# Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太, born December 13, 1982), occasionally credited mononymously as Eita, is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys. He also appeared in Summer Time Machine Blues and Tokyo Friends: The Movie.

## Career

In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play Tokyo Gekko Makyoku, playing a mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production.

## Stage

Nagayama is to appear with Jun Matsumoto and Masami Nagasawa in Hideki Noda's Sei sankaku kankei (正三角関係, Trilateral connection). Performances are expected at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, in Kitakyushu and Osaka, as well as Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, under the name of "Love in action", running from July 11 until November 2, 2024.

## Personal life

On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer Kaela Kimura, who was already five months pregnant, that summer after becoming engaged in late 2009. Eita and Kimura announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010. They have two children, a son, born in October 2010, and a daughter, born in 2013 of the same month, respectively.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Aoi Haru | Obake | |
| 2003 | Azumi | Hiei | |
| 2003 | 9 Souls | Kaneko Noboru | |
| 2003 | Omohi no Tama~Nenju | | |
| 2004 | Believer | Teru | |
| 2005 | Densha Otoko | Hirofumi | |
| 2005 | Summer Time Machine Blues | Komoto Takuma | Lead role |
| 2005 | Hanging Garden | Tezuka | |
| 2006 | Su-ki-da | Yosuke (young) | |
| 2006 | Memories of Matsuko' | Sho Kawajiri | |
| 2006 | Tokyo Friends: The Movie | Ryūji Shintani | |
| 2007 | Dororo | Tahomaru | |
| 2007 | Invisible War | Tomoki Kosaka | |
| 2007 | The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker | Kawasaki | Lead role |
| 2008 | Season of Snow | Shiroyama Gun | Lead role |
| 2009 | April Bride | Taro Akasu | Lead role |
| 2009 | Toad's Oil | Tetsuya Yazawa | |
| 2009 | Dear Doctor | Keisuke Soma | |
| 2009 | No More Cry!!! | Yusuke Shimoigusa | |
| 2009 | Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part I | Ryutaro Mine | |
| 2010 | Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II | Ryutaro Mine | |
| 2011 | Tada's Do-It-All House | Keisuke Tada | Lead role |
| 2011 | Someday | Kanji Shibayama | |
| 2011 | Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai | Motome Chizīwa | |
| 2011 | Wild 7 | Dairoku Hiba | Lead role |
| 2012 | Train Brain Express | Kenta Kotama | Lead role |
| 2012 | Monsters Club | Ryoichi Kakiuchi | |
| 2014 | Tada's Do-It-All House: Disconcerto | Keisuke Tada | Lead role |
| 2016 | 64: Part I | Akikawa | |
| 2016 | 64: Part II | Akikawa | |
| 2016 | The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio | Shinya Kabuto | |
| 2016 | The Magnificent Nine | Tokuheiji Sugawara | |
| 2017 | Ringside Story | Hideo | Lead role |
| 2017 | And Then There Was Light | Tasuku Kurokawa | Lead role |
| 2017 | Mixed Doubles | Hisashi Hagiwara | Lead role |
| 2018 | My Friend "A" | Hideto Suzuki | Lead role |
| 2020 | Family Bond | Takashi Kawai | |
| 2021 | Hokusai | Ryūtei Tanehiko | |
| 2021 | In the Wake | Mikumo | |
| 2023 | September 1923 | Shinsuke | |
| 2023 | Monster | Hori | Lead role |
| 2023 | Undercurrent | Satoru | |
| 2023 | Don't Call it Mystery: The Movie | Garo Inudō | |
| 2024 | Don't Lose Your Head! | Ōishi Kuranosuke | |
| 2024 | Kaze yo Arashi yo | Ōsugi Sakae | |
| 2024 | I Ai | | |
| 2025 | Hero's Island | On | |

### TV dramas

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes |
| 2001 | Sayonara, Ozu-sensei | Tsuyoshi Mikami | Fuji TV | |
| 2002 | Lunch no Joō | Noboru Sakai | Fuji TV | |
| 2002 | Remote | Keisuke Sawamura | NTV | |
| 2002 | Shiritsu Tantei Hama Maiku | Chihiro Kurusu | YTV | |
| 2003 | Itsumo Futari de | Kohei Morinaga | Fuji TV | |
| 2003 | Kimi wa Petto | Junpei Horibe | TBS | |
| 2003 | Otoko-yu | Eiichi Koike | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2003 | Water Boys | Masatoshi Tanaka | Fuji TV | |
| 2003 | Otoko-yu 2 | Eiichi Koike | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2003 | Hatsukoi.com | Kohei Mizushima | NTV | |
| 2004 | Hatachi ~1983-nen ni Umarete~ | Daisuke Nakashima | Fuji TV | |
| 2004 | Orange Days | Keita Yashima | TBS | |
| 2004 | Medaka | Taku Sakuragi | Fuji TV | |
| 2005 | Minna Mukashi wa Kodomo Datta | Masaki Sagami | Kansai TV | |
| 2005 | Water Boys 2005 Natsu | Masatoshi Tanaka | Fuji TV | |
| 2005 | Tokyo Friends | Ryūji Shintani | DVD release only | |
| 2006 | Unfair | Kazuyuki Ando | KTV | |
| 2006 | Suppli | Satoshi Ogiwara | Fuji TV | |
| 2006 | Nodame Cantabile | Ryutaro Mine | Fuji TV | |
| 2008 | Atsuhime | Naogoro/Komatsu Tatewaki | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2008 | Loss:Time:Life | Haruhiko Nakayama | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2008 | Tokyo Daikushu | Boku Hitoshi | NTV | |
| 2008 | Last Friends | Takeru Mizushima | Fuji TV | |
| 2009 | Voice | Kaji Daiki | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2010 | Hard to Say I Love You | Keisuke Nakajima | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2011 | Soredemo, Ikite Yuku | Hiroki Fukami | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2012 | Lucky Seven | Teru Nitta | Fuji TV | |
| 2013 | Saikou no Rikon | Mitsuo Hamasaki | Fuji TV | Lead role |
| 2013 | Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi | Keisuke Tada | TV Tokyo | Lead role |
| 2013 | Kyokuhoku Rhapsody | Yoshio Imanaka | NHK | Lead role |
| 2014 | Kuroi Fukuin | Yoshitaka Ichimura | TV Asahi | |
| 2014 | All About My Siblings | Satoru Satō | Fuji TV | |
| 2015 | Watashi wa Chichi ga Kirai desu | Shuichi Yoshida | NHK | Lead role |
| 2017 | Hello, Detective Hedgehog | Goro Nanase | TBS | Lead role |
| 2018 | Segodon | Ōkubo Toshimichi | NHK | Taiga drama |
| 2018 | Anone | Riichi Nakaseko | NTV | |
| 2020 | Ashita no Kazoku | Kōtarō Hyōdō | TBS | TV movie |
| 2021 | How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family! | Kōichi Obara | TBS | |
| 2021 | Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses | Munate | NHK | Miniseries |
| 2022 | Bakumatsu Aibō-den | Sakamoto Ryōma | NHK | TV movie |
| 2022 | Don't Call it Mystery | Shō Kumada | Fuji TV | |
| 2022 | Kaze yo Arashi yo | Ōsugi Sakae | NHK | TV movie |
| 2023 | Even If You Don't Do It | Yōichi Yoshino | Fuji TV | |

### Japanese dub

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Planes | Dusty Crophopper | |
| 2014 | Planes: Fire & Rescue | Dusty Crophopper | |

### Music video

| Year | Song Title | Artist |
| 2002 | "Clover" | Takako Matsu |
| 2013 | "Yin Yang" | Keisuke Kuwata |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2024 | Sei sankaku kankei (Love in Action) | | |

## Awards

| Year | Organization | Award | Work | Result |
| 2009 | 33rd Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer Award | Himself | Won |
| 2009 | 5th Annual TV Navi Drama Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Last Friends | Won |
| 2009 | 17th Hashida Awards | Best Newcomer | | Won |
| 2009 | 34th Hochi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Dear Doctor | Won |
| 2010 | 52nd Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Dear Doctor | Won |
| 2013 | 6th International Drama Festival in Tokyo | Best Actor | Matrimonial Chaos | Won |
| 2019 | 73rd Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | My Friend A | Nominated |
| 2024 | 78th Mainichi Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | September 1923 | Nominated |