Akira Nagoya
Acting Born Dec 8, 1930 Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 24 credits
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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Full filmography
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Kameyama
- Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series (1983) as Ryōzen
- Princess Mononoke (1997) as Cowherd (voice)
- Return of Ultraman (1971) as Narrator
- Ultraman Taro (1973) as Captain Yutaro Asahina
- High and Low (1963) as Detective Yamamoto
- Tabiji (1967) as 駅手・伊東栄吉
- Taikouki (1965) as Ichikawa Daisuke
- Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka (1978)
- Stepsisters (1985) as Pastor Wakayama
- Oretachi no Tabi (1975)
- A Thousand and One Nights (1969) as Sailor (voice)
- Ponytail Won't Look Back (1985) as Tamba
- An Early Autumn (1987)
- Kokugo Gannen (1985)
- Lovers Lost (1982) as Katsu-san
- They Called Me a Bad Girl (1984) as Shusuke Tamba
- Murder Case: Lover Swap (1982)
- Flying Phantom Ship (1969) as Hayato's Father (voice)
- The School Cop (1988) as Daigoro Sagami
- Return of Ultraman (1971) as Narrator
- Kaito Ruby (1988) as Forensic Examiner
- Station (1981) as Takada
- Round About Midnight (1999) as Homeless Man