Yuya Yagira is a Japanese actor. In 2004, he became the youngest winner of the Best Actor award in the history of the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of 12-year-old Akira in the highly acclaimed "Nobody Knows".

KNOWN FOR

Gannibal
2022
From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018
Sins of Kujo
2026
Nobody Knows
2004
Nobunaga Concerto
2014
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
2019
Masshiro
2015
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
2018
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
2016
Light of My Lion
2024
Frankenstein's Love
2017
Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken
2018

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
63
2027
Sins of Kujo
as Taiza Kujo · unreleased
2026
RYUJI ⻯⼆
as Ryuji · unreleased
2026
Sgt. Frog
as Hijikata Toshiro (voice)
2026
Sins of Kujo
as Taiza Kujo
2024
A Conviction of Marriage
as Arata Natsume
2024
Light of My Lion
as Komori Hiroto
2023
We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie
as Michigami Maribu
2023
I Am Dead!
as Sakurada Kazuhiko
2022
The Fish Tale
as Hiyo
2022
Gannibal
as Daigo Agawa
2021
HOKUSAI
as Hokusai Katsushika (Young)
2021
Gift of Fire
as Osamu Ishimura
2021
Under the Turquoise Sky
as Takeshi
2021
Asakusa Kid
as Takeshi Kitano
2021
Pay to Ace
as Kurodo Kuroki
2020
From Today, It's My Turn!!: The Movie
as Eiji Yanagi
2020
4 Mysterious Stories
as Tajima Ryosuke
2020
A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura
as Takeda
2019
The Fable
as Kojima
2019
His Lost Name
as Shinichi
2019
Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre
as Tomoyuki Saito
2019
Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration
as Goddard (voice)
2019
The Mother Returns? AI's Will
as Noda Naoto
2018
Falling Camellia
2018
Gintama 2: Rules Are Made to Be Broken
as Toshiro Hijikata
2018
Hibiki
as Kohei Tanaka
2018
Duality
as Man
2018
From Today, It's My Turn!!
2018
Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan
as Hijikata Toshiro
2017
Gintama
as Toshiro Hijikata
2017
Gintama: Mitsuba Arc
as Hijikata Toshiro
2017
Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter?
as Taichi Matsushima
2017
Frankenstein's Love
as Seiya Inaniwa
2017
I'm Yamagishi. Got a Problem?
2016
Destruction Babies
as Taira Ashihara
2016
Pink and Gray
as Suzuki Shingo
2016
HK: Hentai Kamen 2 - Abnormal Crisis
as Tadashi Makoto
2016
Ninkyo Yaro
2016
We're Millennials. Got a Problem?
as Maribu Michigami
2015
Gassoh
as Kiwamu Akitsu
2015
Masshiro
as 仲野孝太郎
2014
Saigo no Inochi
as Keito Myose
2014
Crows Explode
as Toru Goura
2014
Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2
as Ebinuma
2014
Nobunaga Concerto
as Nobuyuki Oda
2014
Blue Blazes
as Moyuru Honô
2013
Unforgiven
as Goro Sawada
2013
Again
as Ryutaro Noguchi
2013
Galileo XX
as Kento Touma
2013
Under the Nagasaki Sky
as Yuichi Hirose
2011
ブリザード
2011
Blizzard
as Masato Sakitani
2010
All to the Sea
as Koji Otaka
2010
TOKYO23 ~ Survival City
2009
The Shock Labyrinth
as Ken
2007
Genius Party
2007
The Bandage Club
as Tatsuya 'Dino' Ideno
2006
Sugar & Spice
as Shiro Yamashita
2005
Shining Boy & Little Randy
as Tetsumu Ogawa
2004
Nobody Knows
as Akira
2004
Young Thugs: Going My Way
2004
A Making of Nobody Knows
2004
Till the Battery Runs Out