is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Stardust Promotion. He was previously credited as only Taiga.
Career Born in 1993, he is the second son of actor Hideo Nakano. Hideo named him "Taiga" in the hope that his son would one day star in a Taiga drama.
After making his acting debut in 2006 at the age of 13, he initially performed under the mononym "Taiga" before changing his stage name to Taiga Nakano in 2019. In 2022, he received Best Supporting Actor at both the Mainichi Film Awards and the Blue Ribbon Awards for his performance in Under the Open Sky. In 2026, he starred as the lead in a Taiga drama, realizing the vision behind his name.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Freesia Hiroshi Kano (child) Battery Keita Higashitani 2008 108 Tachibana Nasu Shōnenki Osamu Shiroyama Lead role The Blue Bird Takeshi Inoue Someday's Dreamers Koji Kuroda 2009 Pandemic Kenichi Motohashi Last Operations Under the Orion Katsumi Suzuki Rise Up Yuya Kaji 2010 Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora The Lone Scalpel Makoto Takei Sankaku Shogo 2011 Eclair Senkichi Wakamatsu When I Kill Myself Ryota Shinjo Life Back Then 2012 The Kirishima Thing Fusuke Koizumi 2013 Daily Lives of High School Boys Karasawa Jinrō Game Tomohiro Hada 2014 Hotori no Sakuko Takashi Kameda Monsterz Akira My Man Akatsuki Sweet Poolside Takashi Mimura 2015 Again Norio Matsukawa Sweet Bean Yohei 2016 Tokyo Sunrise Ren Lead role Harmonium Takashi Yamagami Ushijima the Loan Shark: the Final Naoto Komoto Japanese Girls Never Die 2017 Pumpkin and Mayonnaise Seiichi Dawn Wind in My Poncho Lead role 2018 The Man from the Sea 50 First Kisses No Matter How Much My Mom Hates Me Lead role It Comes Takanashi Ten Years Japan Watanabe Lead role; anthology film 2019 Almost a Miracle Taro the Fool Sugio Journey of the Sky Goddess 2020 Silent Rain Yukisuke Lead role From Today, It's My Turn!! Katsutoshi Imai All the Things We Never Said Lead role #HandballStrive Aniue Any Crybabies Around? Tasuku Lead role Mother Keiichi Akagawa My Favorite Girl 2021 Under the Open Sky Ryūtarō Tsunoda In Those Days Kozumin Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle Norio Suzuki 2022 A Man It's All My Fault Kataoka 2023 We're Millennials. Got a Problem?: The Movie Hiromu Yamagishi Masked Hearts Ochiai 2024 The Beast of Comedy Nishidera After the Fever Kenta April Come She Will Tasuku 11 Rebels Washio Heishirō Lead role The Real You Iphy Saint Young Men: The Movie Ekādaśamukha At the Bench Lead role; anthology film 2026 Street Kingdom Michio Sukiyaki Kyu Sakamoto The Secret Battlefield Shigeo Kabashima 2027 The Tiger and Her Wings: The Movie Yūzō Sada
Television drama Year Title Role Notes 2007 Fūrin Kazan Tatsuwakamaru Taiga drama 2009 Tenchijin Naoe Kageaki Taiga drama 2011 Gō Toyotomi Hideyori Taiga drama 2015 Koinaka Kohei Kanazawa Chō Gentei Nōryoku Mubeshu Saito 2016 We're Millennials Got a Problem? Hiromu Yamagishi Brass Dreams Kinya Takamoku 2019 Idaten Masaru Komatsu Taiga drama 2020 Daddy is My Classmate Izawa Episode 3, cameo I Had a Dream of That Girl Ryota Yamasato Lead role A Warmed Up Love Makoto Shintani 2021 Ryūkō Kanbō Negishi Television film Life's Punchline Junpei Minowa #Family Wanted Sosuke Koyamauchi Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Watari Miniseries 2022 A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki Kenchi Yoshida Episode 8 Love with a Case Haruhi Mabuchi Lead role Lost Man Found Satoru Matsudo Lead role 2024 The Tiger and Her Wings Yūzō Sada Asadora 2025 Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941 Shigeo Kabashima Miniseries 2026 Brothers in Arms Toyotomi Hidenaga Lead role; Taiga drama
Other television Year Title Notes 202576th NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenAs a judge
Stage Year Title Role Notes 2015 Musubi no Niwa Mirai Kondo
Accolades 6th Tama Film Awards Best Emerging Actor Award (Hotori no Sakuko, Daily Lives of High School Boys, Jinrō Game, Monsterz, My Man, Sweet Poolside) 38th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer (Destruction Babies) (2017) 76th Mainichi Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Under the Open Sky) (2022) 46th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year (2022) 64th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Supporting Actor (2022) 46th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Actor (11 Rebels) (2025)
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