is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known as being a member of the

Japanese idol An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements b ...

groups

Sexy Zone Sexy Zone is a five-member Japanese boy band managed by Johnny & Associates, consisting of Shori Sato, Kento Nakajima, Marius Yo, Fuma Kikuchi and Sou Matsushima. When they debuted their group age average was 14.6. In 2013 they appeared in Kouh ...

and Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow.

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 is a Japanese school comedy/drama series aired on NTV at 21:00-21:54 every Saturday from October 11 to December 6, 2008. It consisted of nine episodes. Scrap Teacher was produced by Yuko Hazeyama and Masahiro Uchiyama from a screenplay by Fumi ...

. He is one of the chosen personalities to represent the network WOWOW during the broadcast of 92nd Academy Awards. 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.https://www.jpopasia.com/feed/13227/sexy-zones-nakajima-kento-featured-on- meiji-universitys-pamphlet/

Filmography

TV series

Film

Animation series

References

External links

Sexy Zone's Official Site

Johnny & Associates' Official Website
1994 births Living people 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese idols Japanese male pop singers Singers from Tokyo Meiji Gakuin University alumni 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers {{Japan-musician-stub