Riki Takeuchi
Riki Takeuchi | |
|---|---|
竹内 力 | |
| Born | January 4, 1964[1] Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and singer |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Agent | Riki Project |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] |
| Website | www |
Riki Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内 力, Hepburn: Takeuchi Riki, born January 4, 1964 in Saiki, Ōita Prefecture) 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, where he played Riki Takeuchi.[2]
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
- The King Of Minami as Ginjirô Manda (1992-2009)
- Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Wars as Ginya Yabuki (1995)
- Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza as Ginya Yabuki (1995)
- Peanuts (1996)
- Fudoh: The New Generation as Daigen Nohma (1996)
- Tokyo Mafia: Battle For Shinjuku as Ginya Yabuki (1996)
- Tokyo Mafia: Yakuza Blood as Ginya Yabuki (1997)
- Blood (1998)
- Dead or Alive as Ryuuichi (1999)
- Nobody as Nanbu (1999)
- Dead or Alive 2: Birds as Shuuichi Sawada (2000)
- Dead or Alive: Final as Officer Takeshi Honda (2002)
- Deadly Outlaw: Rekka as Kunisada (2002)
- Mafia Family Yanagawa (2002)
- Mafia Family Yanagawa 2 (2002)
- Battle Royale II: Requiem as himself (2003)
- Last Life in the Universe as Takashi (2003)
- Yakuza Demon as Seiji (2003)
- Arashi no Yoru Ni as the voice of Giro (2005)
- Yo-Yo Girl Cop as Kazutoshi Kira (2006)
- Mothra's Counterattack as Anchor Yoshi Fukuda
- Elite Yankee Saburo (2009)
- Tokyo Tribes as Big Buppa (2014)
- Yakuza 0 as Hiroki Awano (2015)
References
- ^ a b "Agent profile" (in Japanese). Riki Project. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ "BATTLE ROYALE II cast - grownups and others". battleroyalefilm.net. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ^ 竹内力の双子の弟!? RIKI / LOVEマシーン～RIKIバージョン～ Avex official YouTube channel, posted September 9, 2009 (requires Flash)