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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Golden Kamuy: Assault on Abashiri Prison | Otonoshin Koito | Flop | |
| 2025 | As for Me | Keishi Nagatsuta | Super Hit | |
| 2024 | Cha-Cha | Raku | Flop | |
| 2024 | A Conviction of Marriage | Koichi Miyamae | Flop | |
| 2024 | Bushido | Yakichi | Super Hit | |
| 2024 | 儚き光のラプソディ | - | Flop | |
| 2023 | Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special | - | Average | |
| 2023 | Scroll | - | Flop | |
| 2022 | Black Night Parade | Kaiza Tanaka | Average | |
| 2022 | 歌妖曲～中川大志之丞変化～ | - | Flop | |
| 2021 | Tom and Sawyer in the City | Nikaido Takuya | Hit | |
| 2021 | Inubu: The Dog Club | Shibasaki Ryosuke | Average | |
| 2021 | Funny Bunny | Satoshi Kenmochi | Hit | |
| 2021 | Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette | Uchijima | Hit | |
| 2021 | My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy | Kiyozumi Hamada | Super Hit | |
| 2021 | Raijingu Jakuchu | - | Flop | |
| 2020 | 4 Mysterious Stories | Mutou Haruto | Hit | |
| 2020 | Josee, the Tiger and the Fish | Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice) | Super Hit | |
| 2020 | One Left Hand Shot | Tanaka Masayuki | Flop | |
| 2019 | Samurai Marathon | Fujii | Average | |
| 2018 | Lock-On Love | Towa Furuya | Average | |
| 2018 | Rainbow Days | Tomoya Matsunaga | Hit | |
| 2018 | Kids on the Slope | Sentaro Kawabuchi | Hit | |
| 2018 | Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen | - | Flop | |
| 2017 | ReLIFE | Arata Kaizaki | Super Hit | |
| 2017 | Closest Love to Heaven | Yuiji Kira | Super Hit | |
| 2016 | Your Lie in April | Ryouta Watari | Hit | |
| 2016 | Unrequited Love | Satake | Flop | |
| 2015 | Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy | Andrea (voice) | Average | |
| 2015 | Commuting to School Series On the Way to School | Kou | Average | |
| 2015 | Commuting to School Series Commuter Tram | - | Flop | |
| 2015 | Blue Demon Ver. 2.0 | Hiroshi | Flop | |
| 2013 | GTO: The Graduation Special | - | Hit | |
| 2013 | GTO: New Year's Special | - | Hit |