is a Japanese actor from

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. He has appeared in many

Japanese television drama , also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller ...

s and movies; most notable is the TV series '' Water Boys''. He also appeared in ''

Summer Time Machine Blues is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Makoto Ueda, based on Ueda's 2001 play of the same name. The film stars Eita as a member of a university science-fiction club, and Juri Ueno and Yoko Maki as part of the neighb ...

'' 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. 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 The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded by the Taishō era. The pre-1945 and post-war Shōwa periods are almos ...

. It was his first time playing the lead in a theatrical production.

Personal life

On June 1, 2010, it was announced that Eita would marry singer

Kaela Kimura is a Japanese pop rock singer, lyricist, fashion model and television presenter. Career Born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan to a Japanese mother and British father, Kimura started working as a model in 2002 for the Japanese magazine ''Seventeen (Jap ...

, who was already five months pregnant, that summer after becoming engaged in late 2009. Eita and Kimura announced that they submitted their marriage registration on September 1, 2010.

Filmography

Film

TV Dramas

Japanese dub

Music video

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eita Nagayama 1982 births Living people Japanese film actors Japanese stage actors Japanese television actors Male actors from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese male actors