# Taishi Nakagawa

Taishi Nakagawa (中川大志, Nakagawa Taishi, born June 14, 1998) is a Japanese actor, host, and model. 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.

## Career

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. He also 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. 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
### Television dramas

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

### Film

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

### Music videos

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

### Japanese dub

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

### 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 | |
| 2023 | 47th Elan d'or Awards | Newcomer of the Year | Himself | Won | |