Yuya Yagira

Movie Actor

Yuya Yagira was born in Tokyo, Japan on March 26th, 1990 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 34, Yuya Yagira biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 26, 1990
Nationality
Japan
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Age
34 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Child Actor, Film Actor
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Yuya Yagira Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 34 years old, Yuya Yagira has this physical status:

Height
174cm
Weight
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Hair Color
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Yuya Yagira Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Yuya Yagira Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Ellie Toyota
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Yuya Yagira Life

Yuya Yagira (Yagira Yuya, 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.

Personal life

He was hospitalized on August 29, 2008 for a drug overdose, with early reports calling it a suicide attempt. Yagira later denied that he had been trying to kill himself, noting that he was the one who called an ambulance after he began feeling ill from taking the pills.  According to his blog:

On January 15, 2010, Yuya Yagira married TV personality Ellie Toyota at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine. They had registered their marriage on January 14.

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Yuya Yagira Career

Career

When filming began for Nobody Knows in 2002, Yagira was 12 years old and not a professional actor. He went straight into television production and other films. In Akane Yamada's All to the Sea, he co-starred with Eriko Sato and co-starred with Kie Kitano in Taro Hyugaji's Under the Nagasaki Sky, which was released in 2013.

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Yuya Yagira Awards

Awards

  • 2004: 57th Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor for Nobody Knows
  • 2004: 90th Kinema Junpo Award - Best New Actor for Nobody Knows
  • 2005: 26th Yokohama Film Festival - Best New Actor for Nobody Knows
  • 2016: Drama Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actor for We're Millennials. Got a problem?
  • 2017: 90th Kinema Junpo Award - Best Actor for Destruction Babies
  • 2017: 38th Yokohama Film Festival - Best Actor for Destruction Babies
  • 2022: 46th Elan d'or Awards - Newcomer of the Year
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