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.
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 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. 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.
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Kakegurui (2018)
Guest starring as Kaede Manyuda
(11 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Apr 28, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Apr 21, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Apr 14, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Apr 7, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Mar 31, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Episode 10 (Mar 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x08: Episode 8 (Mar 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Feb 11, 2018)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Feb 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Jan 28, 2018)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Jan 21, 2018)