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Akira Nagoya

Actor
Born December 8, 1930Died June 24, 2003 (72 years)
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

  • Flying Phantom Ship
  • Ultraman Taro
  • A Thousand & One Nights
  • Woman in Witness Protection
  • Fort Graveyard
  • Return of Ultraman
  • Mahjong Horoki
  • Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
  • Otoko no monshô
  • Double Suicide at Nishijin

Filmography

1999
Round About Midnight · as Homeless Man
1999
1998
1998
1997
Woman in Witness Protection · as Director Hatano
1997
Princess Mononoke · as Cowherd (voice)
1995
Yoshimune (1995) (TV Series) · as Masanao Tsuchiya
1992
1989
1988
1988
Kaitô Ruby · as Forensic Examiner
1987
Seishun kakeochi-hen · as Ryuukichi
1984
Mahjong Horoki · as Jyoushuu Tora
1984
School Wars (TV Series) · as Cast
1983
1982
1982
Suspicion · as Iwasaki
1982
Lovers Lost · as Katsu-San
1981
Station · as Takada
1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely · as Sakio Hanamori
1977
1976
Shunkinsho · as Zensuke(善助)
1976
1974
1973
Submersion of Japan · as D-2 Security
1973
1973
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub (TV Series) · as Cast
1973
1973
Ultraman Taro (TV Series) · as Captain Yutaro Asahina
1971
1971
Follow the Girls · as Ichiro
1971
Return of Ultraman (TV Series) · as Narrator
1969
1969
Flying Phantom Ship · as Hayato's Father (voice)
1969
A Thousand & One Nights · as Sailor (voice)
1967
Monsieur Zivaco · as Narrator
1967
Yume wa yoru hiraku · as Gen Kudo
1965
Fort Graveyard · as Nezu
1963
Otoko no monshô · as Saiga
1963
High and Low · as Detective Yamamoto
1962
1962
1960
1956

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