Riki Takeuchi (Japanese: 竹内 力, Hepburn: Takeuchi Riki; born January 4, 1964) 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.
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Selected filmography
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)
