Akira Nagoya
Acting
Born: December 8, 1930 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Died: June 24, 2003 (aged 72)
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Photos (2)
Movies (74)
Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
The Symbol of a Man
Saiga
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
Station
Takada
Succession
1992
Mahjong Horoki
Jyoushuu Tora
Suspicion
Iwasaki
Woman in Witness Protection
Director Hatano
Love Letter
1998
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Round About Midnight
Homeless Man
Fort Graveyard
Nezu
Follow the Girls
Ichiro
Sweet Sweat
Jiro
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Lullaby of Death
Furuya
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shimamura
Invitation of Lust
Matsuoka
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
The Dragon Crest
1963
Time and Tide
1983
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Section Chief Akazawa
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Shanghai Dragon
A Portrait of Shunkin
Zensuke(善助)
Could I But Live
Staff Member at Health Ministry
The Twilight Story
1960
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
Kandagawa
1974
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Free and Easy
1988
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Totsuka
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
Dotanba
1956
Aoba shigereru
1974
Young Challengers
1968
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Narrator
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Stray Wolf
1982
Dreams Come True at Night
Gen Kudo
Human Revolution II
1976
Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
Shijō / Yamamoto Shijō
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
A Tale of Young Elopement
Ryuukichi
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Narrator (voice)
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Monsieur Zivaco
Narrator
Ellie My Love
1987
Kwaidan
1992
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Driver
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Miren
Aoshima
Sunset Hill
1964
Bokyo
1993
Love Is a Hunter
Takano
In Tears
1965
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
Woman
1969
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
朝日奈勇太郎
I Want to Sleep
1970
We Will Remember
1965
TV Shows (14)
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama · 1 eps
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Ryōzen · 1 eps
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉 · 309 eps
Return of Ultraman
Narrator · 51 eps
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke · 52 eps
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina · 53 eps
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba · 24 eps
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
40 eps
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama · 28 eps
Oretachi no Tabi
2 eps
Kokugo Gannen
5 eps
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba · 24 eps
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1 eps
An Early Autumn
1 eps