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Yuya Yagira

Name in Native Language: "柳楽優弥" (Japanese/JA)
Child Actor | * 03/26/1990 (34) | Tokyo (Japan)
Yuya Yagira (柳楽 優弥, Yagira Yūya, born March 26, 1990) is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed Nobody Knows. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can. ...

Gintama

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2017 | 3.4/5 | 2h 10min
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mother leaves them and shows no sign of returning. ...

Nobody Knows

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2004 | 4.0/5 | 2h 21min
Drama
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Taira is a disaffected youth from a seaside town reveling in violence. Enamored by his strength, Yuya joins his crusade in attacking strangers. Meanwhile, Taira's brother looks for him. ...

Destruction Babies

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2016 | 3.4/5 | 1h 48min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Okita’s older sister, Mitsuba, visits the quarters of the Shinsengumi to announce her marriage to the trader Kuraba Toma. The two siblings spend time together. Mitsuba worries that her brother has n ...

Gintama: Mitsuba Arc

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2017 | 3.6/5 | 20min per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Yuya Yagira

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Yuya Yagira as Actor(33)

as Hiyo2022 The Fish Tale
as Ishimura Osamu2021 Gift of Fire
as Hokusai Katsushika (Young)2021 Hokusai
as Takeshi Kitano2021 Asakusa Kid
as Eiji Yanagi2020 From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie
as Goddard2019 Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
as Tomoyuki Saito2019 Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre
as Shinichi2019 His Lost Name
as Kojima2019 The Fable
as Kohei Tanaka2018 Hibiki
as Toshiro Hijikata2018 Gintama 2: Rules Are Made To Be Broken
2018 Falling Camellia
as Toshiro Hijikata2017 Gintama
2016 Ninkyo Yaro
as Tadashi Makoto2016 HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
as Taira Ashihara2016 Destruction Babies
as Suzuki Shingo2016 Pink and Gray
as Kiwamu Akitsu2015 Gassoh
as Keito Myose2014 Saigo no Inochi
as Toru Goura2014 Crows Explode
as Ebinuma2014 Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2
as Goro Sawada2013 Unforgiven
as Ryutaro Noguchi2013 Again
as Yuichi hirose2013 Under the Nagasaki Sky
2013 Galileo XX
as Koji Otaka2010 All to the Sea
as Ken2009 The Shock Labyrinth
as Tatsuya 'Dino' Ideno2007 The Bandage Club
2007 Genius Party
as Shiro Yamashita2006 Sugar & Spice
as Tetsumu Ogawa2005 Shining Boy and Little Randy
as Akira2004 Nobody Knows
2004 A Making of Nobody Knows

TV Shows/Series with Yuya Yagira as Actor(11)

as Daigo Agawa2022 Gannibal
as Takeda2020 A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura
2018 From Today, It's My Turn!!
as Hijikata Toshiro2018 Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
as Seiya Inaniwa2017 Frankenstein's Love
as Taichi Matsushima2017 Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter?
as Hijikata Toshiro2017 Gintama: Mitsuba Arc
as Maribu Michigami2016 We're Millennials. Got a problem?
as 仲野孝太郎2015 Masshiro
as Nobuyuki Oda2014 Nobunaga Concerto
as Moyuru Honô2014 Blue Blazes

Additional Information

Citizenship: Japan
Born: Monday, 03/26 1990 (March) in Tokyo (Japan) (current age: 34 years + 30 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Educated at: Horikoshi Academy
Employer: Stardust Promotion
Record Label: Stardust Promotion
Spouses (current/former): Ellie Toyota
Other names for Yuya Yagira (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Yûya Yagira"
"Yuuya Yagira"
"柳楽優弥"
"Yūya Yagira"
"Yagira Yuuya"
"Yagira Yūya"
"Yagira Yûya"
"Yagira Yuya"
"柳楽 優弥"
"やぎら ゆうや" (Kana/Japanese)
"柳樂優彌"
"柳樂 優彌"
"柳乐优弥"
Yuya Yagira frequently works together with these people:
Yuichi Fukuda (16x, Crew)
Tsuyoshi Muro (6x, Actor)
Hirokazu Kore-eda (6x, Crew)
Hirofumi Arai (6x, Actor)
Masaki Suda (5x, Actor)
Jiro Sato (5x, Actor)
Shun Oguri (4x, Actor)
Kyosuke Yabe (4x, Actor)
Ken Yasuda (4x, Actor)
Ryo Katsuji (3x, Actor)
Tetsuya Kudô (3x, Crew)
Jun'ichi Kanai (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:309558, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024