is a Japanese singer, actor and model. He is a member of

Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an eight-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more than 10 million physical co ...

. He played Koji Kiritani in the 2005

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, ''

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''.

Career

2004: Becoming an artist for Johnny's Entertainment

Nakajima joined

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on March 28, 2004, in his 5th year of elementary school. After joining Johnny's Jr., he began performing together with J.J.Express as one of the five original members along with Kouhei Matsumoto, Takumi Yamashita,

Yuta Tamamori is a Japanese idol, singer and actor. He is a member of the Johnny's boyband Kis-My-Ft2 and has acted in multiple high-profile television and film productions. Discography : ''For Yuta Tamamori's discography as a member of Kis-My-Ft2, see ...

, and current

member,

Kei Inoo is a Japanese singer, actor, and member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Saitama Prefecture. On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. He later became a member of ...

2005–2007: Initial acting experience and first Hey! Say! JUMP appearance

In 2005, he made his debut as an actor and had appeared in a couple of dramas including the drama special for ''24 Hour Television'', and ''

'' with two of his agency seniors,

Kazuya Kamenashi is a Japanese singer, actor, host, producer, magazine model and a member of KAT-TUN. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist ...

, and Tomohisa Yamashita. He also appeared in ''Engine'' along with current groupmate,

Daiki Arioka is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and model as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. Career On June 2, 2003, he joined Johnny & Associates as a trainee. As a Johnny's Jr., he was a member o ...

. He continued his junior work and was cast in the drama ''Primadam'' in 2006, and towards the end of the year, he was chosen to be part of Tap Kids, a

group, along with Noriyuki Kanda. In April 2007, he was chosen to be a member of the temporary group, ''Hey! Say! 7'' with four others, and made his CD debut on August 1, with their single "

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", which hit number one on the Oricon charts. On September 24 of that same year, during a live television event from the Johnny's Jr's concert in Yokohama Arena, it was announced that the group would debut under a new name,

, with the five from ''Hey! Say! 7'', plus five others. The debut single was released on November 14, titled Ultra Music Power, and also took first place on the

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2008–2011: Leading role at drama ''Sensei Wa Erai'' and debut group album JUMP No. 1

On April 12, 2008, Nakajima got his first lead role on the drama ''Sensei Wa Erai'' along with his co

member

, Ryosuke Yamada,

Yuri Chinen , is a Japanese singer and actor as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. Early life Chinen is the son of Takashi Chinen, a former Japanese gymnast who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olym ...

. On October 11, 2008, Nakajima played another lead role in the drama called ''

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''. The theme song used in the drama was

's fourth single "

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, Ryosuke Yamada,

also co-star in the drama. During their press conference at Yokohama Arena, current groupmate, Kota Yabu announced that

would release their debut album in the summer, in which members would write songs and lyrics. One of them was Nakajima who wrote the lyrics of "Dash!!", which was track number 15 on the album '' JUMP No.1''.

2012–present: Rise to popularity and prominence

Nakajima appeared as Koji Kobayashi in NTV's comedy drama ''

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'' with his groupmate Ryosuke Yamada, which started on January 14, 2012. On February 17, it was reported that Nakajima together with Yamada and Chinen had officially graduated from

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's upcoming April 2013 – April 2014 annual calendar as a photographer. In January 2013, he co-starred in the TV drama ''Sharehouse no Koibito'' alongside

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and Oizumi Yo. He then played another supporting role in the summer TV drama ''

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'' starring

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, which started on July 7, 2013. He also had a small role in ''Tokyo Bandwagon'' that fall. In the spring of 2014, Nakajima was announced as part of the big-cast drama series ''

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'' starring his agency's senior and

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member

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. That summer became another big break for Nakajima as he got his first starring drama role in '' Suikyu Yankees''.

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also co-stars in the drama. Nakajima started 2015 with a hit romantic comedy drama ''Date'' starring Watanabe Anne and Hasegawa Hiroki. That same month, it was announced that he will star his very first movie, ''Pink to Gray'', a novel adaptation written by his agency's senior and

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member Shigeaki Kato. The movie was directed by renowned director Yukisada Isao. On October 1, 2015, Nakajima, along with co-star Suda Masaki and director Yukisada, flew to Korea for the world premiere of the said movie in

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. Nakajima again appeared in the TV special of his earlier drama ''Date''.

Discography

Solo songs

* "鹿山海" * Antib the Desmond

Group participations

* Big Fat Bussy * Small but Big (January 2006) * Tap Kids (August 2006) * J.J.Express ちびっこチーム (January – September 2007) * ''Hey! Say! 7'' (Temporary) (April 3 – September 30, 2007) *

(September 24, 2007–present) * ''Hey! Say! 7'' (September 2007–present)

Concerts

For Hey! Say! JUMP-related concerts, see

Filmography

Films

Dramas

Variety shows

Theatre

References

External links

Hey! Say! JUMP

Johnny's-net
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