- Yūya Yagira
Infobox actor
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name = Yūya Yagira
birthname =
nickname = Yaggy
birthdate = Birth date and age|1990|3|26
location = flagicon|JapanTokyo ,Japan
othername =
yearsactive =2003 - present
homepage =
notable role = Akira in "Nobody Knows"Yuya Yagira (柳楽優弥 "Yagira Yūya", born
March 26 1990 ) is aJapan ese actor fromTokyo . Performance of the 12 year old Akira in highly acclaimed "Nobody Knows" (Award winner of Cannes in 2004). He is Tetsumu in "Shining Boy and Little Randy".Yuya Yagira recently landed the starring voice role in director
Shinichiro Watanabe 's (Macross Plus ,Cowboy Bebop ) "Baby Blue" Genius Party featurette. He'll play the role of a high school student who falls in love with his childhood friend. This will mark his debut as a voice actor.He was hospitalized on August 29, 2008 for a
drug overdose , with early reports calling it asuicide attempt. [Japan Times 8/31] Verify source|date=September 2008 Yagira later denied that he had was trying to kill himself, noting that he was the one who called an ambulance after he began feeling ill from taking the pills. [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-09-02/yuuya-yagira-denies-alleged-suicide-attempt-reports |title=Yuuya Yagira Denies Alleged Suicide Attempt Reports |publisher=Anime News Network |date=2008-09-02 |accessdate=2008-09-02 ]Filmography
* "Denchi ga kireru made" (電池が切れるまで) (TV Asahi, 2003)
* "Kunimitsu no Matsuri" (クニミツの政) (KTV, 2003)
* "Nobody Knows" (2004)
* "Shining Boy and Little Randy" (2005) (Hoshi ni natta Shonen)
* "Sugar&Spice " (2006)
* "Waratte Iitomo "Awards
*2004: 57th Cannes Film Festival "Best Actor" for Nobody Knows.
References
External links
* [http://www.stardust.co.jp/file/profile/yagira.html Official webpage]
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