Taishi Nakagawa

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 Kyō no Kira-kun, and Tenma Hase in the series Boys Over Flowers Season 2.

Taishi Nakagawa
中川大志
Nakagawa at Nakayama Racecourse in December 2018
Born	(1998-06-14) June 14, 1998 (age 27) Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor host model
Years active	2009–present
Agent	Stardust Promotion

Biography

Due to his sudden growth spurt, Nakagawa 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 has appeared in several dramas, including Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen, Q10, Gō, 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 the TV Tokyo series Oha Suta.

He 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, having appeared on the show since 2017.

Filmography

Television dramas

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	Gō	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	[8]
	Kakegurui Season 2	Manyuda Kaede
	G Senjou no Anata to Watashi	Rihito Kase
2020	Hidarite Ippon no Shuuto	Masayuki Tanaka	TV movie	[9]
	Daddy is My Classmate	Masaharu Hatakeyama		[10][11]
	Utchan	Teruyoshi Uchimura	Lead role, miniseries	[12]
2021	Rising Wakaoka Genius Awakening	Maruyama Ōkyo	TV movie	[13]
	Boku no Satsui ga Koi o Shita	Shu Onotora	Lead role	[14]
2022	The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Hatakeyama Shigetada	Taiga drama	[15]
2023	Burn the House Down	Shinji Mitarai		[16]
	Ranman	Tōru Nagamori	Asadora	[17]
	One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado	Mizuki Fuehana		[18]
2024	Eye Love You	Hanaoka Akito		[19]
	95	Shotaro Suzuki		[20]
	Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido	Otonoshin Koito	Episode 9	[21]
2025	The Laughing Salesman	Kohei Kasaku	Episode 8	[22]

Film

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)		[23]
2016	Unrequited Love	Jun Satake	Lead role, episode 1: My Nickname is Butatchi	[24]
	Your Lie in April	Ryōta Watari
2017	Closest Love to Heaven	Yuiji Kira	Lead role	[25]
	ReLIFE	Arata Kaizaki	Lead role	[26]
2018	Kids on the Slope	Sentarō Kawabuchi	Lead role	[27]
	Rainbow Days	Tomoya Matsunaga	Lead role	[28]
	Lock-On Love	Towa Furuya	Lead role	[29]
2019	Samurai Marathon	Fujii		[30]
2020	Step		Cameo role	[31]
	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)	Lead role	[32]
2021	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy	Kiyosumi Hamada	Lead role	[33]
	Inubu: The Dog Club	Ryōsuke Shibasaki	Lead role	[34]
	Funny Bunny	Satoshi Kenmochi	Lead role	[35]
	Kakegurui 2: Ultimate Russian Roulette	Uchijima		[36]
	Tom and Sawyer in the City	Takuya Nikaidō		[37]
2022	Black Night Parade	Kaiser Tanaka		[38]
2023	Scroll	Yūsuke	Lead role	[39]
2024	Bushido	Yakichi		[40]
	A Conviction of Marriage	Kōichi Miyamae		[41]
	Cha-cha	Raku		[42]
2025	As for Me	Nagatsuda		[43]
TBA	Golden Kamuy: The Movie 2	Otonoshin Koito		[44]

Music videos

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

Year	Title	Role	Voice dub for	Notes
2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Henry Turner	Brenton Thwaites	[45]
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)	Ben Schwartz	[46]
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2			[47]
2024	Sonic the Hedgehog 3			[48]

Photo books

• Chi Yubo / Kitchen (18.03.2014) by Naoki Kimura

Awards and nominations

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	[49]
2023	47th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself	Won	[50]