Taiga Nakano

is a Japanese actor. He is represented with Stardust Promotion. He was previously credited as only Taiga.

Career Born in 1993, he is the second son of actor Hideo Nakano. Hideo named him "Taiga" in the hope that his son would one day star in a Taiga drama.

After making his acting debut in 2006 at the age of 13, he initially performed under the mononym "Taiga" before changing his stage name to Taiga Nakano in 2019. In 2022, he received Best Supporting Actor at both the Mainichi Film Awards and the Blue Ribbon Awards for his performance in Under the Open Sky.

Television drama Year Title Role Notes 2007 Fūrin Kazan Tatsuwakamaru Taiga drama 2009 Tenchijin Naoe Kageaki Taiga drama 2011 Gō Toyotomi Hideyori Taiga drama 2015 Koinaka Kohei Kanazawa Chō Gentei Nōryoku Mubeshu Saito 2016 We're Millennials Got a Problem? Hiromu Yamagishi Brass Dreams Kinya Takamoku 2019 Idaten Masaru Komatsu Taiga drama 2020 Daddy is My Classmate Izawa Episode 3, cameo I Had a Dream of That Girl Ryota Yamasato Lead role A Warmed Up Love Makoto Shintani 2021 Ryūkō Kanbō Negishi Television film Life's Punchline Junpei Minowa #Family Wanted Sosuke Koyamauchi Bullets, Bones and Blocked Noses Watari Miniseries 2022 A Day-Off of Ryunosuke Kamiki Kenchi Yoshida Episode 8 Love with a Case Haruhi Mabuchi Lead role Lost Man Found Satoru Matsudo Lead role 2024 The Tiger and Her Wings Yūzō Sada Asadora 2025 Simulation: Defeat in the Summer of 1941 Shigeo Kabashima Miniseries 2026 Brothers in Arms Toyotomi Hidenaga Lead role; Taiga drama

Other television Year Title Notes 202576th NHK Kōhaku Uta GassenAs a judge

Stage Year Title Role Notes 2015 Musubi no Niwa Mirai Kondo

Accolades 6th Tama Film Awards Best Emerging Actor Award (Hotori no Sakuko, Daily Lives of High School Boys, Jinrō Game, Monsterz, My Man, Sweet Poolside) 38th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Newcomer (Destruction Babies) (2017) 76th Mainichi Film Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Under the Open Sky) (2022) 46th Elan d'or Awards: Newcomer of the Year (2022) 64th Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Supporting Actor (2022) 46th Yokohama Film Festival: Best Actor (11 Rebels) (2025)