Motoki Nakazawa

In this Japanese name, the surname is Nakazawa.

Motoki Nakazawa (中沢元紀; born February 20, 2000) is a Japanese actor.

Motoki Nakazawa
Born	(2000-02-20) February 20, 2000 (age 25) Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2022–present
Agent	Tristone Entertainment
Japanese name
Kanji	中沢元紀
Hiragana	なかざわ もとき
Transcriptions Romanization Nakazawa Mōtōki

Career

Nakazawa made his acting debut in the 2022 mini-drama web series, Maison Haagen-Dazs: Eight Happy Stories.^[1]

On September 29, 2023, he made his film debut in the movie The Silent Service.^[2] In October of the same year, he attracted much attention after he played the role of ace pitcher Sho Inuzuka in the TBS Sunday television drama Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle.^[3][4]

In July 2024, Nakazawa co-starred with Toranosuke Kobayashi in the TV Tokyo drama, I Hear the Sunspot.^[5] In 2025, he is set to appear as Chihiro Yanai in NHK's Asadora television drama Anpan.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2023	Goodbye Monotone	Makoto Fujimiya		[7]
	The Silent Service	Akira Hiranuma		[2]
2024	Fast Break	Shunto Kusamura	Lead role	[8]
2025	Wind Breaker	Tōma Hiiragi		[9]
	Can't Cry with Your Face	Jun'ichi Tazaki		[10]

Television drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2022	NanbaMG5	Ryota Yamada		[11]
2023	Saitama Host Club	Sen Takasaki		[12]
	Worst to First: A Teen Baseball Miracle	Sho Inuzuka		[13]
2024	What are you doing on Saturday!?	Kotone Fujii (voice)	Lead role; short drama	[14]
	366 Days	Tatsuya Takimoto	Episodes 2, 5-9 & final	[15]
	I Hear the Sunspot	Kohei Sugihara	Lead role	[16]
2025	Anpan	Chihiro Yanai	Asadora	[17]
	Last-resort Investigator	Hayato Tomaru		[18]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
2022	Maison Haagen-Dazs: Eight Happy Stories	Cameo	Mini-series	[1]
	First Love	Classmate (cameo)	Episode 1, 5, 6, & 9	[19]
2024	The Silent Service: The Battle of Tokyo Bay	Akira Hiranuma	Season 1	[20]