Acting
Akira Nagoya
Also Known As: なごや あきら, آکیرا ناگویا
Birth Date
December 8, 1930
Death Date
June 24, 2003
(passed away at 72)
Place of Birth
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.
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Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
1997
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
1971 • 51 episodes
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973 • 53 episodes
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama
1983 • 1 episode
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
1963
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba
1985 • 24 episodes
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
(voice)
1989 • 24 episodes
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉
1967 • 309 episodes
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke
1965 • 52 episodes
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
1969
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
1980
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978 • 40 episodes
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama
1985 • 28 episodes
Station
Takada
1981
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
1969
Bokyo
1993
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba
1984 • 24 episodes
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
1982
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
1988
Woman
1969