Taishi Nakagawa Explained

Taishi Nakagawa
Birth Date:	14 June 1998
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Place:	Tokyo, Japan
Years Active:	2009–present
Agent:	Stardust Promotion
Height:	^[1]

is a Japanese actor, host, and model.^[2] 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 originally started as a child actor but because of his sudden growth spurt he was given roles that were much older than his real age. He debuted in 2009 when he portrayed the young Ikki Sawamura in a drama re-enactment of TV documentary When I Was a Child which features Japanese actors and actresses in their childhood.^[3] He also appeared in several dramas like Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen, Q10, Gō and Ohisama. Taishi then starred in the hit drama Kaseifu no Mita as one of the four children who struggles to cope with the loss of their mother.

Taishi was cast to play the bullied student Noboru Yoshikawa in the 2012 remake of Great Teacher Onizuka.^[4] He also made regular appearances as an MC on TV Tokyo children's shows Oha Suta.

He is also a regular performer in The Comedy Of Life (LIFE!〜人生に捧げるコント〜) a comedy skit show that depicts the joys and sorrows of life which is presented 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
	Q10		Episode 4
2011	Gō	Hosokawa Mitsuchiyo	Taiga drama, episode 34
	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
	Kakegurui Season 2	Manyuda Kaede
	G Senjou no Anata to Watashi	Rihito Kase
2020	Hidarite Ippon no Shuuto	Masayuki Tanaka	TV movie	^[8]
	Daddy is My Classmate	Masaharu Hatakeyama		^[9] ^[10]
	Utchan	Teruyoshi Uchimura	Lead role, miniseries	^[11]
2021	Rising Wakaoka Genius Awakening	Maruyama Ōkyo	TV movie	^[12]
	Boku no Satsui ga Koi o Shita	Shu Onotora	Lead role	^[13]
2022	The 13 Lords of the Shogun	Hatakeyama Shigetada	Taiga drama	^[14]
2023	Burn the House Down	Shinji Mitarai		^[15]
	Ranman	Tōru Nagamori	Asadora	^[16]
	One Day: Wonderful Christmas Ado	Mizuki Fuehana		^[17]
2024	Eye Love You	Hanaoka Akito		^[18]
	95	Shotaro Suzuki		^[19]
	Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Scramble Arc	Otonoshin Koito		^[20]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
		Andrea (vioice)		^[21]
2016	Unrequited Love	Jun Satake	Lead role, episode 1: My Nickname is Butatchi	^[22]
	Your Lie in April	Ryōta Watari
2017	Closest Love to Heaven	Yuiji Kira	Lead role	^[23]
	ReLIFE	Arata Kaizaki	Lead role	^[24]
2018	Kids on the Slope	Sentarō Kawabuchi	Lead role	^[25]
	Rainbow Days	Tomoya Matsunaga	Lead role	^[26]
	Lock-On Love	Towa Furuya	Lead role	^[27]
2019	Samurai Marathon	Fujii		^[28]
2020	Step		Cameo role	^[29]
	Josee, the Tiger and the Fish	Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)	Lead role	^[30]
2021	My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy	Kiyosumi Hamada	Lead role	^[31]
	Inubu: The Dog Club	Ryōsuke Shibasaki	Lead role	^[32]
	Funny Bunny	Satoshi Kenmochi	Lead role	^[33]
		Uchijima		^[34]
	Tom and Sawyer in the City	Takuya Nikaidō		^[35]
2022	Black Night Parade	Kaiser Tanaka		^[36]
2023	Scroll	Yūsuke	Lead role	^[37]
2024	Bushido	Yakichi		^[38]
	A Conviction of Marriage	Kōichi Miyamae		^[39]
	Cha-cha	Raku		^[40]

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		Henry Turner	Brenton Thwaites	^[41]
2020	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)	Ben Schwartz	^[42]
2022	Sonic the Hedgehog 2			^[43]

Photo books

• Chi Yubo / Kitchen (18.03.2014) by Naoki Kimura

Awards

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		^[44]
2023	47th Elan d'or Awards	Newcomer of the Year	Himself		^[45]

Notes and References

1. http://www.stardust.co.jp/sp/profile/nakagawataishi.html/ profile, Jan 2018
2. http://www.stardust.co.jp/section3/profile/nakagawataishi.html スターダストプロモーション > 中川大志
3. Web site: 「DOCTORS 2」で中川大志が沢村一樹と待望の初共演!「すごく面白い方で、現場も楽しいです!」. 2013-07-24. news.thetv. 2014-03-04. ja. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140308062203/http://news.thetv.jp/article/40088/. 2014-03-08.
4. Web site: Live-Action GTO Remake Confirmed with EXILE Member Akira. 2012-05-22 . anime news network. 2014-03-08.
5. Web site: 平清盛の出演者・キャスト一覧. June 5, 2024. The Television.
6. Web site: 真田丸の出演者・キャスト一覧. June 5, 2024. The Television.
7. Web site: 花のち晴れ〜花男Next Season〜の出演者・キャスト一覧. June 5, 2024. The Television.
8. Web site: 中川大志がドラマ「左手一本のシュート」主演、脳出血に襲われたバスケ選手に. March 2, 2020. Natalie.
9. Web site: 中川大志、ドラマ「親バカ青春白書」でムロツヨシ＆永野芽郁と同級生に. June 12, 2020. Natalie.
10. Web site: Daddy is My Classmate. August 3, 2020. Nippon TV.
11. Web site: 内村光良描くＮＨＫ夜の連続テレビ小説「うっちゃん」放送へ 若きうっちゃんは中川大志. October 2, 2020. Daily Sports.
12. Web site: 中村七之助×永山瑛太、NHK正月時代劇ドラマ『ライジング若冲 天才 かく覚醒せり』製作決定. April 1, 2021. Real Sound.
13. Web site: 最高に間の悪い殺し屋・中川大志がターゲットと禁断の恋、主演ドラマ7月スタート. May 8, 2021. Natalie.
14. Web site: 鎌倉殿の13人:畠山重忠に中川大志 「真田丸」に続き三谷幸喜大河に参戦. November 17, 2020. Mantan-web.
15. Web site: Netflixシリーズ「御手洗家、炎上する」新キャストに工藤阿須加、中川大志、恒松祐里ら. May 11, 2023. Natalie.
16. Web site: August 23, 2023 . 朝ドラ「らんまん」に濱田龍臣、乃木坂46遠藤さくら、本田望結、中川大志ら . August 23, 2023 . Eiga Natalie . Natalie.
17. Web site: August 1, 2023 . 「ONE DAY～聖夜のから騒ぎ～」に江口洋介、中川大志、松本若菜、中村アンが出演 . December 13, 2023 . Eiga Natalie . Natalie.
18. Web site: December 1, 2023 . 中川大志がドラマ「Eye Love You」出演、二階堂ふみを支えるビジネスパートナーに. Dec 13, 2023. Eiga Natalie . Natalie.
19. Web site: February 21, 2024 . 高橋海人主演「95」に中川大志、松本穂香、細田佳央太、犬飼貴丈、関口メンディー出演 . Mar 18, 2024 . Eiga Natalie . Natalie.
20. Web site: 中川大志、ドラマ版「金カム」出演へ 「鯉登の役は他の誰にも渡したくない」薩摩生まれのエリート少尉・鯉登音之進役に意欲. 22 August 2024. Oricon.
21. Web site: 映画 アニメ 映画ちびまる子ちゃん イタリアから来た少年 - allcinema. allcinema. www.allcinema.net. ja. 2018-10-02.
22. Web site: 全員、片想い. June 13, 2024. eiga.com.
23. Web site: Taishi Nakagawa, Marie Iitoyo Star in Live-Action Kyō no Kira-kun Film. 2016-07-09. anime news network. 2016-07-09.
24. Web site: ReLIFE Gets Live-Action Film Adaptation With Original Ending. 2016-10-04. anime news network. 2016-10-04.
25. Web site: Kids on the Slope to Get Live-Action Movie Adaptation. 2020-09-06. Manga.Tokyo.
26. Web site: 虹色デイズ. June 5, 2024. eiga.com.
27. Web site: 覚悟はいいかそこの女子。. June 5, 2024. eiga.com.
28. Web site: サムライマラソン. June 5, 2024. eiga.com.
29. Web site: 中川大志が映画『ステップ』にカメオ出演 「勝手に現場に押しかけました」. October 5, 2020. Cinra.net.
30. Web site: BONES' 'Josee, the Tiger and the Fish' Anime Film Reveals Cast, Theme Song, Trailer, December 25 Premiere. 2020-08-12. anime news network. 2020-08-12.
31. Web site: 砕け散るところを見せてあげる. February 10, 2021. eiga.com.
32. Web site: 林遣都、中川大志が「犬バカ」に 篠原哲雄監督の映画『犬部！』2021年公開. August 14, 2020. Cinra.net.
33. Web site: 中川大志、飯塚健オリジナル戯曲『FUNNY BUNNY』映画化で主演 特報＆ビジュアル解禁. February 10, 2021. Crank-in!.
34. Web site: 2024-05-15 . Live-Action Kakegurui Sequel Film Recasts Taishi Nakagawa as New Original Character . 2024-05-16 . Anime News Network . en.
35. Web site: 中川大志が「都会のトム＆ソーヤ」に二階堂卓也役で出演、強面なボディガード役. March 19, 2021. Natalie.
36. Web site: 吉沢亮主演で「ブラックナイトパレード」映画化！橋本環奈、中川大志、渡邊圭祐が共演. August 2, 2022. Natalie.
37. Web site: スクロール. August 10, 2022. eiga.com.
38. Web site: 草なぎ剛×白石和彌「碁盤斬り」に清原果耶、中川大志、斎藤工、小泉今日子、國村隼ら. September 25, 2023. Natalie.
39. Web site: 夏目アラタの結婚. June 5, 2024. eiga.com.
40. Web site: チャチャ. 9 July 2024. eiga.com.
41. Web site: パイレーツ・オブ・カリビアン／最後の海賊. March 13, 2019. Star Channel.
42. Web site: 中川大志：「ソニック・ザ・ムービー」日本語吹き替え版でソニック役に抜てき "恩師"山寺宏一も太鼓判. January 22, 2020. December 30, 2021. Mantan Web. ja.
43. Web site: 「ソニック・ザ・ムービー」新作が夏に公開、吹替は中川大志、山寺宏一が続投. December 10, 2021. May 5, 2022. Natalie.
44. Web site: 第42回日本アカデミー賞、「万引き家族」「孤狼の血」「北の桜守」が最多12部門で優秀賞. January 16, 2019. eiga.com.
45. Web site: 間宮祥太朗・松下洸平・中川大志らが新人賞「2023年 エランドール賞」発表＜受賞一覧＞. February 2, 2023. Model Press.