Yuichi Nakamura

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This article is about the screen/stage actor and D-BOYS member Yuichi Nakamura. For the animation voice actor, see Yuichi Nakamura (seiyū). For the singer and KAT-TUN member, see Yuichi Nakamaru.
Yuichi Nakamura
Born October 8, 1987 (1987-10-08) (age 20)
Yokohama, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003-current
Official website

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

Nakamura is affiliated with the acting group D-BOYS, produced by Watanabe Entertainment.

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[edit] 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. [1]

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[2], along with second placer Shunji Igarashi and third placer Katsuki Nakamura, Yuichi's own younger brother, who has since left the entertainment business. Nakamura is currently one of the constantly expanding group's longest standing members.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television

Title Character Year Network
Gokusen 2 Yuichi Kawada 2005 NTV
Daisuki! Itsugo Go!! n/a 2005 TBS
Kamen Rider Hibiki Kyosuke Kiriya 2005 TV Asahi
Kitana(i) Hero Hiroshi Onodera 2006 NTV
Princess Princess D Otoya Hanazono 2006 TV Asahi
DD-BOYS Himself 2006 TV Asahi
Kazoku Zenzai Kou Kamizawa 2006 TBS
Puzzle Masanori Ootaka 2007 TV Asahi
Shinigami no Ballad Makoto Hayama 2007 TV Tokyo
Delicious Gakuin Ryouji Nangou 2007 TV Tokyo
Kamen Rider Den-O Yuuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos 2007 TV Asahi

[edit] Cinema

Title Character Year
Kamen Rider Den-O: Ore, Tanjou! Yuuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos 2007
Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka Yuuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos 2008
Bokura no Houteishiki[3] n/a 2008
Doukyuusei [4] Shibahara Jun 2008
Taiikukan Baby [5] Shibahara Jun 2008
Shakariki! [6] Poppo 2008

[edit] Other Media

[edit] Theatre

  • Please Me (2005)
  • Limit - Anata no monogatari wa nan desu ka? (2005)
  • Sophistry (2006)
  • Out of Order (2007)
  • D-BOYS STAGE Vol.1: Kanbai Onrei (2007)
  • Aruhi, bokura wa yume no naka de deau (2007)
  • D-BOYS STAGE Vol.2: Last Game (2008, in pre-production)[7]

[edit] Voice Acting

  • CD drama Kemono no Gotoku Hisoyaka Ni: Kotodama Tsukai (2007)

[edit] Endorsements

[edit] Promotional Media

Nakamura has been featured in the following promotional releases:

[edit] CDs

  • Princess Princess D: Character Song Series Vol.2: Shiawase no Yokan - Yuichi Nakamura, Kento Shibuya & Kazuma
  • Kamen Rider Den-O: Action-ZERO - Yuichi Nakamura & Hōchū Ōtsuka

[edit] Photobooks

[edit] References

  1. ^ "D-RADIO BOYS 2008年01月05日 （Close-up Member: Yuichi Nakamura)". D-RADIO BOYS feat. D-BOYS. 2008-01-05. No. 14, season 1.
  2. ^ 1st D-BOYS Audition Winners announcement as of August 15 2004. Retrieved on 2007-12-30.
  3. ^ イケメン王子・中村優一 鉄オタ役で主演. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  4. ^ 中村優一、イケメン俳優との"熱いキス"を語る! - JUNON恋愛小説が映画化. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  5. ^ 中村優一、イケメン俳優との"熱いキス"を語る! - JUNON恋愛小説が映画化. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.
  6. ^ D-BOYS starring in "Shakariki!" movie adaptation. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  7. ^ D-BOYS STAGE vol.2. Retrieved on 2007-11-01.

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