Akira Nagoya
Acting

Akira Nagoya

Born 8 December 1930 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan · Died 24 June 2003

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

Princess Mononoke
High and Low
A Thousand and One Nights
Flying Phantom Ship
Akitsu Hot Springs
Return of Ultraman
Station
Basara: The Princess Goh
Woman in Witness Protection
Ultraman Taro
Lovers Lost
A Wanderer's Notebook
Round About Midnight
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Love Letter
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Princess Mononoke
Woman in Witness Protection
Bokyo
Tale of the Crane Princess
Basara: The Princess Goh
Kwaidan
Succession
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
Kaito Ruby
Free and Easy
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Mahjong Horoki
Time and Tide
Lovers Lost
Lullaby of Death
Suspicion
Stray Wolf
Station
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
A Portrait of Shunkin
Human Revolution II
Love Is a Hunter
Invitation of Lust
Kandagawa
Aoba shigereru
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
A Woman Who Warns of Death
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
The Lucky Status Symbol
Hajimete no Tabi
Return of Ultraman
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Follow the Girls
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
I Want to Sleep
Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
Woman
A Thousand and One Nights
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Flying Phantom Ship
Young Challengers
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Birth of a Fighter
Monsieur Zivaco
Dreams Come True at Night
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Fort Graveyard
Retirement of a Train Engineer
We Will Remember
In Tears
Sweet Sweat
Could I But Live
Sunset Hill
High and Low
The Symbol of a Man
The Dragon Crest
Miren
A Wanderer's Notebook
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
The Twilight Story
Dotanba
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
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