his roles in v-cinema yakuza movies.

Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and action films, such as Dead or Alive by Takashi Miike. Takeuchi also starred in ', in which he played a fictionalized version of himself.

Takeuchi had also a short stint at the end of the professional wrestling promotion Hustle in 2009, posing as a villainous character based on himself called "King RIKI". The same year, Takeuchi recorded with Avex Group a version of Morning Musume's "Love Machine" for the song's tenth anniversary, appearing under his RIKI persona along with wrestlers Riki Choshu and Yoshihiro Takayama.

Selected filmography

Films

  • His Motorbike, Her Island (1985)
  • Yakuza Wives (1986) as Taichi Hanata
  • The King of Minami (19922009) as Ginjirô Manda
  • Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
  • Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
  • Peanuts (1996)
  • ' (1996) as Daigen Nohma
  • Tokyo Mafia: Battle For Shinjuku (1996) as Ginya Yabuki
  • Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood (1997) as Ginya Yabuki
  • Blood (1998)
  • The Yakuza Way (1998) as Kanuma
  • Dead or Alive (1999) as Ryuuichi
  • Nobody as Nanbu (1999)
  • ' (2000) as Shuuichi Sawada
  • ' (2002) as Officer Takeshi Honda
  • ' (2002) as Kunisada
  • Mafia Family Yanagawa (2002)
  • Mafia Family Yanagawa 2 (2002)
  • ' (2003) as himself
  • Last Life in the Universe (2003) as Takashi
  • Yakuza Demon (2003) as Seiji
  • Arashi no Yoru Ni (2005) as the voice of Giro
  • Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006) as Kazutoshi Kira
  • Elite Yankee Saburo (2009) as Tokujirō Kunō
  • Thermae Romae (2012) – Tateno
  • Thermae Romae II (2014) – Tateno
  • Tokyo Tribe (2014) as Buppa
  • Real Girl (2018)
  • My Father's Tracks (2021)

Television

Video games

Japanese dub

References

External links