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Riki Takeuchi

Name in Native Language: "竹内 力" (Japanese/JA)
Film Producer / Actor | * 01/04/1964 (60) | Saiki, Ōita Prefecture (Japan)
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. 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. ()
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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 Battle Royale II: Requiem, in which he played a fictionalized version of himself.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Action | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

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Movies with Riki Takeuchi as Actor(70)

as Mitsuru Tsutsui2018 Real Girl
as Man of High School Cafeteria2015 No Longer Heroine
as Tateno2014 Thermae Romae II
as Buppa2014 Tokyo Tribe
as Aki's Father2014 Silver Spoon
as Tateno2012 Thermae Romae
as Kanzaki2009 Target
as Go Samejima2009 Gokusen: The Movie
as Thunder2008 108
as Masaru Mima2008 Samurai Gangsters
as Banki No. 22008 ICHI
as Monk Grin2007 The Sword of Alexander
as Hanerunojyuu2007 Big Man Japan
as the MC of "Yakiniku Battle"2007 The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgogi
as Kazutoshi Kira2006 Yo-Yo Girl Cop
as Giro (voice)2005 Stormy Night
as Shonoshin Kimura2005 Yaji & Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims
as Sejima2005 Hallucination
as Ginji Sonezaki (young)2003 Ginji - The Slasher
as Seiji Kokubu2003 Yakuza Demon
as Kunisada2002 Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
as Officer Takeshi Honda2002 Dead or Alive: Final
as Kuhachiro Baba2000 The Stupid Teacher
as Shuuichi Sawada2000 Dead or Alive 2: Birds
as Ryuuichi1999 Dead or Alive
as Udo1999 Wild Criminal
as Daigen Nohma1998 Fudoh 3
as Kizaki1998 Blood
as Soldier1998 Sada
as Daigen Nohma1997 Fudoh 2: Nohma Strikes Back!
as Ginya Yabuki1997 Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood
as Daigen Nohma1996 Fudoh: The New Generation
1996 Peanuts
as Ginya Yabuki1995 Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars
as Nanbu1994 Nobody
as Ginjirō Manda1992 The King of Minami 1
1991 Jingi
as Fumio Takao1990 School Be-In Bully
as Shinnosuke1989 Yawara!
as Hiroyuki Ishibashi1987 The Goodbye Girls
as Koh Hashimoto1986 His Motorbike, Her Island
as Taichi Hanada1986 Yakuza Ladies

TV Shows/Series with Riki Takeuchi as Actor(6)

as Daisaku Natsume2014 Villiany Ganbo
as Hanamura Jin2011 The Full Throttle Girl
as Jack ILL Dark (voice)2008 Detroit Metal City
as 泽村尚人1991 The 101st Proposal

Movies with Riki Takeuchi as Crew(2)

Production/Producer2021 A Madder Red
Production/Executive Producer2005 Hallucination

Additional Information

Official websites:
Full Name: Riki Takeuchi
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Saturday, 01/04 1964 (January) in Saiki, Ōita Prefecture (Japan) (current age: 60 years + 85 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Other names for Riki Takeuchi (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"竹内 力"
"竹内力"
"RIKI"
"たけうち りき" (Kana/Japanese)
Riki Takeuchi frequently works together with these people:
Nobuhiko Obayashi (12x, Crew)
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi (11x, Actor)
Takashi Miike (8x, Crew)
Renji Ishibashi (6x, Actor)
Tomorowo Taguchi (6x, Actor)
Ren Osugi (6x, Actor)
Kenichi Endo (6x, Actor)
Takeshi Miyasaka (6x, Crew)
Katsuya (6x, Actor)
Wakaba Irie (5x, Actress)
Sion Sono (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:194389, Added: 07/20/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024