Akinori Nakagawa
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is a Japanese singer, songwriter and actor. In 2001, he debuted as a singer with "I Will Get Your Kiss
". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!
, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. His performance in the same musical also earned him the Haruko Sugimura Award
and an award nomination for best actor in the 10th Yomiuri Drama Awards. Since then, he has performed in a number of musicals while still actively pursuing his musical career.
. He began to learn classical piano while in kindergarten.
In 1997, he participated a music contest named "Teens Music Festival" hosted by Yamaha in Tohoku region and he became the youngest prize winner. He would have advanced the National contest, but the song he sung was not his own song so that he could not enter it. In 1998, he participated the contest with his sister again and he advanced to the National contest and took a second place of the contest.
On 1 August 2001, Akinori Nakagawa debuted with his first single, "I Will Get Your Kiss
". The song was used as the theme song in the Japanese TV drama Maria, and sold over 200,000 copies.
In 2004, he made his album debut in Taiwan.
I Will Get Your Kiss
-External links:* *...
". In 2002, he appeared in the musical Mozart!
Mozart!
Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer....
, in which he played the leading role and received a Rookie of the Year Award in the drama division at the 57th National Arts Festival held by the Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. His performance in the same musical also earned him the Haruko Sugimura Award
and an award nomination for best actor in the 10th Yomiuri Drama Awards. Since then, he has performed in a number of musicals while still actively pursuing his musical career.
Early life
Akinori Nakagawa was born in the year 1982 and raised in Sendai, MiyagiSendai, Miyagi
is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and the largest city in the Tōhoku Region. In 2005, the city had a population of one million, and was one of Japan's 19 designated cities...
. He began to learn classical piano while in kindergarten.
In 1997, he participated a music contest named "Teens Music Festival" hosted by Yamaha in Tohoku region and he became the youngest prize winner. He would have advanced the National contest, but the song he sung was not his own song so that he could not enter it. In 1998, he participated the contest with his sister again and he advanced to the National contest and took a second place of the contest.
Music career
Akinori Nakagawa and his sister's appearance on the TV documentary program was decided after the parent of his classmate, TV producer, watched his and his sister singing songs at the school festival.On 1 August 2001, Akinori Nakagawa debuted with his first single, "I Will Get Your Kiss
I Will Get Your Kiss
-External links:* *...
". The song was used as the theme song in the Japanese TV drama Maria, and sold over 200,000 copies.
In 2004, he made his album debut in Taiwan.
Studio albums
| Year | Title | Release date |
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| 2001 | Akinori Nakagawa Akinori Nakagawa (album) Akinori Nakagawa is the first studio album from Akinori Nakagawa.-Track listing:-External links:* * *[ Akinori Nakagawa] at Allmusic* at Billboard... |
5 December 2001 |
| 2004 | Himself Himself (Akinori Nakagawa album) -External links:* *... |
17 March 2004 |
| 2005 | Oasis Oasis (Akinori Nakagawa album) -Track listing:-External links:* *... |
25 May 2005 |
| 2005 | Sabaku | 22 June 2005 |
Compilation albums
| Year | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Akinori Nakagawa 2001-2005 | 22 February 2006 |
Soundtracks (Cast recording)
| Year | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Mozart! - Cast recording | 1 December 2005 |
| 2005 | Shiroh - Cast recording | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "I Will Get Your Kiss I Will Get Your Kiss -External links:* *... " |
1 August 2001 |
| 2001 | "I Say Good-bye I Say Good-bye "I Say Good-bye" is a song written by Akinori Nakagawa and the theme song of the Japanese TV drama Saigo no Kazoku.-Track listing:-External links:* *... " |
7 November 2001 |
| 2002 | "White Shiny Street White Shiny Street -Track listing:-External links:* *... " |
29 May 2002 |
| 2004 | "Matador Matador (Akinori Nakagawa song) is a song written by Akinori Nakagawa and was an ending theme of the Japanese TV program Sunday Japon.-Track listing:... " |
7 January 2004 |
| 2005 | "Seru no Koi Seru no Koi is Akinori Nakagawa's 5th single released in 2005. The single was written by Mekete. It aired on the children's music program Minna no Uta on TV from August 2005 to September 2005 on Minna no Uta. The animation was created by Kunio Katō who is the winner of the 2009 Best Animated Short Oscar at the... " |
17 August 2005 |
| 2007 | "Owaranai Christmas Owaranai Christmas -Track listing:-External links:* * *... " |
21 November 2007 |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador | 28 July 2004 |
| 2007 | Shinka-ron Shinka-ron -Disc three:Title : Special XThe disc contains Akinori Nakagawa's interview about Blue Dream and Himself.-External links:*... |
20 June 2007 |
| 2010 | Skin vs Shampoo | 20 July 2010 |
| 2010 | Owaranai Christmas | 20 August 2010 |
| 2010 | Ongaku ga kierukoto no nai Dance Floor | 20 September 2010 |
| 2010 | Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor in Akasaka Blitz | 8 December 2010 |
DVDs (Live on stage DVD)
| Year | Title | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Candide | 9 October 2005 |
| 2007 | Shiroh | 30 November 2007 |
| 2011 | Samurai 7 | 6 April 2011 |
| 2011 | X day | 13 May 2011 |
Tours and concerts
| Year | Title | Duration | Number of performances |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Akinori Nakagawa First Live 2003 Tour | 10 April – 15 May 2003 | 3 |
| 10 April: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 15 May: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka) | |||
| 2003 | Street Club Zone 2nd "It's Show Time" | 29–31 July 2003 | 2 |
| 29 July: Rihga Royal Hotel (Osaka), 31 July: Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka (Tokyo) | |||
| 2003 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2003 Matador | 20 December 2003 | 1 |
| 20 December Nakano Sun Plaza Nakano Sun Plaza is a hotel in Nakano, Tokyo. The hotel includes a concert hall, the Nakano Sun Plaza Hall.- Nakano Sun Plaza Hall :Built in 1973, this concert hall seats 2,222 people and attracts performers from around the world... (Tokyo) |
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| 2003 | Taipei First Live | 29 January 2005 | 1 |
| 29 January: Red Play House (Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... ) |
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| 2005 | Nakagawa Akinori Live Tour Code: 2005 Sabaku/Oasis | 19–23 December 2005 | 4 |
| 19–20 December: Shibuya Club Quattro (Tokyo), 22 December: Fukuoka Drum Be-1 (Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.... ), 23 December: Shinsaibashi Club Quattro (Osaka) |
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| 2006 | Live Act "BLUE DREAM" | 22 November – 13 December 2006 | 9 |
| 22–26 November: Setagaya Public Theater(Tokyo), 11 December: Chunichi Theatre (Aichi), 12–13 December: Shinkobe Oriental Theater | |||
| 2007 | Lukas Perman × Akinori Nakagawa Concert | 30 May – 8 June 2007 | 3 |
| 30–31 May: Umeda Arts Theater Umeda Arts Theater is a Japanese theater located at Chayamachi Applause in Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, operated by Umeda Arts Theater Co., Ltd. It opened in 1992.-Access:*Hankyu Umeda Station - approx. 3 minutes from Chayamachiguchi Gate on foot... (Osaka), 8 June: Shibuya C.C.Lemon Hall Shibuya Public Hall or is a live theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1964. In the 1964 Summer Olympics, the weightlifting events took place there.The theatre was sponsored by Dentsu and Suntory, which paid ¥80 million to have its name associated with the building from 2006 to 2011.-External links:*... (Tokyo) |
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| 2008 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2008 Owaranai Christmas | 13–28 March 2008 | 6 |
| 13–14 March: Nakano Sun Plaza (Tokyo), 24–25 March: Osaka Kousei Nenkin Kaikan (Osaka), 27–28 March: Aichi Kosei Nenkin Kaikan (Aichi Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :... ) |
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| 2008 | Shampoo | 17 June - 5 October 2008 | 3 |
| 17 June: STB139 (Tokyo), 5 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo) | |||
| 2008 | Bob | 21 September – 8 November 2008 | 3 |
| 21 September: STB139 (Tokyo), 14 October: Harajuku Quest Hall (Tokyo), 8 November: Ikebukuro Amlux Hall (Tokyo) | |||
| 2008 | Akinori Nakagawa Live tour 2008 Skin | 18 November – 9 December 2008 | 4 |
| 18 November: Nagoya Ell. Fits All (Aichi), 19–20 November: Knave (Osaka), 9 December: Akasaka Blitz Akasaka BLITZ Opened in April, 1996, Akasaka BLITZ is a so-called music "live-house" in Minato, Tokyo, owned and operated by Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. Until the opening of Shibuya-AX in 2000, it was the only concert space that in the metropolitan area that could accommodate 1500 people... (Tokyo) |
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| 2009 | Concert 2009 The Life is Contact | 26 April 2009 | 1 |
| 26 April: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) | |||
| 2009 | House! | 6 September 2009 | 2 |
| 6 September: STB139 (Tokyo) | |||
| 2009 | Akinori Nakagawa Plugless Concert 2009 | 20 November – 26 December 2009 | 4 |
| 20–21 November, 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) | |||
| 2010 | Tea 4 every 1 | 7 February 2010 | 2 |
| 7 February: STB139 (Tokyo) | |||
| 2010 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2010 | 25 February 2010 | 1 |
| 25 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Tokyo Bunka Kaikan The Tokyo Bunka Kaikan is a Japanese concert hall located in Ueno Park, Taito, Tokyo. It was built in 1961 and renovated in 1998-99. Its larger hall seats 2303 people, and its small hall seats 649. It is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.- External links :... (Tokyo) |
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| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Meets Aoyama Gakuin | 13 March 2010 | 1 |
| 13 March: Aoyama Gakuin University Aoyama Gakuin University , abbreviated AGU, is a Japanese Christian university in Shibuya near Omotesandō, Tokyo, Japan. Aoyama Gakuin University is part of a comprehensive educational institute called Aoyama Gakuin, which includes a kindergarten, an elementary school, junior and senior high schools, and a women's junior... (Tokyo) |
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| 2010 | Kentetsu Kou * Akinori Nakagawa Ikiru Recipe | 20 March 2010 | 2 |
| 20 March: STB139 (Tokyo) | |||
| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 "Ongaku ga Kierukoto no nai Dance Floor" | 15 May - 22 October 2010 | 6 |
| 15 May: Shibuya-AX Shibuya-AX Shibuya-AX is a concert hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, near the Yoyogi National Gymnasium.It is the only purpose-built concert hall or "live house" in the Tokyo metropolitan area that can accommodate 1,500 people... (Tokyo), 10 October: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo), 21 October: Nagoya Blue Note Blue Note (jazz clubs) The Blue Note is a jazz club and restaurant located at in Greenwich Village, New York City. Opened in 1981 by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, the club is now considered one of the world's most famous jazz venues... (Aichi), 22 October: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) |
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| 2010 | Akinori Nakagawa Concert 2010 Hakuju Hall | 24 December 2010 | 1 |
| 24 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) | |||
| 2011 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2011 | 17 February 2011 | 1 |
| 17 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo) | |||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa Live 2011 | 23 February - 30 April 2011 | 6 |
| 23 February: Cotton Club (Tokyo), 28 April: Nagoya Blue Note (Aichi), 30 April: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) | |||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa "Love for Japan" | 1 May 2011 | 2 |
| 1 May: Cotton Club (Tokyo) | |||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa 10th anniversary concert "Yellow", "Black", "White" | 9–11 September 2011 | 3 |
| 9 September:Theater BRAVA!(Osaka), 10–11 September: Akasaka Blitz (Tokyo) | |||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 Owaranai Christmas | 22 December 2011 | 2 |
| 22 December: Billboard Live Osaka (Osaka) | |||
| 2011 | Akinori Nakagawa concert 2011 "The Wiz" | 24–26 December 2011 | 4 |
| 24 December, 26 December: Hakuju Hall (Tokyo) | |||
| 2011 | Tokyo Bunka Kaikan Popular week 2012 | 16 February 2012 | 1 |
| 16 February: Tokyo Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo) | |||
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Mozart! Mozart! Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer.... |
Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2003 | Pure Love | Jun | Main role |
| 2004 | Candide Candide Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best ; Candide: or, The Optimist ; and Candide: or, Optimism... |
Candide | Main role |
| himself | Hamlet | Main role | |
| Shiroh Shiroh Shiroh is a rock musical by Hidenori Inoue and Kazuki Nakashima.-Cast:*Shiroh - Akinori Nakagawa*Matsuda Shiroh Tokisada - Takaya Kamikawa*Yamada Juan - Yumiko Takahashi*O-Fuku - Kyoko*Rio - Chihiro Otsuka*O-Kou - Shoko Takada... |
Shiroh | Main role | |
| 2005 | Mozart! | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role |
| 2006 | Our House Our House (musical) Our House is a musical with music and lyrics from Madness and the book by Tim Firth. The show featured songs from the ska/pop band Madness, and was named after one of their popular hit singles, "Our House"... |
Joe | Main role |
| 2007 | The Who's Tommy The Who's Tommy The Who's Tommy is a rock musical by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff based on The Who's 1969 double album rock opera Tommy, also by Pete Townshend, with additional material by John Entwistle, Keith Moon and Sonny Boy Williamson.-Productions:... |
Tommy | Main role |
| Eréndira The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Heartless Grandmother The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and her Souless Grandmother is a 1972 novella by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez.-Plot summary:... |
Ulises | Main role | |
| Mozart! | Wolfgang Mozart | Main role | |
| 2008 | Love Letters Love Letters (play) Love Letters is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nominated play by A. R. Gurney. The play centers on just two characters, Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III... |
Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III | |
| 2009 | (Super Monkey) | Sun Wukong Sun Wukong Sun Wukong , also known as the Monkey King is a main character in the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West . In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices... |
Cancelled |
| Onna Nobunaga | Mitsuhide Akechi | ||
| 7Days Judgement | Akutsu Shinji | ||
| 2010 | Songoku vs Songoku | Xuanzang Xuanzang Xuanzang was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who described the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period... |
Beijing opera Beijing opera Peking opera or Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. The form was extremely popular in the Qing Dynasty court... |
| Watashi no Atama no naka no Keshigomu | Takahara Kosuke | ||
| X day | Seiji | ||
| Samurai 7 | Ukyō | ||
| Love Letters | Andrew Makepeace Ladd, III | ||
| 2011 | Underground Parade | D.D. | |
| Kaze wo Musunde | Katayama Heigo | Main role | |
| Gegege no ge – ōma ga toki ni Yureru Buranko | Kitarō | ||
| I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change is a musical comedy with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and music by Jimmy Roberts. It is the second-longest running Off Broadway musical... |
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| Love Letters at Sixty | |||
| 2012 | Chess in Concert Chess (musical) Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;... |
Freddie | |
| Samurai 7 | Ukyō | ||
| Legend of the Galactic Heroes Legend of the Galactic Heroes is a series of science fiction novels by Yoshiki Tanaka. An anime adaptation of the novels by Artland ran from 1988 to 2000 as well as a manga based on the novels, with art by Katsumi Michihara... |
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Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tenchijin Tenchijin is the 48th NHK Taiga drama. It airs on NHK from January 4, 2009 every Sunday from 20:00 to 20:44 JST to November 22, 2009 spanning 47 episodes. The story centers on the life of the 16th century samurai Naoe Kanetsugu.... |
Hidetada Tokugawa | Taiga drama Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to the annual, year-long historical fiction television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shōroku and Takarazuka star Awashima Chikage, the network has hired a producer, director, writer, music... , four episodes |
| Konkatsu Rikatsu | Shogo Kayama | NHK NHK NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.... Television |
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Awards
- All Japan Request Awards - New artist of the year - "I Will Get Your KissI Will Get Your Kiss-External links:* *...
" - National Arts Festival Award for Rookie of the Year in the drama division - Mozart!Mozart!Mozart! is an Austrian musical, originally written in German. The original book and lyrics were written by Michael Kunze and the music and arrangements were composed by Sylvester Levay. The show is a new imagining of the struggles of the famous composer....
- Haruko Sugimura Award in a Musical - Mozart!
- Yomiuri Drama Awards in a Musical - Mozart!
External links
- Official website
- Official blog
- [ Akinori Nakagawa] at Allmusic
- Akinori Nakagawa at BillboardBillboard (magazine)Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...