Lily Franky
Masaya Nakagawa, known professionally as Lily Franky, is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
Also recorded as Elvis Woodstock · Masaya Nakagawa
Lily Franky

Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · Lily Franky from "MIKO GIRL" at Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 · CC BY 2.0
- Name
- Lily Franky
- Birth Name
- Masaya Nakagawa
- Born
- 4 November 1963
- Birthplace
- Fukuoka, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist
- Full name
- Masaya Nakagawa.
- Nationality
- Japan.
- Fields
- acting, music, visual arts and creative and professional writing.
- Education
- Musashino Art University.
- Honours
- Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Juzo Itami Award.
- Languages
- Japanese.
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Masaya Nakagawa, known professionally as Lily Franky, is a Japanese illustrator, writer, and actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films since 2001.
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Lily Franky (born 1963) is an actor, artist and composer, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The actor was born Masaya Nakagawa in Kokura.
Lily Franky was educated at Musashino Art University. Activity centred on acting, creative and professional writing and music.
Languages used include Japanese. Honours include Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Juzo Itami Award.
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Biography
Biography
Lily Franky studied at Musashino Art University. The recorded working language is Japanese. The field of work recorded is acting, music and visual arts. Distinctions recorded are Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Juzo Itami Award.

Lily Franky at 2025 Cannes Photocall
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Lily Franky and Chie Hayakawa at 2025 Cannes Photocall
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Lily Franky • Birth Name — Masaya Nakagawa • Born — 4 November 1963 • Birthplace — Fukuoka, Japan • Other Names — Elvis Woodstock • Occupation — Actor, writer, illustrator, designer, musician, lyricist, photographer, essayist • Years Active — 1980s–present
Career
Career
In 2016, Franky received the Cut Above Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in New York.
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1995–96 — Shitamachi Ninjō Gekijō • 2010 — Code Blue — Season 2 • Ryomaden: The Legend — Kawada Shōryō — Taiga drama • 2016 — Crow's Blood — Undertaker — Cameo • 2017 — Million Yen Women — Tatsuyuki • Silver and Gold — Ginji Hirai • Hello, Detective Hedgehog — Minami • 2019 — Idaten — Taketora Ogata — Taiga drama • Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky — Kazusada Mogi — Asadora • Two Homelands — Kōki Hirota — Television film • The Naked Director — Takei • Terrace House: Tokyo 2019–2020 — Himself — Cameo • 2020 — A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura — Himura — Episode 3 • 2022 — He's Expecting — Eiichi Hiyama • 2023 — What Will You Do, Ieyasu? — Hisamatsu Toshikatsu — Taiga drama • The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House — Ren • 2024 — Tokyo Swindlers — Tatsu • What Comes After Love — Takuto Aoki — Episode 2, 3 • 2024–25 — Omusubi — Narrator — Asadora • 2025 — Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle? — Haruo Yamashita • 2026 — Until the T-shirt Dries — Koji Miyauchi
Japanese dubbing
Japanese dubbing
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2016 — Song of the Sea — Conor / Mac Lir • 2018 — My Life as a Courgette — Raymond • 2022 — The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily — Old Bear
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Lily Franky was recorded at birth as Masaya Nakagawa. The authorities additionally record the headings Elvis Woodstock and Masaya Nakagawa. His recorded language was Japanese.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Lily Franky worked in acting, music, visual arts and creative and professional writing.
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 2001 — Blind Beast vs Killer Dwarf • 2008 — All Around Us — Kanao Satō • 2011 — We Can't Change the World. But, We Wanna Build a School in Cambodia. — The bar master • 2013 — Like Father, Like Son — Yūdai Saiki • The Devil's Path — Sensei • Yellow Elephant • 2014 — As the Gods Will — Homeless man/God • 2015 — Our Little Sister — Sen-ichi Fukuda • Yakuza Apocalypse — Genyō Kamiura • The Boy and the Beast — Hyakushūbō (voice) • Three Stories of Love • Fires on the Plain • Bakuman — Sasaki • 2016 — After the Storm — Yamabe • Scoop! — Charagen • The Shell Collector — Lead role • The Top Secret: Murder in Mind • Blank13 — Kōji's father • While the Women Are Sleeping — Iizuka • A Double Life — Professor Shinohara • Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow — Nobuo Mori • My Dad and Mr. Ito — Mr. Ito • 2017 — Tornado Girl • A Beautiful Star — Jūichirō Ōsugi — Lead role • Perfect Revolution — Kuma — Lead role • The Last Shot in the Bar • 2018 — Miko Girl • Sunny — Oda • Laplace's Witch — Zentarō Uhara • Shoplifters — Osamu Shibata — Lead role • The Gun • 2019 — Sea of Revival — Onodera • 2020 — Town Without Sea • Ainu Mosir — Okada • Not Quite Dead Yet — Hino • 2021 — Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction • It's a Flickering Life • Every Trick in the Book — Maeda • When the Curry Is Ready — Ken'ichi • 2022 — Cottontail — Kenzaburō — British-Japanese film • Prior Convictions — Fumio Tōyama • The Last 10 Years — Kajiwara • A Mother's Touch • 2023 — Bad City — Wataru Gojō • Call Me Chihiro — Utsumi • Undercurrent — Michio Yamasaki • Analog — Tamiya • Wheels and Axle • 2024 — The Parades — Michael • Harbin — Itō Hirobumi — South Korean film • 2025 — 1st Kiss — Ichiro Tenma • Renoir — Keiji • 2026 — Fujiko — Sasaki • Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People? — Kuroi • TBA — Diamonds in the Sand — Yoji — Lead role
Where the work is held
Recognition and collections
Lily Franky received Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Juzo Itami Award.
Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work(s) — Result — Ref. References • 2009 — 51st Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Newcomer — All Around Us • 18th Japanese Movie Critics Awards — Best Newcomer • 2013 — 26th Nikkan Sports Film Award — Best Supporting Actor — The Devil's Path and Like Father, Like Son • 2014 — 87th Kinema Junpo Awards — Best Supporting Actor • 35th Yokohama Film Festival — Best Supporting Actor • 23rd Japanese Movie Critics Awards — Best Supporting Actor • 37th Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Supporting Actor — Like Father, Like Son • The Devil's Path • 2016 — 41st Hochi Film Award — Best Supporting Actor — After the Storm, Scoop! and Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow • 29th Nikkan Sports Film Award — Best Supporting Actor — After the Storm and Scoop! • 2017 — 59th Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Supporting Actor — Satoshi: A Move for Tomorrow and Scoop! • 40th Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Supporting Actor — Scoop! • 2019 — 73rd Mainichi Film Awards — Best Actor — Shoplifters • 61st Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor • 28th Tokyo Sports Film Award — Best Actor • 42nd Japan Academy Film Prize — Best Actor
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Japanese Film Database. Lily Franky.
- 2.Schilling, Mark. Lily Franky's first starring role plunges him into a 'dark place'. The Japan Times. June 12, 2008.
- 3.JAPAN CUTS 2016 Special Guests.
- 4.NHK Enterprises. RYOMADEN -- The Legend.
- 5.いだてん〜東京オリムピック噺(ばなし)〜の出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 6.NHK Enterprises. Natsuzora: Natsu's Sky.
- 7.Distractify. Who Is Lily Franky, Tupas' Boss on 'Terrace House'?.
- 8.有村架純の妄想のオフを"のぞき見" 『撮休』ドラマ場面カット解禁. Crank-in!. February 6, 2020.
- 9.斎藤工×上野樹里『ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠』初映像公開 リリー・フランキーら新キャストも. Real Sound. October 19, 2021.
- 10.どうする家康:リリー・フランキーが久松長家に 適当こそわが人生の家康の義父、やがてヒモ同然. Mantan-web. July 13, 2022.
- 11.ドラマ「舞妓さんちのまかないさん」ティザー予告解禁、追加キャストに井浦新ら. Natalie.
- 12.綾野剛×豊川悦司「地面師たち」に北村一輝、小池栄子、ピエール瀧、染谷将太ら出演. Natalie.
- 13.次期朝ドラ『おむすび』語りが決定 リリー・フランキー「参加できますことを誇りに思います」. Oricon.
- 14.広瀬すず、父のように慕うリリー・フランキーと親子役!でも、共演は1シーン? 「クジャクのダンス、誰が見た?」1月スタート:映画ニュース. Eiga.com.
- 15.Tシャツが乾くまでの出演者・キャスト一覧. The Television.
- 16.Japanese Film Database. Yellow Elephant.
- 17.Japanese Film Database. The Shell Collector.
- 18.Japanese Film Database. The Top Secret: Murder in Mind.
- 19.Japanese Film Database. A Double Life.
- 20.Japanese Film Database. Miko Girl.
- 21.Japanese Film Database. Sunny.
- 22.万引き家族. Eiga.com.
- 23.銃. Eiga.com.
- 24.凪待ち. Eiga.com.
- 25.夏、至るころ. Eiga.com.
- 26.アイヌモシリ. Eiga.com.
- 27.一度死んでみた. Eiga.com.
- 28.騙し絵の牙. Eiga.com.
- 29.キネマの神様. Eiga.com.
- 30.藤原竜也が天才作家演じる「鳩の撃退法」、リリー・フランキーら出演者11名解禁. Natalie.
- 31.その日、カレーライスができるまで. Eiga.com.
- 32.錦戸亮が日英合作映画「Cottontail」に出演、主演はリリー・フランキー. Natalie.
- 33.前科者. Eiga.com.
- 34.「余命10年」に山田裕貴、奈緒、King Gnu井口理、黒木華、松重豊ら出演. Natalie.
- 35.桜色の風が咲く. Eiga.com.
- 36.BAD CITY. Eiga.com.
- 37.ちひろさん. Eiga.com.
- 38.アンダーカレント. Eiga.com.
- 39.アナログ. Eiga.com.
- 40.車軸. Eiga.com.
- 41.パレード. Eiga.com.
- 42.ハルビン. Eiga.com.
- 43.松たか子×松村北斗「ファーストキス」にリリー・フランキー、吉岡里帆、森七菜が出演. Natalie.
- 44.早川千絵監督の最新作「ルノワール」が6月20日から公開 主演に鈴木唯、共演に石田ひかり、リリー・フランキーら. The Chunichi Shimbun. February 25, 2025.
- 45.Fujiko. Eiga.com.
- 46.ネルソンさん、あなたは人を殺しましたか?. Eiga.com.
- 47.リリー・フランキー主演「Diamonds in the Sand」新映像が公開、孤独死をめぐる物語. Natalie.
- 48.映画ナタリー編集部. 本上まなみ、リリー・フランキーがアニメ「ソング・オブ・ザ・シー」で吹替担当. Eiga Natalie. Natasha. June 17, 2016.
- 49.Pony Canyon Shopping Club. ぼくの名前はズッキーニ.
- 50.シチリアを征服したクマ王国の物語 -日本語吹き替え版. Fukikaeru.
- 51.第42回 日本アカデミー賞(2019年). Eiga.com.
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Lily Franky studied at Musashino Art University.
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