Nico Hiraga

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Nico Hiraga
Born (1997-12-19) December 19, 1997 (age 27)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation
  • Actor
Years active2017–present

Nico Hiraga (born December 19, 1997) is an American actor. He is known for playing Seth in the 2021 film Moxie and Tanner in the 2019 film Booksmart . Hiraga's roles also include Ballers , North Hollywood and Sweethearts . Hiraga appeared in the Amazon series The Power and the 2022 film Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between .

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Life and career

Hiraga was born on December 19, 1997,[ citation needed ] in San Francisco, California. [1] He is half-Japanese. [2] He has a brother. [3]

Hiraga took up skateboarding around the age of 10 or 11 and became sponsored at 14 years old. [4] [5] He wanted to become a professional skateboarder but a serious ankle injury when he was 19 ended those dreams. [4] [1] Hiraga hired a manager and booked a small role in Crystal Moselle's Skate Kitchen . [6] He continued skating after his injury recovered and is a member of the Illegal Civilization skate crew. [1] [6] He appeared the Illegal Civilization short film Summer of 17. [7]

Hiraga has appeared in the films Booksmart and Rosaline . [8] The same year in 2021, he played the role in the two comedy-drama films: Jay in the first Illegal Civilization feature film North Hollywood and Seth Acosta in Moxie , drected by Amy Poehler. [9] Hiraga played the role of Scotty in the 2022 romantic drama film Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between . [10] In 2023, Hiraga was cast to play the main role of Ryan in the British sci-fi drama series The Power , based on Naomi Alderman's 2016 novel of the same name, which was premiered on 31 March 2023. [6]

Hiraga played his first lead role in the 2024 Max film Sweethearts . [11] In October 2025, Hiraga joined the cast of the coming-of-age film The Julia Set . [12]

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
2017Summer of 17NicoShort [7]
2018 Skate Kitchen Patrick
2019 Booksmart Tanner
2021 Moxie Seth Acosta / “The Shrimp”
North Hollywood Jay
2022 Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between Scotty
Rosaline Steve the Courier
2023 Love in Taipei Xavier Yeh [13]
2024 Goodrich Jonny
Sweethearts Ben
2025 For Worse Sean
TBA The Julia Set [12]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2018 Ballers Nico Hiraga3 episodes
2023 The Power RyanMain role
2024 A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter Ebby Scrooge Television special

Music videos

YearTitleArtist
2018"My Life" Zhu and Tame Impala [14]
2021"Brutal" Olivia Rodrigo [15]

Skate videos

YearTitle
2017"The Flare"
2020"Godspeed" [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wakeman, Gregory (December 6, 2024). "Hollywood's new young heartthrob is an SF local. He says he's never leaving". SFGate. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ Wald, Jackson (June 30, 2022). "A Shirtless Tour of San Francisco With Nico Hiraga". Interview Magazine. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ Cuba, Carmen. "Nico Hiraga Interview With Greatest". GOAT. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Fleshman, Cu (December 19, 2021). "Nico Hiraga Is Ready to Rise and Grind - Character Media" . Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  5. 1 2 McGarrigle, Lia (August 2, 2021). "Nico Hiraga Is an Accidental Teen Heartthrob". Highsnobiety. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 DeMarco, Nicole. "Nico Hiraga: "I was a straight skate rat"". Vice. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. 1 2 kochhar, Nazuk (December 7, 2017). "Watch Summer of '17, Illegal Civilization and The FADER's magical new film". The FADER. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ Hussein, Wandera (September 4, 2018). "Members of Illegal Civilization will appear in three episodes of HBO's Ballers". The Fader. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  9. ↑ Varina, Rachel (March 3, 2021). "Who Plays Seth In 'Moxie'? Nico Hiraga Is Your New Netflix Crush". Elite Daily. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  10. ↑ Kroll, Justin (October 19, 2020). "Ayo Edebiri, Nico Hiraga, Others Round Out Cast Of Ace Entertainment's 'Hello, Goodbye And Everything In Between'". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  11. ↑ Herh, Kala (November 28, 2022). "Generation V: Nico Hiraga". V Magazine. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (October 28, 2025). "Nina Hoss, Chloe Bailey, Carmen Ejogo, Nico Hiraga, Liz Lin & Alex Dillard Join Coming-Of-Age Drama 'The Julia Set'". Deadline. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ Grobar, Matt (November 11, 2021). "'Loveboat, Taipei': Ashley Liao & Ross Butler To Topline YA Romance From Ace Entertainment". Deadline. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  14. ↑ "ZHU and Tame Impala Release "My Life" Video Starring Willow Smith". Hypebeast. July 21, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  15. ↑ Zhou, Maggie. "Olivia Rodrigo's 'Brutal' Music Video Is Charged With Y2K Nostalgia". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
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