Akira Nagoya
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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Movies (37)
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
as Chief Sakamoto
2001
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
1997
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
1997
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994
Bokyo
1993
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)
1989
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Free and Easy
1988
Kaito Ruby
as Forensic Examiner
1988
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Ellie My Love
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Ryuukichi
1987
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986
Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora
1984
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
Time and Tide
1983
Lullaby of Death
as Furuya
1982
Suspicion
as Iwasaki
1982
Stray Wolf
1982
Lovers Lost
as Katsu-san
1982
Station
as Takada
1981
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Sakio Hanamori
1980
A Young Female Instructor
1978
A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(善助)
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
Invitation of Lust
1975
Aoba shigereru
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
as Section Chief Akazawa
1974
Kandagawa
1974
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
as 朝日奈勇太郎
1973
TV Shows (13)
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
as (voice)
1989
The School Cop
as Daigoro Sagami
1988
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
An Early Autumn
1987
Ponytail Won't Look Back
as Tamba
1985
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Stepsisters
as Pastor Wakayama
1985
They Called Me a Bad Girl
as Shusuke Tamba
1984
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
as Kameyama
1983
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Oretachi no Tabi
1975