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.

Taishi Nakagawa

Acting Born June 14, 1998 Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

Blackboard

Kenji Yumioka

Blackboard

Yumioka Kenji

The Files of the Young Kindaichi

Koji Sanada

Burn the House Down

Shinji Mitarai

GTO

The 13 Lords of the Shogun

Hatakeyama Shigetada

DOCTORS: The Ultimate Surgeon

Masaya Minagawa

Princess Go

Mitsuchiyo Hosokawa

Golden Kamuy -The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido-

Kakegurui

Kaede Manyuda

The Old Dog, New Tricks?

Takuya Jo

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

Tsuneo Suzukawa (voice)