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[[Image:YagiraYuuya1314.jpg|thumb|220px|Yagira Yuya]]

==Profile==
*'''Name:'''  柳楽優弥 (やぎら ゆうや)
*'''Name (romaji):''' Yagira Yuya
*'''Nick name:''' Yagi
*'''Profession:''' Actor
*'''Birthdate:''' 1990-Mar-26
*'''Birthplace:''' Tokyo, Japan
*'''Height:''' 170cm
*'''Star sign:''' Aries
*'''Blood type:''' A
*'''Family:''' Younger sister
*'''Talent agency:''' [http://www.stardust.co.jp/profile/yagirayuya.html Stardust]

==About Yuya==
From a stranger to household name, he won best actor at the [[Wikipedia:2004 Cannes Film Festival|2004 Cannes Film Festival]] for his portrail of 12 year old Akira in the highly acclaimed ''[[Wikipedia:Nobody Knows|Nobody Knows]]''. Yagira earned the distinction of being Japan's first winner of a Cannes prize and the festival's youngest winner ever at age 14. The same year [[Wikipedia:Time (magazine)|TIME magazine]] named him Asia's Best Heroes. The following year he starred in in the box office hit ''[http://www.randy-movie.com Shining Boy and Little Randy]''. ''--written by [[User:YT|YT]] 22:37, 10 Mar 2007 (CST)''

==TV Shows==
*[[Denchi ga Kireru Made]] (TV Asahi, 2004)
*[[Kunimitsu no Matsuri]] (KTV, 2003)

==Movies==
*Subete wa Umi ni Naru (2010)
*Genius Party (2007)
*[http://www.ho-tai.jp/ Houtai Club / Bandage Club] (2007)
*[http://sugarandspice.jp/ Sugar & Spice~Fuumi Zekka~ / Suger & Spice~What Little Girls are Made Of~] (2006)
*[http://www.randy-movie.com Hoshi ni Natta Shonen / Shining Boy & Little Randy] (2005)
*[[Wikipedia:Nobody Knows|Daremo Shiranai / Nobody Knows]] (2004)

==Endorsements==
*Mira Daihatsu (2006)
*[http://www.mffinity.com/ Max Factor] (2006)
*[http://www.hottokenai.jp/ Global Call to Action Against Poverty--G-CAP] (2005)

==Recognitions==
*'''2004 Cannes Film Festival:''' Best Actor for [[Wikipedia:Nobody Knows|Nobody Knows]]
*'''26th Yokohoma Filmm Awards:''' Best Newcomer
*'''14th Tokyo Sport Movie Grand Prix:''' Best Newcomer
*'''59th Everyday Movie Sponichi Grand Prix:''' Best Newcomer
*'''78th Cinema Best:''' Best Newcomer
*'''19th Takasaki Film Festival :''' Best Newcomer
*'''40th Chicago International Film Festival Golden Plaque Award:''' Golden Plaque
*'''31st France Dozen International Film Festival Grand Prix:''' Outstanding Achievement Award

==Trivia==
*'''Hobbies:''' Soccer and swimming

==External Links==
*[http://yuyayagira.jp/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:柳楽優弥|Japanese Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Yûya Yagira|English Wikipedia]]
*[http://jdorama.com/artiste.2207.htm JDorama.com]

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