is a Japanese actor.
Career Graduating from Meiji Gakuin University, Yajima debuted as an actor in 1981. A frequent player in the films of Masato Harada, Yajima often plays yakuza and other bad guys, but can also do comic relief. He has appeared in over 200 TV dramas and 70 films.
Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes1993Sonatine Takahashi1995Kamikaze Taxi Ishida1997Hana-bi Doctor1999Spellbound Takuya Ishii2001Onmyoji Fujiwara no Morosuke2004Lady Joker Hidetsugu KanzakiKagen no Tsuki Sayaka's father2006Tokyo Friends: The Movie KitaharaThe Uchōten Hotel AraiSinking of Japan Minister for Foreign AffairsStrawberry Shortcakes Ōsaki2007Densen Uta Yorii2008Climber's HighMoriya10 Promises to My Dog Dr. Sakamoto2009Shizumanu Taiyō Taketarō Aoyama2010Sword of Desperation Yabe Magochiyo2012Lesson of the Evil Detective Shimozuru2014A Samurai Chronicle 2015Ryuzo and the Seven Henchmen HōjōFlying Colors The Emperor in August Kōichi Kido2016Fueled: The Man They Called PirateShin GodzillaMinister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism2017ReminiscenceManhuntChinese film2018Killing for the ProsecutionTakashimaRecallManabeThe Blood of WolvesKeiji TomotakeMy Friend "A"Last Winter, We Parted2020Fukushima 50All About March2021Last of the Wolves Keiji Tomotake2022The Pass: Last Days of the SamuraiMatsudaira SadaakiAkira and AkiraThe Lines That Define MeKunieda2023KubiHonda Tadakatsu2025Muromachi OutsidersIse SadachikaSnowflowers: Seeds of Hope2026The SpecialsZaizen
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1981Omoide Zukuri OkazakiDebut role1984RomanceAsadora1989Kasuga no TsuboneFukushima MasanoriTaiga drama1990Wataru Seken wa Oni BakariNarita1999KeizokuSeiichi Hayashida2004Itoshi Kimi eYukihiko OgasawaraShinsengumi!Hirosawa TomijirōTaiga drama2006Kōmyō ga Tsuji Naoe KanetsuguTaiga drama2008Atsuhime Matsudaira YoshinagaTaiga drama2010Sunao ni Narenakute Tomohiko YamamotoHammer Session! Suguru Kai2011SunshineHagiwaraAsadora2012Taira no KiyomoriFujiwara no NorinagaTaiga dramaJun and AiMasakuni YonedaAsadora2017Naotora: The Lady WarlordSekiguchi UjitsuneTaiga drama2023What Will You Do, Ieyasu?Kira YoshiakiraTaiga drama2024Laughing MatryoshkaIkuo Morohashi2025UnboundHonda TadakazuTaiga drama
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