Yuma Nakayama

Yuma Nakayama
Birth name	中山優馬 (Nakayama Yuma)
Born	January 13, 1994 (1994-01-13) (age 17)
Origin	Osaka, Japan
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Actor, singer
Instruments	Singing
Years active	2006–Present
Labels	Johnny's Entertainment
Associated acts	Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow, Hey! Say! 7 West, NYC Boys
Past members
TOP KIDS

Yuma Nakayama (中山優馬, Nakayama Yūma^?) (born January 13, 1994) is a Japanese actor and singer. He was a member of the temporary J-pop groups Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow, TOP KIDS and Hey!Say!7 West from Johnny's Entertainment and currently performs as a member of NYC.

Biography

Nakayama was born January 13, 1994 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Nakayama Yuma is a singer and actor from the Japanese male idols agency Johnny's Entertainment. He released a the song "Akuma na Koi" in July 2009 along with the 4-membered Johnny's Jr unit B.I.Shadow, under the name Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow. The group NYC Boys, consisting of the same 5 boys plus Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen, provided the joint A-side to this single, entitled "NYC". "Akuma na Koi" was sung as the theme song to the drama "Koishite Akuma" in which Nakayama played the starring role; "NYC" was used as the theme song for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009. Currently, this Johnny's unit is known as "NYC", and consists of only Nakayama, Yamada and Chinen. The four boys of B.I.Shadow (Kento Nakajima, Kikuchi Fuma, Hokuto Matsumura, Yugo Kochi) are now considered a separate Junior unit.

NYC have released 3 singles under their current status as a "special" yet officially undebuted Johnny's group; "Yūki 100%", "Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe", which both reached number 1 on the Oricon singles chart, and their latest single, "Yume Tamago".

Yuma is related to Hello! Project Kansai group SI☆NA's former member and now a member of AKB48's kansai sister group NMB48, Nakayama Nana under the name Yamada Nana. She is his older sister.

Filmography

Dramas

Year	Network	Drama	Role
2011	FujiTV	Hontou ni atta kowai hanashi (ほんとにあった怖い話 , Honto ni atta Kowai Hanashi?)	Mikami Shunsuke
2010	NTV	Hidarime Tantei EYE (左目探偵EYE, Hidari-me Tantei EYE?)	Kaito Masaki
2009	KTV, Fuji TV	Koishite Akuma (恋して悪魔, Koishite Akuma?)	Kuromiya Ruka
2009	KTV	Samurai Tenkosei (サムライ転校生, Samurai Tenkosei?)	Mifune Yuta
2008	NHK	Battery (バッテリー , Battery?)	Harada Takumi

TV Commercials / Advertisements

• Nakayama Yuma - "Hi-Chew" (2009–2010)
• Nakayama Yuma - "Tonghari Corn" (2011)

Radio Program

• Nakayama Yuma Radio Catch (2009–present)

See also

For releases as a member of Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow, see Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow.

For releases as a member of NYC Boys, see NYC Boys.

References

External links

• Official Site
• Biwithyuma Chinese Forum
• Lookatyouma.com China FANCLUB

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Name	Nakayama, Yuma
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Date of birth	January 13, 1994
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