Yagira Yuya

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Yagira Yuuya

Profile

• Name: 柳楽優弥 / Yagira Yuuya / Yagira Yuya
• Nick Name: Yagi
• Profession: Actor
• Date of Birth: March 26, 1990
• Birthplace: Tokyo
• Height: 170cm
• Star Sign: Aries
• Blood Type: A
• Family: Parents and younger sister
• Hobbies: Soccer, Swimming
• Favourite Food: Meat, Tofu
• Talent Agency: Stardust

About Yuuya

He won best actor at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his portrail 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 in the box office hit Shining Boy and Little Randy. His next venture will be in the romance film Sugar & Spice~Fuumi Zekka which will feature his first onscreen kiss and represents his first adult role.

Dramas

• Denchi ga Kireru Made (TV Asahi, 2004)
• Kunimitsu no Matsuri (KTV, 2003)

Movies

• Sugar & Spice~Fuumi Zekka~ (2006)
• Shining Boy & Little Randy (2005)
• Nobody Knows (2004)

CM

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

Awards

• 2005 Oricon Best Leading Film Actors: Best Leading Actor ranked 12th for Shining Boy & Little Randy
• 2004 Cannes Film Festival: Best Actor for Nobody Knows
• 26th Yokohoma Movie 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 Movie Festival : Best Newcomer
• 40th Chicago International Movie Festival Golden Plaque Awards: Golden Plaque
• 31st France Dozen International Movie Festival grand prix: Outstanding Achievement Award

External Links

• Official Website
• JDorama.com