Eita Nagayama
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.
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Eita Nagayama

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Yokohama International Film Festival 2024: Nagayama Eita · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Eita Nagayama
- Birth Name
- Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太)
- Born
- 13 December 1982
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor
- Nationality
- Japan
- Honours
- Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year · Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor
- Languages
- Japanese
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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.
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Key facts
• Name — Eita Nagayama • Native Name — 永山 瑛太 • Birth Name — Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太) • Born — 13 December 1982 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1999–present • Children — 2 • Relatives — Kento Nagayama (younger brother) • Website — http: www.eita.jp/
Biography
Biography
In March 2009, Nagayama made his theatrical role debut as human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost. The same year in August, he made his theatrical role in Tokyo Gekko Makyoku, playing the mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era. On June 1, 2010, after becoming engaged at the end of 2009, Nagayama married singer Kaela Kimura, who was already five months pregnant. The couple announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010. Nagayama and Kimura have two children together. Nagayama appeared with Jun Matsumoto and Masami Nagasawa in Sei Sankaku Kankei 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.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2002 — The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine — Noboru Sakai • Remote — Keisuke Sawamura — Episodes 3 and 4 • 2003 — Water Boys — Masatoshi Tanaka • Kimi wa Petto — Junpei Horibe • The Always the Two of Us — Kohei Morinaga • 2004 — Orange Days — Keita Yashima • 2006 — Nodame Cantabile — Ryutaro Mine • Unfair — Kazuyuki Ando • Suppliment — Satoshi Ogiwara • 2008 — Atsuhime — Naogoro/Komatsu Tatewaki — Taiga drama • Last Friends — Takeru Mizushima • 2009 — The Voices — Kaji Daiki — Lead role • 2010 — Hard to Say I Love You — Keisuke Nakajima — Lead role • 2011 — Still, Life Goes On — Hiroki Fukami — Lead role • 2013 — Matrimonial Chaos — Mitsuo Hamasaki — Lead role • 2014 — Kuroi Fukuin — Yoshitaka Ichimura • All About My Siblings — Satoru Satō • 2017 — Hello, Detective Hedgehog — Goro Nanase — Lead role • 2018 — Segodon — Ōkubo Toshimichi — Taiga drama • Anone — Riichi Nakaseko • 2020 — Ashita no Kazoku — Kōtarō Hyōdō — Television film • 2021 — How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family! — Kōichi Obara • Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses — Munate — Miniseries • 2022 — Bakumatsu Aibō-den — Sakamoto Ryōma — Television film • Don't Call it Mystery — Shō Kumada • Kaze yo Arashi yo — Ōsugi Sakae — Television film • 2023 — Even If You Don't Do It — Yōichi Yoshino
Japanese dub
Japanese dub
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2013 — Planes — Dusty Crophopper • 2014 — Planes: Fire & Rescue — Dusty Crophopper
Stage
Stage
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2024 — Sei Sankkaku Kankei/Love in Action
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2002 — Aoi Haru — Obake • 2003 — Azumi — Hiei • 9 Souls — Kaneko Noboru • 2005 — Summer Time Machine Blues — Komoto Takuma — Lead role • Densha Otoko — Hirofumi • Hanging Garden — Tezuka • 2006 — Su-ki-da — Yosuke (young) • Memories of Matsuko — Sho Kawajiri • 2007 — Dororo — Tahomaru • The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker — Kawasaki — Lead role • 2008 — Season of Snow — Shiroyama Gun — Lead role • 2009 — April Bride — Taro Akasu — Lead role • Dear Doctor — Keisuke Soma • No More Cry!!! — Yusuke Shimoigusa • Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part I — Ryutaro Mine • Toad's Oil — Tetsuya Yazawa • 2010 — Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score - Part II — Ryutaro Mine • 2011 — Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai — Chijiiwa Motome • 2014 — The Magnificent Nine — Tokuheiji Sugawara • 2016 — 64: Part I — Akikawa • 64: Part II — Akikawa • 2017 — Mixed Doubles — Hisashi Hagiwara — Lead role • 2018 — My Friend "A" — Hideto Suzuki — Lead role • 2020 — Family Bond — Takashi Kawai • 2021 — Hokusai — Ryūtei Tanehiko • In the Wake — Mikumo • 2023 — September 1923 — Shinsuke • Monster — Hori — Lead role • Undercurrent — Satoru • Don't Call it Mystery: The Movie — Garo Inudō • 2024 — Don't Lose Your Head! — Ōishi Kuranosuke • Kaze yo Arashi yo — Ōsugi Sakae • I Ai — Kuga • 2025 — Hero's Island — On • 2027 — In My Father's Room — Taku
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Recognition and collections
Eita Nagayama received Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year and Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor.
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Primary material
Documents and archives
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- “Eita Nagayama”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q683311: Eita Nagayama
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Organization — Award — Work — Result — Ref. References • 2009 — 33rd Elan d'or Awards — Newcomer Award — Himself • 5th Annual TV Navi Drama Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Last Friends • 17th Hashida Awards — Best Newcomer • 34th Hochi Film Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Dear Doctor • 2010 — 52nd Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actor • 2013 — 6th International Drama Festival in Tokyo — Best Actor — Matrimonial Chaos • 2019 — 73rd Mainichi Film Awards — Best Supporting Actor — My Friend A • 2024 — 78th Mainichi Film Awards — Best Supporting Actor — September 1923

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Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Yokohama International Film Festival 2024: Nagayama Eita

第2回横浜国際映画祭 永⼭瑛太
Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Yokohama International Film Festival 2024: Nagayama Eita
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