# Akinori Nakagawa

Akinori Nakagawa (中川 晃教, Nakagawa Akinori, born 5 November 1982, in Sendai) is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a singer with "I Will Get Your Kiss". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. His performance in the same musical also earned him the Haruko Sugimura Award and an award nomination for best actor in the 10th Yomiuri Drama Awards. Since then, he has performed in a number of musicals while still actively pursuing his musical career.

## Biography
### Early life

Akinori Nakagawa was born in 1982 and raised in Sendai, Miyagi. He began to learn classical piano while in kindergarten.
In 1997, he participated a music contest named "Teens Music Festival" hosted by Yamaha in Tohoku region and he became the youngest prize winner. He would have advanced the National contest, but the song he sang was not his own song, so he could not enter it. In 1998, he participated the contest with his sister again and he advanced to the National contest and took a second place of the contest.

### Music career

Akinori Nakagawa and his sister's appearance on the TV documentary program was decided after the parent of his classmate, TV producer, watched his and his sister singing songs at the school festival.
On 1 August 2001, Akinori Nakagawa debuted with his first single, "I Will Get Your Kiss". The song was used as the theme song in the Japanese TV drama Maria, and sold over 200,000 copies. In 2004, he made his album debut in Taiwan.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2001 | Akinori Nakagawa | 5 December 2001 |
| 2004 | Himself | 17 March 2004 |
| 2005 | Oasis | 25 May 2005 |
| 2005 | Sabaku | 22 June 2005 |

### Compilation albums

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2006 | Akinori Nakagawa 2001-2005 | 22 February 2006 |

### Soundtracks (Cast recording)

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2005 | Mozart! – Cast recording | 1 December 2005 |
| 2005 | Shiroh – Cast recording | |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2001 | "I Will Get Your Kiss" | 1 August 2001 |
| 2001 | "I Say Good-bye" | 7 November 2001 |
| 2002 | "White Shiny Street" | 29 May 2002 |
| 2004 | "Matador" | 7 January 2004 |
| 2005 | "Seru no Koi" | 17 August 2005 |
| 2007 | "Owaranai Christmas" | 21 November 2007 |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2004 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador | 28 July 2004 |
| 2007 | Shinka-ron | 20 June 2007 |
| 2010 | Skin vs Shampoo | 20 July 2010 |
| 2010 | Owaranai Christmas | 20 August 2010 |
| 2010 | Ongaku ga kierukoto no nai Dance Floor | 20 September 2010 |
| 2010 | Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor in Akasaka Blitz | 8 December 2010 |

### DVDs (Live on stage DVD)

| Year | Title | Release date |
| 2005 | Candide | 9 October 2005 |
| 2007 | Shiroh | 30 November 2007 |
| 2011 | Samurai 7 | 6 April 2011 |
| 2011 | X day | 13 May 2011 |
| 2012 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Jiyū Wakusei Dōmei" | 20 July 2012 |
| 2012 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Gekitsui-ō" | 2 November 2012 |
| 2020 | Frankenstein | 18 September 2020 |
| 2023 | Cesare: Il Creatore che ha distrutto | 28 September 2023 |
| 2023 | The Devil | October 2023 |

## Tours and concerts

| Year | Title | Duration | Number of performances |
| 2003 | Akinori Nakagawa First Live 2003 Tour | 10 April – 15 May 2003 | 3 |
| 10 April: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 15 May: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka) ||||
| 2003 | Street Club Zone 2nd "It's Show Time" | 29–31 July 2003 | 2 |
| 29 July: Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka), 31 July: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (Tokyo) ||||
| 2003 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador | 20 December 2003 | 1 |
| 20 December Nakano Sun Plaza (Tokyo) ||||
| 2003 | Taipei First Live | 29 January 2005 | 1 |
| 29 January: Red Play House (Taipei) ||||
| 2005 | Nakagawa Akinori Live Tour Code: 2005 Sabaku/Oasis | 19–23 December 2005 | 4 |
| 19–20 December: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 22 December: Fukuoka Drum Be-1 (Fukuoka), 23 December: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka) ||||
| 2006 | Live Act "BLUE DREAM" | 22 November – 13 December 2006 | 9 |
| 22–26 November: Setagaya Public Theater(Tokyo), 11 December: Chunichi Theatre (Aichi), 12–13 December: Shinkobe Oriental Theater ||||
| 2007 | Lukas Perman × Akinori Nakagawa Concert | 30 May – 8 June 2007 | 3 |
| 30–31 May: Umeda Arts Theater(Osaka), 8 June: Shibuya C. C. Lemon Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2008 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2008 Owaranai Christmas | 13–28 March 2008 | 6 |
| 13–14 March: Nakano Sun Plaza (Tokyo), 24–25 March: Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan (Osaka), 27–28 March: Aichi Kosei Nenkin Kaikan (Aichi) ||||
| 2008 | Shampoo | 17 June – 5 October 2008 | 3 |
| 17 June: STB139 (Tokyo), 5 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2008 | Bob | 21 September – 8 November 2008 | 3 |
| 21 September: STB139 (Tokyo), 14 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo), 8 November: Ikebukuro Amlux Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2008 | Akinori Nakagawa Live tour 2008 Skin | 18 November – 9 December 2008 | 4 |
| 18 November: Nagoya Ell. Fits All (Aichi), 19–20 November: Knave (Osaka), 9 December: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) ||||
| 2009 | Concert 2009 The Life is Contact | 26 April 2009 | 1 |
| 26 April: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) ||||
| 2009 | House! | 6 September 2009 | 2 |
| 6 September: STB139 (Tokyo) ||||
| 2009 | Akinori Nakagawa Plugless Concert 2009 | 20 November – 26 December 2009 | 4 |
| 20–21 November 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2010 | Tea 4 every 1 | 7 February 2010 | 2 |
| 7 February: STB139 (Tokyo) ||||
| 2010 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2010 | 25 February 2010 | 1 |
| 25 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan(Tokyo) ||||
| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Meets Aoyama Gakuin | 13 March 2010 | 1 |
| 13 March: Aoyama Gakuin University(Tokyo) ||||
| 2010 | Kentetsu Kou * Akinori Nakagawa Ikiru Recipe | 20 March 2010 | 2 |
| 20 March: STB139 (Tokyo) ||||
| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 "Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor" | 15 May – 22 October 2010 | 6 |
| 15 May: Shibuya-AX (Tokyo), 10 October: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), 21 October: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi), 22 October: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) ||||
| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 Hakuju Hall | 24 December 2010 | 1 |
| 24 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2011 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2011 | 17 February 2011 | 1 |
| 17 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo) ||||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa Live 2011 | 23 February – 30 April 2011 | 6 |
| 23 February: Cotton Club (Tokyo), 28 April: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi), 30 April: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) ||||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa "Love for Japan" | 1 May 2011 | 2 |
| 1 May: Cotton Club (Tokyo) ||||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa 10th anniversary concert "Yellow", "Black", "White" | 9–11 September 2011 | 3 |
| 9 September:Theater BRAVA!(Osaka), 10–11 September: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) ||||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 Owaranai Christmas | 22 December 2011 | 2 |
| 22 December: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) ||||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 "The Wiz" | 24–26 December 2011 | 4 |
| 24 December 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2012 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2012 | 16 February 2012 | 1 |
| 16 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo) ||||
| 2012 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2012 Hakuju Hall | 17 March 2012 | 2 |
| 17 March: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) ||||
| 2012 | Akinori Nakagawa Live 2012 Nagoya Blue Note | 26 May 2012 | 2 |
| 26 May: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi) ||||
| 2012 | Akinori Nakagawa Live 2012 in Osaka "PopChic" | 18 August 2012 | 2 |
| 18 August: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) ||||
| 2012 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2012 in Hakuju Hall vol.2 | 22–23 September 2012 | 4 |
| 22–23 September: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) ||||

## Works
### Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Mozart! | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2003 | Pure Love | Jun | Main role |
| 2004 | Candide | Candide | Main role |
| 2004 | himself | Hamlet | Main role |
| 2004 | Shiroh | Shiroh | Main role |
| 2005 | Mozart! | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2006 | Our House | Joe | Main role |
| 2007 | The Who's Tommy | Tommy | Main role |
| 2007 | Eréndira | Ulises | Main role |
| 2007 | Mozart! | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2008 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III | |
| 2009 | Saiyuki (西遊記) (Super Monkey) | Sun Wukong | Cancelled |
| 2009 | Onna Nobunaga | Mitsuhide Akechi | |
| 2009 | 7Days Judgement | Akutsu Shinji | |
| 2010 | Songoku vs Songoku | Xuanzang | Beijing opera |
| 2010 | Watashi no Atama no naka no Keshigomu | Takahara Kōsuke | |
| 2010 | X day | Seiji | |
| 2010 | Samurai 7 | Ukyō | |
| 2010 | Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III | |
| 2011 | Underground Parade | D.D. | |
| 2011 | Kaze wo Musunde | Katayama Heigo | Main role |
| 2011 | Gegege no ge – ōma ga toki ni Yureru Buranko | Kitarō | |
| 2011 | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | | |
| 2011 | Love Letters at Sixty | | |
| 2012 | Chess in Concert | Freddie | |
| 2012 | Samurai 7 | Ukyō | |
| 2012 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Jiyū Wakusei Dōmei" | Olivier Poplin | |
| 2012 | Miyazawa Kenji ga Tsutaerukoto | | |
| 2012 | Promises, Promises in Concert | Chuck Baxter | Main role |
| 2012 | Tattoo14 | Sky | |
| 2012 | Hakurai Jōtō Dōdekka | Hayashi Hirotaka | Main role |
| 2012 | Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Gekitsui-ō" | Olivier Poplin | Main role |
| 2012 | Bushi no O | Takata Gunbe | |
| 2012 | Hoshi Meguri no Uta | | |
| 2013 | Mozart, l'opéra rock | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2016 | Jersey Boys | Frankie Valli | Main role |
| 2017 | Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | Main role |
| 2020 | Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | Main role |
| 2022 | CROSS ROAD ~The Devil's Violinist Paganini~ [ja] | Amduscias | Main role |
| 2022 | Jersey Boys | Frankie Valli | Main role |
| 2023 | CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~ | Cesare Borgia | Main role |
| 2023 | The Devil | X-White | Main role |
| 2023 | Shine Show | Wakayama | Main role |
| 2024 | CROSS ROAD ~The Devil's Violinist Paganini~ [ja] | Amduscias | Main role |
| 2024 | Song Writers | Peter Fox | Main role |
| 2025 | Frankenstein | Victor Frankenstein | Main role |
| 2025 | Jersey Boys | Frankie Valli | Main role |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Tenchijin | Hidetada Tokugawa | Taiga drama, four episodes |
| 2009 | Konkatsu Rikatsu | Shogo Kayama | NHK Television |
| 2017 | Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | Radalle | Taiga Fantasy Drama |
| 2024 | Oddboys | Tatsunojo Kira | |

## Awards and nominations
### Awards

* All Japan Request Awards – New artist of the year – "I Will Get Your Kiss"
* National Arts Festival Award for Rookie of the Year in the drama division – Mozart!
* Haruko Sugimura Award in a Musical – Mozart!
* Yomiuri Drama Awards in a Musical – Mozart!