Yagira Yuya

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Name: 柳楽優弥 (やぎらゆうや)
Name (romaji): Yagira Yuya
Nickname: Yagi
Profession: Actor
Birthdate: 1990-Mar-26 (age 33)
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 170cm
Star sign: Aries
Blood type: A
Family: Younger sister, wife/model Toyota Ellie (豊田エリー), daughter (b. 2010)
Talent agency: Stardust Promotion

About Yuya

He won best actor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12 year old Akira in the highly acclaimed 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 TIME magazine named him Asia's Best Heroes. The following year he starred in the box office hit Shining Boy and Little Randy.

TV Shows

Nigatsu no Shousha (NTV, 2021)
Arimura Kasumi no Satsukyu (WOWOW Prime, 2020, ep4)
Kyou kara Ore wa!! (NTV, 2018, ep3)
Yutori Desu ga Nani ka SP (NTV, 2017)
Frankenstein no Koi (NTV, 2017)
Okaasan, Musume wo Yamete Ii Desu ka? (NHK, 2017)
Onna Joushu Naotora (NHK, 2017)
Yutori Desu ga Nani ka (NTV, 2016)
Mare (NHK, 2015)
Masshiro (TBS, 2015)
Nobunaga Concerto (Fuji TV, 2014, ep1)
Aoihonoo (TV Tokyo, 2014)
LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile~ (TBS, 2011, ep4,5)
TOKYO23 (WOWOW, 2010)
Denchi ga Kireru Made (TV Asahi, 2004)
Kunimitsu no Matsuri (KTV, 2003)

Movies

Gassoh (2015)
Subete wa Umi ni Naru (2010)
Genius Party (2007)
Houtai Club / Bandage Club (2007)
Sugar & Spice~Fuumi Zekka~ / Suger & Spice~What Little Girls are Made Of~ (2006)
Hoshi ni Natta Shonen / Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005)
Daremo Shiranai / Nobody Knows (2004)

Endorsements

Mira Daihatsu (2006)
Max Factor (2006)
Global Call to Action Against Poverty--G-CAP (2005)

Recognitions

2023 5th Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards: Excellence Award (Gannibal)
89th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Yutori Desu ga Nani ka
2004 Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor for Nobody Knows
26th Yokohoma Film 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

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