Yuma Nakayama
| Yuma Nakayama | |
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| Native name | 中山 優馬 |
| Born | January 13, 1994 |
| Origin | Osaka, Japan |
| Genres | J-pop |
| Occupation(s) | |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2006–Present |
| Labels | Johnny's Entertainment |
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Yuma Nakayama (中山 優馬 Nakayama Yūma?, born January 13, 1994) is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Osaka, Japan.
He was a past member of many Johnny's Jr. groups such as Top Kids and 7 West. He released his debut CD single in 2009 as part of Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow and NYC Boys. He both performs both as a solo artist and as part of Johnny's Entertainment special unit, NYC.
On April 2008, Nakayama was cast to make a starring role for the drama Battery.
On June 2009, it was announced that Nakayama would form a group together with four other Johnny’s Jr. called B.I. Shadow forming the name Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow. They are the second Johnny's group after Tackey & Tsubasa to have a name directly in the group name, and are also the second group after News to have both Johnny's Jr. and Kansai Jr. members together in one group. On the same month of the year, it was also revealed that Nakayama will be joined by two Hey! Say! JUMP member, Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen to form a special group called NYC Boys. The NYC was an abbreviation of each member initial and the boys referred to the B.I. Shadow.
On July 2009, he starred in the drama Koishite Akuma. Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow provided the theme song of the drama titled Akuma na Koi which went on to sell 100,000 plus copies to date making them the youngest group to top the Oricon chart beating the previous record of Hey! Say! 7 with Hey! Say!. Akuma no Koi was released as split single with NYC Boys debut single, Akuma na Koi.
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