Born in 1990, Yuya Yagira started acting by accident. At the age of 12, Yagira was by no means an actress who had passed school, or thought she had a talent for acting. However, he was chosen by director Hirokazu Kore-eda to star in the movie Nobody Knows. The film exploits the story of children abandoned by their own mother, in which Yagira plays the eldest brother.
Yuya Yagira started acting at 12 years old
No one expected that thanks to her role in Nobody Knows, Yuya Yagira set the record for the youngest star to win the Best Actor award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, also the first Asian child star to receive this honor. Since then, the 12-year-old boy’s life and career has completely changed.
Yagira won the Palme d’Or at Cannes 2004
Yuya Yagira became the pride of Japan in particular and Asia in general at that time. The media also called him “the golden boy of Asian cinema” due to his rare victory. After Nobody Knows, Yagira appeared in many different TV and movie projects. Some typical works of the 9X star include Gintama, Hentai Kamen, Mare with Tao Tsuchiya…
Yagira acting with Tao and Kento
Yagira asserted that he was not only “one-time lucky” but still won many excellent acting awards throughout his career, most notably in the Supporting Actor category at the Japan Academy Awards for the film We Are Millennials, Have problem?. Most recently, he received the prestigious Elan D’Or Rookie Award and was also selected as the ambassador of the fashion brand GATSBY.
Yagira becomes a handsome, talented and successful actor
During the recent Disney APAC 2022 event in Singapore, Yuya Yagira appeared to promote the latest project in cooperation with Mouse House – Gannibal. He is one of the few stars from the land of the rising sun chosen to star in the Disney-produced project. It can be seen from the status of an ordinary “pagan” boy, Yagira has completely changed and become the brightest acting name of Asia.
Yagira at the recent Disney event in Sinpagore
Image source: Disney, Bandai Visuals