Yuichi Nakamura (actor)

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Yuichi Nakamura
Native name中村 優一
Born (1987-10-08) October 8, 1987 (age 31)
Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003–2012, 2014–present
Website Yuichi Nakamura Official Blog

Yuichi Nakamura(中村 優一,Nakamura Yūichi, born October 8, 1987) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for the roles of Kyōsuke Kiriya in the 2005 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Hibiki , Otoya Hanazono in the 2006 midnight drama Princess Princess D , and Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos in the 2007 tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Den-O .

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Nakamura was affiliated with the acting group D-Boys produced by Watanabe Entertainment.

D-Boys is a young male actors group affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama", "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development".

Watanabe Entertainment

Watanabe Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate and a member of the Watanabe Production Group. Its head office is in Shibuya, Tokyo and the company's principle functions include organizing television and radio programming, managing Japanese entertainers as well as hosting foreign entertainers on visits to Japan, and planning and production of various commercial and goods advertising ventures.

In 2012, he announced he would be taking a break from show business, but in 2014 he announced he had been signed to a new talent agency, G-Star.Pro. [1]

Career

Nakamura started his career in entertainment in 2003, joining the talent agency Johnny & Associates under the Johnny's Jr. division. However, through his time in Johnny's Jr., Nakamura realized he had more interest in pursuing a career in acting than in music, despite the passion for dance that motivated him to join the agency. When Watanabe Entertainment's action production group D-Boys announced its first public audition searching for new talents in 2004, Nakamura left Johnny & Associates to try for the new group that conformed more to the career he sought. [2]

Johnny & Associates Japanese talent agency

Johnny & Associates is a Japanese talent agency, formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which trains and promotes groups of male entertainers known as Johnny's.

On July 27, 2004 Nakamura performed in the D-Boys Open Audition, and came in as the Grand Prize winner. He joined the group shortly after, [3] along with second placer Shunji Igarashi and third placer Katsuki Nakamura. Nakamura was one of the constantly-expanding group's longest-standing members.

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In March 2010, Nakamura became part of a new D-Boys sub-unit named D-Date alongside Shunji Igarashi, Kōji Seto, Araki Hirofumi and Arata Horii, [4] but had to leave due to health reasons and medical treatment. Despite recovering, on September 25, 2012, he resigned from his agency, retiring from the entertainment industry. [5]

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Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNetwork
2005 Gokusen 2 Yūichi Kawada Nippon Television
Daisuki! Itsugo Go!!n/a Tokyo Broadcasting System
Kamen Rider Hibiki Kyosuke Kiriya TV Asahi
2006Kitana(i) HeroHiroshi Onodera Nippon Television
Princess Princess D Otoya Hanazono TV Asahi
DD-BoysHimself TV Asahi
Kazoku ZenzaiKou Kamizawa Tokyo Broadcasting System
2007PuzzleMasanori Ootaka TV Asahi
Shinigami no Ballad Makoto Hayama TV Tokyo
Delicious Gakuin Ryouji Nangou TV Tokyo
Kamen Rider Den-O Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos TV Asahi
2008 Taiyo to Umi no Kyoshitsu Masayuki Misaki Fuji Television
2009 Twin Spica Shū Suzuki NHK
Last Mail 2Kazuki YamadaBS Asahi
The NegotiatorTomoyuki Miura TV Asahi
2010 Sunao ni Narenakute Shu Mizuno Fuji Television
Jotei KaorukoJunpei Kojima TV Asahi
Moyashimon Tadayasu Souemon Sawaki Fuji Television

Cinema

YearTitleRole
2007 Kamen Rider Den-O: I'm Born! Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos
2008 Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos
Saraba Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos
DoukyuuseiJun Shibahara
Taiikukan BabyJun Shibahara
Shakariki!Daisuke Hatomura (Poppo)
Bokura no HouteishikiShinpei Shimokura
Kaze Ga Tsuyoku FuiteiruAkane Kashiwazaki
2009 Cho Kamen Rider Den-O & Decade Neo Generations: The Onigashima Warship Yūto Sakurai
Wangan Midnight Akio Asakura
2010 Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos
2015 Super Hero Taisen GP: Kamen Rider 3 Yūto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos
2016Humming of YaekoEiji Ishizaki

Other media

Radio

Theatre

Voice acting

Endorsements

Promotional media

Nakamura has been featured in the following promotional releases:

CDs

DVDs

Photobooks

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References

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  2. "D-RADIO BOYS 2008年01月05日 (Close-up Member: Yuichi Nakamura)". D-RADIO BOYS feat. D-BOYS. Season 1. Episode 14. 2008-01-05.
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  5. 俳優・中村優一が芸能界卒業「違う道を歩んでいきたい」 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2012-09-25.
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