Tomoya Nagase

Nagase never fit the neat idol template. In Tokio he sang and played guitar in a group that genuinely held its own instruments, and in 2002 he won the Yujiro Ishihara Newcomer Award as an actor. What stays with me is the ending. In 2021 he left his agency and simply stepped off the stage. Most people cling. Leaving that cleanly takes nerve.

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Name (English)

Tomoya Nagase

Name (Japanese)

長瀬智也

Reading

ながせ ともや

Born

November 7, 1978 (age 47)

Origin

Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

182 cm

Occupation

actor / singer / singer-songwriter / tarento / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Blood type

O

Agency

ジャニーズ事務所（1991 - 2021）

Active years

1991 - 2021 / 2023 -

Awards & achievements

• 2002 Yūjirō Ishihara Newcomer Award

Works summary

Appearances

130 (1991–2023)

By year

1991: 1, 1993: 2, 1994: 4, 1995: 7, 1996: 5, 1997: 6, 1998: 4, 1999: 3, 2000: 3, 2001: 3, 2002: 4, 2003: 6, 2004: 7, 2005: 8, 2006: 4, 2007: 5, 2008: 3, 2009: 5, 2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2013: 2, 2015: 3, 2016: 4, 2017: 2, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2021: 1, 2023: 1

Debut work

PLAYZONE'91 SHOCK

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.johnnys-net.jp/j/artists/tokio/index.html
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nagasetomoya_/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoya%20Nagase
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%95%B7%E7%80%AC%E6%99%BA%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343503

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• actor
• singer
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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