Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama
永山 瑛太
Nagayama in 2024
Born
Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太)

(1982-12-13) December 13, 1982
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouse
(m. 2010)
Children2
RelativesKento Nagayama (younger brother)
Websitewww.eita.jp

Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太; born December 13, 1982), occasionally credited mononymously as Eita, is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys. He also appeared in Summer Time Machine Blues and Tokyo Friends: The Movie.

Biography

In March 2009, Nagayama made his theatrical role debut as human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost.[1] The same year in August, he made his theatrical role in Tokyo Gekko Makyoku, playing the mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era.[2]

On June 1, 2010, after becoming engaged at the end of 2009, Nagayama married singer Kaela Kimura, who was already five months pregnant.[3][4] The couple announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010.[5] Nagayama and Kimura have two children together.

Nagayama appeared with Jun Matsumoto and Masami Nagasawa in Sei Sankaku Kankei (正三角関係; Trilateral Connection) Hideki Noda. Performances occurred at Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Kitakyushu and Osaka as well as Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, the latter under the name of "Love in Action", running from July 11 until November 2, 2024.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 Aoi Haru Obake [7]
2003 Azumi Hiei [8]
9 Souls Kaneko Noboru [9]
2005 Summer Time Machine Blues Komoto Takuma Lead role [10]
Densha Otoko Hirofumi [11]
Hanging Garden Tezuka [12]
2006 Su-ki-da Yosuke (young) [13]
Memories of Matsuko Sho Kawajiri [14]
2007 Dororo Tahomaru [15]
The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker Kawasaki Lead role [16]
2008 Season of Snow Shiroyama Gun Lead role [17]
2009 April Bride Taro Akasu Lead role [18]
Dear Doctor Keisuke Soma [19]
No More Cry!!! Yusuke Shimoigusa [20]
Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part I Ryutaro Mine [21]
Toad's Oil Tetsuya Yazawa [22]
2010 Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II Ryutaro Mine [23]
2011 Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Chijiiwa Motome [24]
2014 The Magnificent Nine Tokuheiji Sugawara [25]
2016 64: Part I Akikawa [26]
64: Part II Akikawa [27]
2017 Mixed Doubles Hisashi Hagiwara Lead role [28]
2018 My Friend "A" Hideto Suzuki Lead role [29]
2020 Family Bond Takashi Kawai [30]
2021 Hokusai Ryūtei Tanehiko [31]
In the Wake Mikumo [32]
2023 September 1923 Shinsuke [33]
Monster Hori Lead role [34]
Undercurrent Satoru [35]
Don't Call it Mystery: The Movie Garo Inudō [36]
2024 Don't Lose Your Head! Ōishi Kuranosuke [37]
Kaze yo Arashi yo Ōsugi Sakae [38]
I Ai Kuga [39]
2025 Hero's Island On [40]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2002 The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine Noboru Sakai [41]
Remote Keisuke Sawamura Episodes 3 and 4 [42]
2003 Water Boys Masatoshi Tanaka [43]
Kimi wa Petto Junpei Horibe [44]
The Always the Two of Us Kohei Morinaga [45]
2004 Orange Days Keita Yashima [46]
2006 Nodame Cantabile Ryutaro Mine [47]
Unfair Kazuyuki Ando [48]
Suppliment Satoshi Ogiwara [49]
2008 Atsuhime Naogoro/Komatsu Tatewaki Taiga drama [50]
Last Friends Takeru Mizushima [51]
2009 The Voices Kaji Daiki Lead role [52]
2010 Hard to Say I Love You Keisuke Nakajima Lead role [53]
2011 Still, Life Goes On Hiroki Fukami Lead role [54]
2013 Matrimonial Chaos Mitsuo Hamasaki Lead role [55]
2014 Kuroi Fukuin Yoshitaka Ichimura [56]
All About My Siblings Satoru Satō [57]
2017 Hello, Detective Hedgehog Goro Nanase Lead role [58]
2018 Segodon Ōkubo Toshimichi Taiga drama [59]
Anone Riichi Nakaseko [60]
2020 Ashita no Kazoku Kōtarō Hyōdō Television film [61]
2021 How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family! Kōichi Obara [62]
Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Munate Miniseries [63]
2022 Bakumatsu Aibō-den Sakamoto Ryōma Television film [64]
Don't Call it Mystery Shō Kumada [65]
Kaze yo Arashi yo Ōsugi Sakae Television film [38]
2023 Even If You Don't Do It Yōichi Yoshino [66]

Japanese dub

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Planes Dusty Crophopper [67]
2014 Planes: Fire & Rescue Dusty Crophopper [67]

Stage

Year Title Role Notes
2024 Sei Sankkaku Kankei/Love in Action [6]

Awards and nominations

Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2009 33rd Elan d'or Awards Newcomer Award Himself Won [68]
5th Annual TV Navi Drama Awards Best Supporting Actor Last Friends Won [69]
17th Hashida Awards Best Newcomer Won [70]
34th Hochi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Dear Doctor Won [71]
2010 52nd Blue Ribbon Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [72]
2013 6th International Drama Festival in Tokyo Best Actor Matrimonial Chaos Won [73]
2019 73rd Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor My Friend A Nominated [74]
2024 78th Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actor September 1923 Nominated [75]

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