# Ken Yasuda (actor)

Ken Yasuda (安田 顕, Yasuda Ken, born 8 December 1973) is a Japanese actor, television personality and seiyu. Born in Muroran, Hokkaido, he is a member of Team Nacs. He is a graduate of Hokkaido Muroran Sakae High School and Hokkai Gakuen University. Fumio Yasuda is his older brother.

## Biography

At Hokkai Gakuen University, Yasuda joined the theater club and the theatrical company OOPARTS (led by its president Takayuki Suzui). In 1996, following graduation, Yasuda and theater club friends Hiroyuki Morisaki, Shigeyuki Totsugi, Yo Oizumi, and Takuma Oto'o created TEAM NACS. The team was disbanded after their first performance.
After graduating from university, Yasuda began working as a medical office worker. He stopped after 10 months because he wanted to concentrate on activities in the performing arts. After leaving the medical office, he worked part-time in Hokkaido, taking on jobs such as helping at a hotel breakfast buffet. Even during his part-time work, he continued to focus on his career in entertainment.
In 1997, Morisaki reunited TEAM NACS and Yasuda joined the group once more. Since 1998, he has appeared semi-regularly as a suit actor for the mascot character "on-chan" in "How Do You Like Wednesday?".
TEAM NACS held its first stage performance in May 2004, in Tokyo. In 2006, Yasuda made his first appearance in the national online drama series "Jirocho Seoi Fuji" (NHK). Since then, he has also appeared in serial dramas and movies of the Tokyo flagship station, and has also held starring roles in TV series.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | Ukita Hideie | Taiga drama |
| 2022 | Love with a Case | Masumi Morizono | |
| 2023 | Sexy Tanaka-san | Kō | |
| 2024 | Ōoku: The Palace | Tanuma Okitsugu | |
| 2025 | Unbound | Hiraga Gennai | Taiga drama |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Gintama | Tetsuya Murata | |
| 2017 | DC Superheroes vs. Eagle Talon | Joker (voice) | |
| 2018 | Come On Irene | Iwao Shishido | Lead role |
| 2018 | When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to Be Dead | Jun Kagami | Lead role |
| 2019 | The Fable | Ebihara | |
| 2019 | When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes | Satoshi Miyagawa | Lead role |
| 2019 | Dragon Quest: Your Story | Pusan (voice) | |
| 2020 | Beneath the Shadow | Kaoru | |
| 2020 | Hotel Royal | Daikichi Tanaka | |
| 2021 | Good Luck! Team Nacs: Movie Version | Himself | Lead role |
| 2021 | The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill | Ebihara | |
| 2022 | Ring Wandering | Seiichi | Special appearance |
| 2022 | Tombi: Father and Son | Shōun | |
| 2022 | Fragments of the Last Will | Hara | |
| 2023 | In Love and Deep Water | Michihiko Kuruma | |
| 2023 | Shin Kamen Rider | Murderer | |
| 2024 | Sakura | Toshiyuki Togashi | |
| 2024 | The Voices at War | Tadamaro Mera | |
| 2025 | The 35-Year Promise | Megumi Taniyama | |
| 2025 | River Returns | | |
| 2025 | Dollhouse | Yamamoto | |
| 2025 | Oishikute Naku toki | Kohei Kazama | |

### Japanese dub

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2022 | The Bad Guys | Snake | | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2020 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | Yu Nanba | | |
| 2024 | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | Yu Nanba | | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Work(s) | Result | Ref. |
| 2025 | 67th Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Sakura and The Voices at War | Nominated | |