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.

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) 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)

Television Kuroshoin no Rokubei (2018) as Saigō Takamori

Video games Yakuza 0 (2015) as Hiroki Awano Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (2023) as Takeda Kanryusai

Japanese dub Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) as Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) as Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand)