Yagira Yuya

Profile

 * Name: 柳楽優弥 (やぎら ゆうや)
 * Name (romaji): Yagira Yuya
 * Nickname: Yagi
 * Profession: Actor
 * Birthdate: March 26, 1990
 * Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
 * Height: 170cm
 * Star sign: Aries
 * Blood type: A
 * Family: Younger sister and wife/model Toyota Ellie (豊田エリー)
 * Talent agency: Stardust

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

 * 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

 * 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