is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a singer with "I Will Get Your Kiss". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. His performance in the same musical also earned him the Haruko Sugimura Award and an award nomination for best actor in the 10th Yomiuri Drama Awards. Since then, he has performed in a number of musicals while still actively pursuing his musical career.
Biography Early life Akinori Nakagawa was born in 1982 and raised in Sendai, Miyagi. He began to learn classical piano while in kindergarten.
In 1997, he participated a music contest named "Teens Music Festival" hosted by Yamaha in Tohoku region and he became the youngest prize winner. He would have advanced the National contest, but the song he sang was not his own song, so he could not enter it. In 1998, he participated the contest with his sister again and he advanced to the National contest and took a second place of the contest.
Music career Akinori Nakagawa and his sister's appearance on the TV documentary program was decided after the parent of his classmate, TV producer, watched his and his sister singing songs at the school festival.
On 1 August 2001, Akinori Nakagawa debuted with his first single, "I Will Get Your Kiss". The song was used as the theme song in the Japanese TV drama Maria, and sold over 200,000 copies. In 2004, he made his album debut in Taiwan.
Discography
Studio albums YearTitleRelease date2001Akinori Nakagawa5 December 20012004Himself17 March 20042005Oasis25 May 20052005Sabaku22 June 2005
Compilation albums YearTitleRelease date2006Akinori Nakagawa 2001-200522 February 2006
Soundtracks (Cast recording) YearTitleRelease date2005Mozart! – Cast recording1 December 20052005Shiroh – Cast recording
Singles YearTitleRelease date2001"I Will Get Your Kiss"1 August 20012001"I Say Good-bye"7 November 20012002"White Shiny Street"29 May 20022004"Matador"7 January 20042005"Seru no Koi"17 August 2005 2007"Owaranai Christmas"21 November 2007
Music videos YearTitleRelease date2004Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador28 July 20042007Shinka-ron20 June 20072010Skin vs Shampoo20 July 20102010Owaranai Christmas20 August 20102010Ongaku ga kierukoto no nai Dance Floor20 September 20102010Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor in Akasaka Blitz8 December 2010
DVDs (Live on stage DVD) YearTitleRelease date2005Candide9 October 20052007Shiroh30 November 20072011Samurai 76 April 20112011X day13 May 20112012Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Jiyū Wakusei Dōmei"20 July 20122012Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Gekitsui-ō"2 November 20122020Frankenstein18 September 20202023Cesare: Il Creatore che ha distrutto28 September 20232023The DevilOctober 2023
Tours and concerts Year Title Duration Number ofperformances2003Akinori Nakagawa First Live 2003 Tour10 April – 15 May 20033 10 April: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 15 May: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka)2003 Street Club Zone 2nd "It's Show Time" 29–31 July 20032 29 July: Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka), 31 July: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (Tokyo)2003 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador 20 December 2003 1 20 December Nakano Sun Plaza (Tokyo)2003 Taipei First Live 29 January 2005 1 29 January: Red Play House (Taipei) 2005 Nakagawa Akinori Live Tour Code: 2005 Sabaku/Oasis 19–23 December 2005 4 19–20 December: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 22 December: Fukuoka Drum Be-1 (Fukuoka), 23 December: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka) 2006 Live Act "BLUE DREAM" 22 November – 13 December 2006 9 22–26 November: Setagaya Public Theater(Tokyo), 11 December: Chunichi Theatre (Aichi), 12–13 December: Shinkobe Oriental Theater 2007 Lukas Perman × Akinori Nakagawa Concert 30 May – 8 June 2007 3 30–31 May: Umeda Arts Theater(Osaka), 8 June: Shibuya C. C. Lemon Hall (Tokyo)2008 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2008 Owaranai Christmas 13–28 March 2008 6 13–14 March: Nakano Sun Plaza (Tokyo), 24–25 March: Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan (Osaka), 27–28 March: Aichi Kosei Nenkin Kaikan (Aichi)2008 Shampoo 17 June – 5 October 2008 3 17 June: STB139 (Tokyo), 5 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo)2008 Bob 21 September – 8 November 2008 3 21 September: STB139 (Tokyo), 14 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo), 8 November: Ikebukuro Amlux Hall (Tokyo)2008 Akinori Nakagawa Live tour 2008 Skin 18 November – 9 December 2008 4 18 November: Nagoya Ell. Fits All (Aichi), 19–20 November: Knave (Osaka), 9 December: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo)2009 Concert 2009 The Life is Contact 26 April 2009 1 26 April: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) 2009 House! 6 September 2009 2 6 September: STB139 (Tokyo)2009 Akinori Nakagawa Plugless Concert 2009 20 November – 26 December 2009 4 20–21 November 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) 2010 Tea 4 every 1 7 February 2010 2 7 February: STB139 (Tokyo)2010 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2010 25 February 2010 1 25 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan(Tokyo) 2010 Akinori Nakagawa Meets Aoyama Gakuin 13 March 2010 1 13 March: Aoyama Gakuin University(Tokyo) 2010 Kentetsu Kou * Akinori Nakagawa Ikiru Recipe 20 March 2010 2 20 March: STB139 (Tokyo) 2010 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 "Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor" 15 May – 22 October 2010 6 15 May: Shibuya-AX (Tokyo), 10 October: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), 21 October: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi), 22 October: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka)2010 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 Hakuju Hall 24 December 2010 1 24 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo)2011 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2011 17 February 2011 1 17 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)2011 Akinori Nakagawa Live 2011 23 February – 30 April 2011 6 23 February: Cotton Club (Tokyo), 28 April: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi), 30 April: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka)2011 Akinori Nakagawa "Love for Japan" 1 May 2011 2 1 May: Cotton Club (Tokyo)2011 Akinori Nakagawa 10th anniversary concert "Yellow", "Black", "White" 9–11 September 2011 3 9 September:Theater BRAVA!(Osaka), 10–11 September: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo)2011 Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 Owaranai Christmas 22 December 2011 2 22 December: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka)2011 Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 "The Wiz" 24–26 December 2011 4 24 December 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo)2012 Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2012 16 February 2012 1 16 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo)2012 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2012 Hakuju Hall 17 March 2012 2 17 March: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo)2012 Akinori Nakagawa Live 2012 Nagoya Blue Note 26 May 2012 2 26 May: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi)2012 Akinori Nakagawa Live 2012 in Osaka "PopChic" 18 August 2012 2 18 August: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka)2012 Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2012 in Hakuju Hall vol.2 22–23 September 2012 4 22–23 September: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo)
Works Stage YearTitleRoleNotes 2002 Mozart! Wolfgang Mozart Main role 2003 Pure Love Jun Main role2004 Candide Candide Main role himself Hamlet Main role Shiroh Shiroh Main role 2005 Mozart! Wolfgang Mozart Main role 2006 Our House Joe Main role2007 The Who's Tommy Tommy Main role Eréndira Ulises Main role Mozart! Wolfgang Mozart Main role 2008 Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III 2009 (Super Monkey) Sun Wukong Cancelled Onna Nobunaga Mitsuhide Akechi 7Days Judgement Akutsu Shinji2010 Songoku vs Songoku Xuanzang Beijing opera Watashi no Atama no naka no Keshigomu Takahara Kōsuke X day Seiji Samurai 7 Ukyō Love Letters Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III 2011 Underground Parade D.D. Kaze wo Musunde Katayama Heigo Main role Gegege no ge – ōma ga toki ni Yureru Buranko Kitarō I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Love Letters at Sixty 2012 Chess in Concert Freddie Samurai 7 Ukyō Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Jiyū Wakusei Dōmei" Olivier Poplin Miyazawa Kenji ga Tsutaerukoto Promises, Promises in Concert Chuck Baxter Main role Tattoo14 Sky Hakurai Jōtō Dōdekka Hayashi Hirotaka Main role Legend of the Galactic Heroes "Gekitsui-ō" Olivier Poplin Main role Bushi no O Takata Gunbe Hoshi Meguri no Uta 2013 Mozart, l'opéra rock Wolfgang Mozart Main role2016Jersey BoysFrankie ValliMain role2017FrankensteinVictor FrankensteinMain role2020FrankensteinVictor FrankensteinMain role2022AmdusciasMain roleJersey BoysFrankie ValliMain role2023CESARE ~ Creator of Destruction ~Cesare BorgiaMain roleThe DevilX-WhiteMain roleShine ShowWakayamaMain role2024AmdusciasMain roleSong WritersPeter FoxMain role2025FrankensteinVictor FrankensteinMain roleJersey BoysFrankie ValliMain role
Television YearTitleRoleNotes 2009 Tenchijin Hidetada Tokugawa Taiga drama, four episodes Konkatsu Rikatsu Shogo Kayama NHK Television2017Moribito: Guardian of the SpiritRadalleTaiga Fantasy Drama2024OddboysTatsunojo Kira
Awards and nominations Awards All Japan Request Awards – New artist of the year – "I Will Get Your Kiss" National Arts Festival Award for Rookie of the Year in the drama division – Mozart! Haruko Sugimura Award in a Musical – Mozart! Yomiuri Drama Awards in a Musical – Mozart!
References
External links Official website Official blog [ Akinori Nakagawa] at Allmusic Akinori Nakagawa at Billboard