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.

Filmografi

Princess Mononoke1997 · Cowherd (voice)High and Low1963 · Detective YamamotoA Thousand and One Nights1969 · Sailor (voice)Station1981 · TakadaLone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell1989 · Narrator (voice)Human Revolution II1976 · The Age of Lawless Moneymaking1961 · Flying Phantom Ship1969 · Hayato's Father (voice)We Will Remember1965 · Bokyo1993 · A Portrait of Shunkin1976 · Zensuke(善助)Suspicion1982 · IwasakiKaito Ruby1988 · Forensic ExaminerLove Is a Hunter1976 · TakanoWoman in Witness Protection1997 · Director HatanoI Want to Sleep1970 · Lovers Lost1982 · Katsu-sanNihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki1970 · Shijō / Yamamoto ShijōFort Graveyard1965 · NezuAkitsu Hot Springs1962 · ShimamuraYakuza Ladies: Decision1998 · Tale of the Crane Princess1993 · Lullaby of Death1982 · FuruyaWoman1969 ·