Akira Nagoya
Born in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan — Dec 08 1930• Died Jun 24 2003
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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…
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Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama
Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
Kokugo Gannen
Oretachi no Tabi
The School Cop
Daigoro Sagami
An Early Autumn
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba
Basara: The Princess Goh
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
Round About Midnight
Homeless Man
Murder Case: Lover Swap
A Portrait of Shunkin
Zensuke(善助)
Suspicion
Iwasaki
A Young Female Instructor
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shimamura
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
(voice)
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
Station
Takada
A Wanderer's Notebook
The Twilight Story
The Great Department Store Robbery
Sweet Sweat
Jiro
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Woman in Witness Protection
Director Hatano
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Invitation of Lust
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Narrator
In Tears
Human Revolution II
Mahjong Horoki
Jyoushuu Tora
Ellie My Love
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Shanghai Dragon
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Dotanba
Follow the Girls
Ichiro
Time and Tide
Free and Easy
Love Letter
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Section Chief Akazawa
A Tale of Young Elopement
Ryuukichi
喜劇 各駅停車
Bokyo
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
The Symbol of a Man
Saiga
Lullaby of Death
Furuya
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Could I But Live
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Totsuka
Fort Graveyard
Nezu
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Driver
Eve in a Summer Dress
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Young Challengers
Dreams Come True at Night
Gen Kudo
The Dragon Crest
Hajimete no Tabi
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Chief Sakamoto
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Narrator (voice)
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
Kandagawa
Kwaidan
We Will Remember
ザ・スクールコップ
Birth of a Fighter
Stray Wolf
Monsieur Zivaco
Narrator
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
Aoba shigereru
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
The Lucky Status Symbol
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
朝日奈勇太郎
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
Woman
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
A Woman Who Warns of Death
Sunset Hill
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II