Kenichi Endō (遠藤 憲一, Endō Ken'ichi; born 28 June 1961) is a Japanese actor and writer. He also worked as a narrator for many documentaries, both on television and film. He is best known for his roles in Visitor Q (2001), Crows Zero (2007), Crows Zero 2 (2009), and The Raid 2: Berandal (2014).
He is also known for his yakuza roles, such as Joji Yazaki, the head of Soshu Family Syndicate and the main antagonist of Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2, and Hideaki Goto, the head of the Goto family, a powerful yakuza family from Japan and one of two mob bosses that control Jakarta in The Raid 2: Berandal.
Contents
Filmography
Films
Violent Cop (1989)
All Under the Moon (1993)
Jubaku: Spellbound (1999)
Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000), Kōhei
Tomie: Replay (2000), Dr. Tachibana
Family (2001)
Agitator (2001)
Visitor Q (2001), Kiyoshi Yamasaki
The Guys from Paradise (2001), Toshiyuki Umino
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
Sabu (2002), Giichi
Kikoku (2003), Sorimachi
The Man in White (2003), Niimi
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action (2004), Algolian Volger
Nobody Knows (2004), Kyōbashi
The Great Yokai War (2005), Oh Tengu
Cromartie High - The Movie (2005), Pootan
Azumi 2 (2005), Kinkaku
Demon Pond (2005), Giant Crab / Representative
Origin: Spirits of the Past (2006), Shunack
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006), assistant police inspector
Nihon Chinbotsu (2006), Shinichirō Nakata
Memories of Tomorrow (2006), Hasegawa
The Sword of Alexander (2007), Gonzō
Like a Dragon (2007), Imanishi
Crows Zero (2007), Jōji Yazaki
Happy Ever After (2007)
SS (2008), Kurihara
Climber's High (2008)
20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
20th Century Boys 3: Redemption (2009)
Crows Zero 2 (2009), Jōji Yazaki
Railways (2010), Yoshiki Kawahira
The Raid 2 (2014), Hideaki Gotō
The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji (2014)
Kiyamachi Daruma (2015), Shigeo Katsuura
Galaxy Turnpike (2015)
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio (2016)
Usagi Oishi (2016), Katsusaburō Yamagiwa
Mixed Doubles (2017), Motonobu Ochiai
Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017), Zebedee
Out and Out (2018)
Come Kiss Me at 0:00 AM (2019)
Sumodo (2020), narrator
The Supporting Actors: The Movie (2021), himself
The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021), Yadōkai
Jigoku no Hanazono: Office Royale (2021)
The Mole Song: Final (2021)
Radiation House: The Movie (2022), Toshio Onodera
Kubi (2023), Araki Murashige
All About Suomi (2024), Daikichi Totoyama
Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (2024), Masahito Jingū
Doctor-X: The Movie (2024), Takashi Ebina
My Special One (2025), himself
Brand New Landscape (2025)
Beethoven Fabrication (2025), Franz Gerhard Wegeler
Angel Flight: The Movie (2026), Shiro Kashiwagi
TV dramas
Battle Fever J (1979), Yoshio Murano
Taiyō ni Hoero! (1986) episode.718(Final episode)
Special Rescue Exceedraft (1992), Seiji Nagai
Tokusou Robo Janperson (1993), Doctor Saionji
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994), Prince Junior
Hōjō Tokimune (2001), Miura Mitsumura
Kōshōnin (2003)
Lion-Maru G (2006), Junior
The Waste Land (2009)
Teppan (2010–2011), Jō Murakami
Taira no Kiyomori (2012), Hōjō Tokimasa
Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon (2013-2021), Takashi Ebina
Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love? (2013), Isaku Ashimo
Border: Keishichô Sôsa Ikka Satsujinhan Sôsa Dai 4-gakkari (2014)
Yamegoku: Yakuza Yamete Itadakimasu (2015), Isao Tachibana
Dr. Rintarō (2015), Shigeto Araki
Wise and Foolish (2015), Taizan Mutō
Sanada Maru (2016), Uesugi Kagekatsu
Montage (2016), Jirō Sekiguchi
The Supporting Actors (2017), himself
Video games
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege (2005), Gargant (Japanese voice)
Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (2006), Gargant (Japanese voice)
Yakuza 4 (2010), Junji Sugiuchi (voice and likeness)
Binary Domain (2012), Officer Phillips (Japanese voice)
Let It Die (2017), Narration (Japanese voice)
Japanese dubbing
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Groot
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Groot
Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Groot
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), Groot
Avengers: Endgame (2019), Groot
Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Groot
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), Groot
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), Groot
Awards
2009
International Drama Festival in Tokyo – Best Supporting Actor
