Eita

Eita (瑛太, born December 13, 1982) is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. His birth name is Eita Nagayama (永山 瑛太, Nagayama Eita). He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys. He also appeared in Summer Time Machine Blues and Tokyo Friends: The Movie.

Career

In 2009, Eita was cast in his first theatrical role playing a human in a romantic relationship with a female ghost.^[1] Not long after in August 2009, it was announced that Eita had been cast as the lead in the play Tokyo Gekko Makyoku, playing a mysterious character living in the early Shōwa era. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production.^[2]

Personal life

On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer Kaela Kimura, who was already five months pregnant, that summer after becoming engaged in late 2009.^[3][4] Eita and Kimura announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010.^[5]

Filmography

Movies

• Aoi Haru (2002)
• 9 Souls (2003)
• Azumi (2003)
• Omohi no Tama~Nenju (2003)
• Believer (2004)
• Densha Otoko (2005)
• Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)
• Hanging Garden (2005)
• Su-ki-da (2005)
• Memories of Matsuko (2006)
• Tokyo Friends: The Movie (2006)
• Dororo (2007)
• Tonari-machi Sensō (2007)
• Ahiru to Kamo no Coin Locker (2007)
• Giniro no Season (2007)
• Yomei Ikkagetsu no Hanayome (2009)
• Gama no Abura (2009)
• Dear Doctor (2009)
• Nakumonka (2009)
• Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
• Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
• Tada's Do-It-All House (2011)
• Someday (2011)
• Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
• Wild 7 (2011)
• Bokutachi Kyuukou A Ressha de Ikou (2012)
• Monsters Club (2012)
• Planes (2013) – Dusty Crophopper (Japanese-dubbed version)
• Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) – Dusty Crophopper (Japanese-dubbed version)

TV Dramas

• Sayonara, Ozu-sensei as Tsuyoshi Mikami (2001)
• Lunch no Joō as Noboru Sakai (2002)
• Remote as Keisuke Sawamura (2002)
• Shiritsu Tantei Hamamaiku as Chihiro Kurusu (2002)
• Itsumo Futari de as Kohei Morinaga (2003)
• Kimi wa Petto as Junpei Horibe (2003)
• Otoko-yu (2003)
• Water Boys as Masatoshi Tanaka (2003)
• Otoko-yu 2 as Eiichi Koike (2003)
• Hatsukoi.com as Kohei Mizuchima (2004)
• Hatachi ~1983-nen ni Umarete~ as Daisuke Nakashima (2004)
• Orange Days as Keita Yashima (2004)
• Medaka as Taku Sakuragi (2005)
• Minna Mukashi wa Kodomo Datta as Masaki Sagami (2005)
• Water Boys 2005 Natsu as Masatoshi Tanaka (2005)
• Tokyo Friends as Ryūji Shintani (2005)
• Unfair as Kazuyuki Ando (2006)
• Suppli as Satoshi Ogiwara (2006)
• Nodame Cantabile as Ryutaro Mine (2006)
• Atsuhime as Naogoro/Komatsu Tatewaki (2008)
• Rosu Taimu Raifu (2008)
• Last Friends as Takeru Mizushima (2008)
• Tokyo Daikushu (2008)
• Voice as Kaji Daiki(2009)
• Sunao ni Narenakute as Keisuke Nakajima (2010)^[6]
• Soredemo, Ikite Yuku as Hiroki Fukami (2011)
• Lucky Seven as Nitta Teru (2012)
• Lucky Seven (SP) (2013)
• Saikou no Rikon as Mitsuo Hamasaki (2013)
• Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi as Keisuke Tada (2013)
• Kyokuhoku Rhapsody (2013)
• Wakamonotachi as Satoru Satō (2014)

Awards

References

External links

• Eita at the Internet Movie Database