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Yûya Yagira

Yûya Yagira

Actor · Born March 26, 1990 (36) · Tokyo, Japan

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".

Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 26, 1990 (36)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 20% in 30 days

What are Yûya Yagira's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.

Genres

Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
26%
Morality
21%
Bonds
19%
Survival
16%
Society
11%
Ideas
7%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 15 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 5 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 10 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 7 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 3

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 7 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 6 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

11 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 11 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 11
Ally
2 of 11
Trickster
1 of 11
Mentor
1 of 11
Show the 11 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Melancholic
7
Absurd
6
Contemplative
6
Warm
5
Other
14

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet12
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yûya Yagira's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yûya Yagira's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

63 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page.

  • Sins of Kujo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Taiza Kujo

  • RYUJI ⻯⼆ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as 花城⻯⼆

  • Sgt. Frog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Hijikata Toshiro (voice)

  • Sins of Kujo(2026)

    Show 10 episodes · as Taiza Kujo

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Light of My Lion(2024)

    Show 11 episodes · as Komori Hiroto

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • A Conviction of Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Arata Natsume

  • We're Millennials. Got a problem?: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Michigami Maribu

  • I Am Dead! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · as Sakurada Kazuhiko

  • Gannibal(2022)

    Show 15 episodes · as Daigo Agawa

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Fish Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Hiyo

  • Asakusa Kid(2021)

    as Takeshi Kitano

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Pay to Ace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Kurodo Kuroki

  • Gift of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Ishimura Osamu

  • HOKUSAI (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Hokusai Katsushika (Young)

  • Under the Turquoise Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Takeshi

  • 4 Mysterious Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Tajima Ryosuke

  • From Today, It's My Turn: The Movie(2020)

    as Eiji Yanagi

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Takeda

  • The Fable(2019)

    as Kojima

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Don't Cry, Mr. Ogre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Tomoyuki Saito

  • Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration(2019)

    as Goddard (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • His Lost Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Shinichi

  • The Mother Returns? AI's Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Noda Naoto

  • From Today, It's My Turn(2018)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Samurai's Promise(2018)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Hibiki (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Kohei Tanaka

  • Gintama 2: The Exceedingly Strange Gintama-chan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 3 episodes · as Hijikata Toshiro

  • Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken(2018)

    as Toshiro Hijikata

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Duality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Man

  • Gintama: Mitsuba Arc (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Hijikata Toshiro

  • Gintama Live Action the Movie(2017)

    as Toshiro Hijikata

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • I'm Yamagishi. Got a Problem? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Frankenstein's Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Seiya Inaniwa

  • Mom, May I Quit Being Your Daughter? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 8 episodes · as Taichi Matsushima

  • Ninkyo Yaro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Destruction Babies(2016)

    as Taira Ashihara

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Hentai Kamen: The Abnormal Crisis(2016)

    as Tadashi Makoto

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Yutori desuga nanika(2016)

    Show 10 episodes · as Maribu Michigami

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Pink and Gray (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Suzuki Shingo

  • Gassoh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Kiwamu Akitsu

  • Masshiro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as 仲野孝太郎

  • Saigo no Inochi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Keito Myose

  • Nobunaga Concerto(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Nobuyuki Oda

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Blue Blazes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 11 episodes · as Moyuru Honô

  • Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Ebinuma

  • Crows Explode(2014)

    as Toru Goura

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Ryutaro Noguchi

  • Unforgiven(2013)

    as Goro Sawada

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Under the Nagasaki Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Yuichi Hirose

  • Galileo XX(2013)

    as Kento Touma

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • ブリザード (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Blizzard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 12 episodes · as Masato Sakitani

  • TOKYO23 ~ Survival City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • All to the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Koji Otaka

  • The Shock Labyrinth(2009)

    as Ken

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Bandage Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Tatsuya 'Dino' Ideno

  • Genius Party(2007)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Sugar & Spice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Shiro Yamashita

  • Shining Boy & Little Randy(2005)

    as Tetsumu Ogawa

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • A Making of Nobody Knows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Nobody Knows(2004)

    as Akira

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Till the Battery Runs Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • Young Thugs: Going My Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 63 titles, 61 of them dated from 2004 to 2026; peak year 2021.

Biggest box office

Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration (2019)

$65M worldwide

Highest rated

Nobody Knows (2004)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Gannibal (2022)

Film career

20042026

Peak 2021 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 2 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2004Screen debut· Nobody Knows
  • 2004First top-billed film· Nobody Knows
  • 2022Career best· Gannibal

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting63 of 63: 63 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score63rd

By decade

2000s9 · acting2010s36 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 36% of 14 roles
0419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Yûya Yagira's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 65th percentile, the median of all 16; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 72nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Approval · how many liked their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 15

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

10 of their 22 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser9
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

Destruction Babies (2016)

81st percentile spread · 41% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Nobody Knows (2004)

Midcredits 99th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Yûya Yagira work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yûya Yagira's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Yūichi Fukuda shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers