Riki Takeuchi

Japanese actor (born 1964)

Riki Takeuchi
竹内力
Born	(1964-01-04) January 4, 1964 (age 60)^[1] Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985–present
Website	rikitakeuchi.com

Riki Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内力, Hepburn: Takeuchi Riki, born January 4, 1964) 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 Battle Royale II: Requiem, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself.^[2]^{[unreliable source?]}

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.^[3]

Selected filmography

Films

His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
The King Of Minami (1992‍–‍2009) as Ginjirô Manda
Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza (1995) as Ginya Yabuki
Peanuts (1996)
Fudoh: The New Generation (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)
Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000) as Shuuichi Sawada
Dead or Alive: Final (2002) as Officer Takeshi Honda
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002) as Kunisada
Mafia Family Yanagawa (2002)
Mafia Family Yanagawa 2 (2002)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (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)^[4]

Television

Kuroshoin no Rokubei (2018) as Saigō Takamori

Video games

Yakuza 0 (2015) as Hiroki Awano
Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (2023) as Takeda Kanryusai^[5]

Japanese dub

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) as Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne)^[6]
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) as Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand)^[7]

References

^ "Riki Takeuchi profile" (in Japanese). Riki Project. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
^ "Battle Royale II cast – grownups and others". battleroyalefilm.net. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
^ 竹内力の双子の弟!? RIKI / LOVEマシーン～RIKIバージョン～ [Riki Takeuchi's twin brother!? RIKI / LOVE Machine ~RIKI version~ (machine translation)] (in Japanese). Avex. September 8, 2009. Archived from the original on April 9, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2016 – via YouTube.
^ 西村まさ彦、佐藤隆太、田中俊介が「僕と彼女とラリーと」に出演、予告編も公開 [Masahiko Nishimura, Ryuta Sato, and Shunsuke Tanaka appear in "Me, Her, and Larry", trailer is released]. Movie Natalie (in Japanese). July 30, 2021. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
^ "Like a Dragon: Ishin! launches February 21, 2023". Gematsu. September 14, 2022. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
^ マッドマックス怒りのデス・ロード [Mad Max Fury Road]. Star Channel (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
^ "『猿の惑星』竹内力が日本版声優に決定！独裁者の敵猿役「準主役のつもりで」". Cinema Today. April 19, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.