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Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Actor · Born 1930-12-08 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing Yūtarō Asahina in the Tokusatsu superhero series Ultraman Taro. After graduating from junior high school in 1949, he entered the Tokyo Broadcasting Company (NHK) training school as a third-year student. His classmates included Hisashi Katsuta and Kazue Takahashi, who later became active as voice actors. In 1959, he joined the Bungakuza theatre company; in 1963, he participated in the founding of the theatre company Kumo. When Kumo disbanded in 1975, he moved on to work as a freelance theatre artist, appearing on stages such as Jijinkai and Komatsuza.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Princess Mononoke (1997) — Cowherd (voice)
  2. High and Low (1963) — Detective Yamamoto
  3. A Thousand and One Nights (1969) — Sailor (voice)
  4. Flying Phantom Ship (1969) — Hayato's Father (voice)
  5. Akitsu Hot Springs (1962) — Shimamura
  6. Return of Ultraman (1971) — Narrator
  7. Station (1981) — Takada
  8. Lovers Lost (1982) — Katsu-san
  9. Basara: The Princess Goh (1992)
  10. Ultraman Taro (1973) — Captain Yutaro Asahina
  11. A Wanderer's Notebook (1962)
  12. Woman in Witness Protection (1997) — Director Hatano
  13. Kaito Ruby (1988) — Forensic Examiner
  14. Fort Graveyard (1965) — Nezu
  15. Round About Midnight (1999) — Homeless Man
  16. Suspicion (1982) — Iwasaki
  17. Mahjong Horoki (1984) — Jyoushuu Tora
  18. Lullaby of Death (1982) — Furuya
  19. A Portrait of Shunkin (1976) — Zensuke(善助)
  20. Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell (1989) — Narrator (voice)
  21. Free and Easy (1988)
  22. Sweet Sweat (1964) — Jiro
  23. Time and Tide (1983)
  24. Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely (1980) — Sakio Hanamori
  25. Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters (1971) — Narrator
  26. The Twilight Story (1960)
  27. Birth of a Fighter (1967)
  28. Yakuza Ladies: Decision (1998)
  29. Invitation of Lust (1975) — Matsuoka
  30. Dotanba (1956)
  31. Hajimete no Tabi (1971)
  32. The Great Department Store Robbery (1987)
  33. The Tempters: Smile After Tears (1969)
  34. Return of Ultraman (1971) — Narrator
  35. Bokyo (1993)
  36. Love Letter (1998)
  37. Eve in a Summer Dress (1984)
  38. Nobuko Rides on a Cloud (1955) — Driver
  39. Kandagawa (1974)
  40. Aoba shigereru (1974)