Taishi Nakagawa
Also Known As: 中川 大志
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan
Birthday: June 14, 1998
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Gender: Male
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Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Overview: Maeno Ryotaku (Kataoka Ainosuke) is a doctor of Buzen Province, Nakatsu domain. Aspiring to learn Western knowledge, he comes across a Dutch-language translation of the German medical text Anatomische Tabellen while studying in Nagasaki. After returning from Nagasaki, Maeno is invited by a doctor friend Sugita Genpaku (Niiro Shinya) of Wakasa Province, Obama domain to observe an autopsy.
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-01-01
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歌妖曲～中川大志之丞変化～
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-11-06
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Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special
Overview: "Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23夏の特別編) aired on Fuji TV on June 17, 2023, featuring four mysterious tales: 1. "Princess Club" A housewife revisits a childhood club to relive her dreams, facing unexpected consequences. 2. "Kobayashi Family Wonderland" A family turns their home into a theme park, but their ambitious project spirals out of control. 3. "Gaze" A student discovers a new eye drop causes everyone to fixate on her, revealing an unsettling truth. 4. "Rainbow" A photographer captures a mysterious girl under a rainbow, unveiling a connection that transcends time.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-06-17
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Raijingu Jakuchu
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-01-02
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GTO: The Graduation Special
Overview: The national university entrance examination is coming up and the students of Class 3/4, which Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA) is in charge of, enter exam mode. Onizuka who conducts career counselling for the students with assistant form teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa (Takimoto Miori), questions their mentality of aiming for a good university in order to get into a good company.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-04-02
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GTO: New Year's Special
Overview: A mother leaves three kids in the care of Saejima and it's up to Onizuka and the gang to track her down. Meanwhile Miki is having some problems with her dad all the while a handsome and mysterious cram school teacher appears.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-02
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Black Night Parade
Overview: Hino Miharu, a dull man who has been working part-time at the convenience store Pawson Nerima Kitaguchi for three years, suddenly kidnapped by a man wearing a black Santa suit, saying, "It's a job offer! I'll be counting on you from today". When he wake up, there is a mysterious company in the North Pole, Santa Claus House. Miharu starts working as a black Santa who distributes presents to children around the world with his colleague with a strong personality, but this company has a secret.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2022-12-23
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Bushido
Overview: Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) was a samurai, but he was forced out of the Han due to a false accusation. He then lived in poverty with his daughter Kinu (Kaya Kiyohara). Despite being poor, he never gave up his pride and honor that he held as a samurai. Even when playing the board game Go, which is his hobby, he always plays in a fair manner. Because of a case, the truth behind the false accusation is revealed. Kakunoshin Yanagida is shaken and filled with rage. He decides to take revenge, even if it means he will be torn from his daughter.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-05-17
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Commuting to School Series Commuter Tram
Overview: Yuna has a crush on Haru. She sees him on the train every morning when she goes to school. She doesn't know anything about him and he goes to a different school from her. One morning, she wakes up and finds Haru sleeping right next to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-07
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Scroll
Overview: The story describes how youngsters struggle to cope with the gap between their ideals and reality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2023-02-03
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Commuting to School Series On the Way to School
Overview: Yuki is introverted and not very good with love. She has a crush on somebody, but he already has a girlfriend. Kou is in the same art club as Yuki and has feelings for her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-11-25
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Blue Demon Ver. 2.0
Overview: On the way to visit Shun, who didn't attend class, Hiroshi and Anna are drawn by a mysterious butterfly and enter the big house “Jail House”. They get lost and wander around the house. Meanwhile, Takuro, Mika and Takeshi, who bullies Shun, enter the “Jail House” to test their courage.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-07-04
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A Conviction of Marriage
Overview: The perverted serial killer who shook the world, "Shinagawa Piero," has been arrested. The killer turns out to be a 20-year-old woman! A boy, seeking to find his murdered father's missing head, writes a letter to her in prison under the name of Arata, a child welfare center worker who was counseling him. To fulfill the boy's request, Arata meets her, but when she realizes Arata did not write the letter, he abruptly proposes marriage to her to capture her interest.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-09-06
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Your Lie in April
Overview: Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets Miyazono Kaori through childhood friend Sawabe Tsubaki. Kaori plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kousei is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-09-10
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Cha-Cha
Overview: Cha-Cha is the love story between the titular Cha-Cha, a free-spirited artist, and Raku, a boy with increasingly questionable tastes. Cha-Cha is painted with the whimsical colors of a romantic comedy at its surface that belie much, much, much darker hues to be found in its deranged depths. Cha-Cha is silly, sweet, screwball, and completely unexpected.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-10-11
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ReLIFE
Overview: Arata Kaizaki is 27-years-old and unemployed. He quit his prior job after working for the company for 3 months. Arata Kaizaki decides to take part in a research program. He takes medication that makes him look younger and he is to attend high school for a year. There, he falls in love with female high school student Chizuru Hishiro.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-04-15
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Unrequited Love
Overview: Childhood best friends. Cousins. Housemates. Coworkers. Eight stories of unrequited love, eight sets of people who weren't meant to be together. Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love: ***My Nickname is Butatchi ***Something Blue ***Asahan no Yuge ***Kataomoi Supairaru ***Usotsuki no Koi ***Ibu no Okurimono ***Radio Personality ***Boku no Sabotin
Genres: Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2016-07-02
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Closest Love to Heaven
Overview: Nino is a quiet outcast with only a bird for a friend. Kira is a popular boy with a big secret. Even though they live next to each other, they have never spoken. But when Nino learns Kira's secret, everything begins to change, and what starts as a hesitant friendship grows into something more… but how long can it last?
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2017-02-25
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Kids on the Slope
Overview: Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-03-10
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Lock-On Love
Overview: An endearingly inept guy who has killer looks but zero experience with girls falls in love with a hard-to-get beauty.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-10-12
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Rainbow Days
Overview: Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends; Keiichi Katakura, a kinky sadist who always carries a whip; and Tsuyoshi Naoe, an otaku who has a cosplaying girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2018-07-06
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Samurai Marathon
Overview: When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2019-02-22
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My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy
Overview: Kiyosumi’s affection for his schoolmate Hari grows after he saves her from bullying, but a dark secret she’s unwilling to share threatens their bond.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-09
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Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
Overview: With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-25
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One Left Hand Shot
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-03-14
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Funny Bunny
Overview: Kenmochi works as a novelist. He is able to recognize people who are suicidal. Kenmochi and his friend Urushihara meet these people and let them find hope in their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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Tom and Sawyer in the City
Overview: An original story based on the characters of Hayamine Kaoru's mystery novel of the same name. Naito Naito, a second year high school student who has the ability to survive in any situation, teams up with Ryuo Soya, a talented boy whose father is the head of the Ryuo Group conglomerate. The two of them and others challenge "Area Z", a game created by the genius creator only known as "Kurii Eita". Can they complete their mission to save the city within 6 hours?
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-30
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Chibi Maruko-chan: The Boy from Italy
Overview: Students from five different countries arrive in Maruko's town. Maruko and her classmates can barely contain their curiosity, and their new friends are full of surprises. And Maruko's family will house a boy from Italy!
Genres: Family Animation Comedy
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2015-12-23
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Inubu: The Dog Club
Overview: Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was little, he has always loved animals. His apartment is full of animals that needed help. One day, Hanai Sota saves a dog that was being used in experiments. To save more of the animals, he sets up the "Inubu" club. His friend Shibasaki Ryosuke, among other people, joins the group. Shibasaki Ryosuke also loves dogs and is a student in the same veterinary department as Hanai Sota. They work hard to protect the animals. 16 years later, a report comes out. The report is about Hanai Sota, who was arrested.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-07-22
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Kakegurui 2: Desperate Russian Roulette
Overview: A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2021-04-29
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4 Mysterious Stories
Overview: A four-piece omnibus-style special drama produced by the production staff of "The Really Scary Story" and the JRA Japan Racing Association. 6 people gather at a coffee shop on a winter day. While having fun conversations as usual, they begin to talk about mysterious events that they have recently experienced.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-12-26
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儚き光のラプソディ
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Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2024-04-28
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As For Me
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2025-03-01
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Golden Kamuy 2
Overview: The second part is in the works!
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: ja
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