is a Japanese

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best known for his roles in

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yakuza movies. Takeuchi has starred in many yakuza films and

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films, such as '' Dead or Alive'' by

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. 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

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promotion HUSTLE in 2009, posing as a villainous character based on himself called "King RIKI". The same year, Takeuchi recorded with

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a version of Morning Musume's "Love Machine" for the song's tenth anniversary, appearing under his RIKI persona along with wrestlers

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and

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Selected filmography

Films

* ''The King Of Minami'' (1992-2009) as Ginjirô Manda * ''Tokyo Mafia:

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Wars'' (1995) as Ginya Yabuki * ''Tokyo Mafia: Wrath of the Yakuza'' (1995) as Ginya Yabuki * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (2003) as Seiji * '' Arashi no Yoru Ni'' (2005) as the voice of Giro * ''

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'' (2006) as Kazutoshi Kira * ''Elite Yankee Saburo'' (2009) as Tokujirō Kunō * ''

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'' (2012) - Tateno * ''

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'' (2014) - Tateno * '' Tokyo Tribe'' (2014) as Buppa * ''

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'' (2018) * ''My Father's Tracks'' (2021)

Television

* ''Kuroshoin no Rokubei'' (2018) as

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Video games

* ''

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'' (2015) as Hiroki Awano * ''

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'' (2023) as Takeda Kanryusai

Japanese dub

* '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' (2015) as Immortan Joe (

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)

References

External links

*
Official Website
in Japanese * https://web.archive.org/web/20060508105800/http://www.pulp-mag.com/archives/5.07/feature_takeuchi.shtml {{DEFAULTSORT:Takeuchi, Riki 1964 births Living people Japanese male actors Japanese male singers People from Ōita Prefecture Musicians from Ōita Prefecture