Taishi Nakagawa
Biography
Taishi Nakagawa 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. 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. He is also a regular performer in “The Comedy of Life”, 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.
Known For
Burn the House Down
The Files of the Young Kindaichi
GTO
The 13 Lords of the Shogun
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo
DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon
Ozu
All Movies (34)
- Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid-2026 · as Otonoshin Koito
- As for Me2025 · as Keishi Nagatsuta
- Cha-Cha2024 · as Raku
- A Conviction of Marriage2024 · as Koichi Miyamae
- Bushido2024 · as Yakichi
- 儚き光のラプソディ2024
- Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special2023
- Scroll2023
- Black Night Parade2022 · as Kaiza Tanaka
- 歌妖曲～中川大志之丞変化～2022
- Tom and Sawyer in the City2021 · as Nikaido Takuya
- Inubu: The Dog Club2021 · as Shibasaki Ryosuke
- Funny Bunny2021 · as Satoshi Kenmochi
- Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette2021 · as Uchijima
- My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy2021 · as Kiyozumi Hamada
- Raijingu Jakuchu2021
- 4 Mysterious Stories2020 · as Mutou Haruto
- Josee, the Tiger and the Fish2020 · as Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)
- One Left Hand Shot2020 · as Tanaka Masayuki
- Samurai Marathon2019 · as Fujii
- Lock-On Love2018 · as Towa Furuya
- Rainbow Days2018 · as Tomoya Matsunaga
- Kids on the Slope2018 · as Sentaro Kawabuchi
- Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen2018
- ReLIFE2017 · as Arata Kaizaki
- Closest Love to Heaven2017 · as Yuiji Kira
- Your Lie in April2016 · as Ryouta Watari
- Unrequited Love2016 · as Satake
- Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy2015 · as Andrea (voice)
- Commuting to School Series On the Way to School2015 · as Kou
- Commuting to School Series Commuter Tram2015
- Blue Demon Ver. 2.02015 · as Hiroshi
- GTO: The Graduation Special2013
- GTO: New Year's Special2013
All TV Shows (36)
- ALIUS2026 · as Tohru Kanzaki
- The Laughing Salesman2025 · as Kashizukuri Kohei
- Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-2024 · as Koito Otonoshin
- Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-2024
- バタバタ買い物バケーション2024
- Seven Orifices2024 · as Kawabata
- 952024 · as Suzuki Shotaro / "Sho"
- Eye Love You2024 · as Hanaoka Akito
- Ozu2023
- ONE DAY ~It's Wonderful Christmas Ado~2023 · as Fuehana Mizuki
- Burn the House Down2023 · as Shinji Mitarai
- アクターズ・ショート・フィルム3ザ・ドキュメンタリー 映画はつねに新しい 完全密着1年間の記録2023
- 直前特番 アクターズ・ショート・フィルム3独占インタビュー 高良健吾/玉木宏/土屋太鳳/中川大志/野村萬斎2023
- The Old Dog, New Tricks?2022 · as Takuya Jo
- The 13 Lords of the Shogun2022 · as Hatakeyama Shigetada
- Urban Tom & Sawyer Our Fort2021 · as Takuya Nikaido
- Hitman in Love2021 · as Onotora Shu
- Daddy Is My Classmate2020 · as Masaji Hatakeyama
- You and I on the G-String2019 · as Kase Rihito
- Queen2019 · as Shuji Fujieda（藤枝 修二）
- Are You Ready? Hey You Girl!2018 · as Towa Furuya
- Boys Over Flowers: Season 22018 · as Tenma Hase
- Kakegurui2018 · as Kaede Manyuda
- My Little Lover - Minami Kun no Koibito2015 · as Shun'ichi Minami
- Prison School2015 · as Kiyoshi Fujino
- Hell Teacher Nube2014
- The Files of Young Kindaichi Neo2014 · as Koji Sanada
- Water Polo Yankees2014 · as Kohei Shimura
- Midnight Ferris Wheel2013 · as Takahashi Shinji
- Perfect Blue2012 · as Shinya Morooka
- GTO2012
- Blackboard2012 · as Kenji Yumioka
- Blackboard2012 · as Yumioka Kenji
- DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon2011 · as Masaya Minagawa
- I'm Mita, Your Housekeeper2011 · as Kakeru Asuda
- The Files of the Young Kindaichi1995 · as Koji Sanada