Taishi Nakagawa (中川大志, Nakagawa Taishi, born June 14, 1998) is a Japanese actor, host, and model.[1] He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action Closest Love To Heaven, and as Tenma Hase in the second season of Hana Yori Dango.

Taishi Nakagawa
中川大志
Nakagawa at Nakayama Racecourse in December 2018
Born (1998-06-14) June 14, 1998 (age 26)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Actor
  • host
  • model
Years active2009–present
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Career

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Nakagawa bevcame an actor, but because of his sudden growth spurt, he had roles that were much older than him. He starred in the drama re-enactment for the television documentary When I Was a Child, featuring Japanese actors and actresses in their childhood.[2] He also appeared in several dramas, including Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen, Q10, and Ohisama. He starred in the hit drama Kaseifu no Mita as one of the four children struggling to cope with the death of their mother.

Nakagawa played the bullied student in the 2012 remake of Great Teacher Onizuka.[3] He played an MC on TV Tokyo children's shows Oha Suta.

Nakagawa appeared in The Comedy Of Life (LIFE!〜人生に捧げるコント〜) a comedy skit show about joy and sorrow of life in an omnibus format since 2018, but have been guesting on the show since 2017.

Filmography

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Television dramas

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2009 When I was a Child young Ikki Sawamura Documentary drama
2010 Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen young Hiroyuki Tsukada Episode 3
Q10 Episode 4
2011 Hosokawa Mitsuchiyo Taiga drama, episode 34 [4]
Sunshine young Haruki Sudo Asadora, episodes 1 - 6, 15, 20
I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper. Kakeru Asuda
2012 13-sai no Hello Work Junichi Mikami
Blackboard: Yume Kenji Yumioka TV movie
Taira no Kiyomori young Minamoto no Yoritomo Taiga drama, episodes 24 - 28 [5]
GTO 2012 Noboru Yoshikawa
GTO Aki mo Oni Abar Supesharu! Noboru Yoshikawa TV movie
Hana no Kanmuri Sakura Hirai Lead role, TV movie
Perfect Blue Shinya Morooka
2013 GTO New Year Special Noboru Yoshikawa TV movie
Yakou Kanransha Shinji Takahashi
GTO Final Volume - Farewell Onizuka! Graduation Special Noboru Yoshikawa TV movie
Doctors 2: The Ultimate Surgeon Masaya Minagawa Episode 3
2014 Konya wa Kokoro Dake Daite Toru Motomiya
Water Polo Yankees Kohei Shimura
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo N (neo) Koji Sanada Episode 1
Hell Teacher Nube Hiroshi Tateno
2015 Replay & Destroy Jun Takenaka Episodes 4 and 8
Prison School Kiyoshi Fujino Lead role
Minami kun no Koibito - My Little Lover Shunichi Minami Lead role
2016 Sleepeeer Hit! Sho Otsuka
Sanada Maru Toyotomi Hideyori Taiga drama [6]
2017 Woman of the Crime Lab Season 17 Eiji Eto
Detective Yugami Masaya Uchikoshi
2018 Fūunji tachi Ishikawa Gentsune TV movie
Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler Manyuda Kaede
Boys Over Flowers Season 2 Tenma Hase [7]
Are You Ready? Hey You Girl! Towa Furuya Lead role
2019 Queen Shūji Fujieda
Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky Kazuhisa Sakaba Asadora
Kakegurui Season 2 Manyuda Kaede
G Senjou no Anata to Watashi Rihito Kase
2020 Hidarite Ippon no Shuuto Masayuki Tanaka TV movie [8]
Daddy is My Classmate Masaharu Hatakeyama [9][10]
Utchan Teruyoshi Uchimura Lead role, miniseries [11]
2021 Rising Wakaoka Genius Awakening Maruyama Ōkyo TV movie [12]
Boku no Satsui ga Koi o Shita Shu Onotora Lead role [13]
2022 The 13 Lords of the Shogun Hatakeyama Shigetada Taiga drama [14]
2023 Burn the House Down Shinji Mitarai [15]
Ranman Tōru Nagamori Asadora [16]
One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado Mizuki Fuehana [17]
2024 Eye Love You Hanaoka Akito [18]
95 Shotaro Suzuki [19]
Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc Otonoshin Koito [20]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2010 Hanjirou Iwatora Miyata
2015 Blue Demon ver.2.0 Hiroshi Lead role
Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Densha Kou
Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Tochu Kou Lead role
Chibi Maruko-chan: A Boy From Italy Andrea (vioice) [21]
2016 Unrequited Love Jun Satake Lead role, episode 1: My Nickname is Butatchi [22]
Your Lie in April Ryōta Watari
2017 Closest Love to Heaven Yuiji Kira Lead role [23]
ReLIFE Arata Kaizaki Lead role [24]
2018 Kids on the Slope Sentarō Kawabuchi Lead role [25]
Rainbow Days Tomoya Matsunaga Lead role [26]
Lock-On Love Towa Furuya Lead role [27]
2019 Samurai Marathon Fujii [28]
2020 Step Cameo role [29]
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice) Lead role [30]
2021 My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy Kiyosumi Hamada Lead role [31]
Inubu: The Dog Club Ryōsuke Shibasaki Lead role [32]
Funny Bunny Satoshi Kenmochi Lead role [33]
Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette Uchijima [34]
Tom and Sawyer in the City Takuya Nikaidō [35]
2022 Black Night Parade Kaiser Tanaka [36]
2023 Scroll Yūsuke Lead role [37]
2024 Bushido Yakichi [38]
A Conviction of Marriage Kōichi Miyamae [39]
Cha-cha Raku [40]
2025 As for Me Nagatsuda [41]

Music videos

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Year Title Artist
2013 Pinky Santa Boyfriend
2015 Itsuka Kitto Naoto Inti Raymi
Shoudou Haku
2016 Together Naoto Inti Raymi
2017 Message Sonoko Inoue
2021 Hanauranai Vaundy

Japanese dub

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Year Title Role Voice dub for Notes
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Henry Turner Brenton Thwaites [42]
2020 Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog (voice) Ben Schwartz [43]
2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [44]

Photo books

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  • Chi Yubo / Kitchen (18.03.2014) by Naoki Kimura

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Nominated work(s) Result Ref.
2019 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize Newcomer of the Year Kids on the Slope and Lock-On Love Won [45]
2023 47th Elan d'or Awards Newcomer of the Year Himself Won [46]

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