| Native name | 竹内 力 |
|---|---|
| Birth date | January 4, 1964 (age 62)[1] |
| Birth place | Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Website | rikitakeuchi.com |
Riki Takeuchi (竹内 力, Takeuchi Riki) 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 (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)[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 April 10, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. 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.
- ^ ja: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 April 9, 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 1, 2016. – via YouTube.
- ^ "ja: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] (in Japanese). Movie Natalie. July 30, 2021. Archived July 30, 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "Like a Dragon: Ishin! launches February 21, 2023". Gematsu. September 14, 2022. Archived September 14, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ "ja:マッドマックス 怒りのデス・ロード" [Mad Max Fury Road] (in Japanese). Star Channel. Archived August 8, 2020 at the Wayback Machine. 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.
External links
- Riki Takeuchi at IMDb
- Official website (in Japanese)
- PULP : : The Manga Magazine : : 5.07 Feature