Kento Nakajima

Kento Nakajima (中島健人, Nakajima Kento, born March 13, 1994[1]) is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known as being a member of the Japanese idol groups Sexy Zone and Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow.[2]

Kento Nakajima
中島健人
Born (1994-03-13) March 13, 1994
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
Years active2008–present
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Musical career
GenresJ-Pop
InstrumentsVocals
Associated actsSexy Zone, Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow
WebsiteSexy Zone Official Site

Career

Nakajima was part of B.I.Shadow. In 2008, B.I.Shadow was formed as a Johnny's Jr. group. At that time the members were: Kento Nakajima, Fuma Kikuchi, and Misaki Takahata. During that year, they acted in the drama Scrap Teacher. He is one of the chosen personalities to represent the network WOWOW during the broadcast of 92nd Academy Awards.[3][4] He studied English for this occasion and showed wonderful English-speaking skills.

Personal life

Often fondly called as "Kenty," Nakajima is an only child and was raised by his mother to have a gentleman's attitude or "lady first" principle. He loves to play the piano and often performs with it during their concerts. He updates his blog KenTeaTime or ‘KTT’ on Johnny’s web everyday, reporting his daily life to his fans. He is a big fan of the manga Kimetsu no Yaiba and he can't be stopped every time he starts talking about it. He coined the term "Sexy Lovers" or セクラバ (sekurabas) for Sexy Zone fans. He owns a toy poodle he named, "Bonita" or "Boni-chan."

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sociology at Meiji Gakuin University.[5]

TV series
Year Title Role Network Notes
2008Scrap TeacherKento MinobeNTV
2009Koishite AkumaHiroto HandaFuji TV
2011Taisetsu Na Koto Wa Subete Kimi Ga Oshiete KuretaKentaro KodamaFuji TV
UmareruKoji HayashidaTBS
2012Kazoku no UtaKosei SakagamiFuji TV
2013Bad Boys JTsukasa KirikiNTVLead
2014Kurofuku MonogatariAkira OgawaTV AsahiLead
2015Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante NaranaiHaruto KurosakiNTVLead
2016Guard Centre 24 SPMamoru ShinomiyaNTVLead
2018Cop's N RobbersTsutomu MadarameNTVLead
2019Castle of Sand SP (Suna no Utsuwa)Eiryo WagaFuji TV
2020Detective Novice (Miman Keisatsu)Kai HonmaNTVLead

Movie

Anime

See also

References
  1. "Sexy Zone Official Site". ポニーキャニオン. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. セクシーさ売りにジャニーズに新ユニット. nikkansports.com (in Japanese). September 30, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2013.
  3. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Vc_0XpnV4/?hl=en
  4. https://japan.topnews.cloud/kento-nakajima-special-guest-w-for-the-92nd-academy-awards-live/
  5. https://www.jpopasia.com/feed/13227/sexy-zones-nakajima-kento-featured-on- meiji-universitys-pamphlet/


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