Akira Nagoya

from Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Artwork for Princess MononokeImage of 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.

Timeline

1999Aged 69

  • Poster for Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Round About Midnight

    Homeless Man

1998Aged 68

  • Poster for Yakuza Ladies: Decision

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Love Letter

    (Unknown)

1997Aged 67

  • Poster for Princess Mononoke

    Cowherd (voice)

  • Poster for Woman in Witness Protection

    Director Hatano

1994Aged 64

1993Aged 63

  • Poster for Tale of the Crane Princess

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Bokyo

    (Unknown)

1992Aged 62

  • Poster for Basara: The Princess Goh

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kwaidan

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Succession

    (Unknown)

1989Aged 59

  • Poster for The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

    Narrator (voice)

1988Aged 58

  • Poster for Kaito Ruby

    Forensic Examiner

  • Poster for Free and Easy

    (Unknown)

1987Aged 57

  • Poster for A Tale of Young Elopement

    Ryuukichi

  • Poster for Ellie My Love

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Great Department Store Robbery

    (Unknown)

1986Aged 56

  • Poster for Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

    Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)

1984Aged 54

1983Aged 53

  • Poster for Time and Tide

    (Unknown)

1982Aged 52

  • Poster for Lovers Lost

    Katsu-san

  • Poster for Stray Wolf

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Suspicion

    Iwasaki

  • Poster for Lullaby of Death

    Furuya

1981Aged 51

  • Poster for Station

    Takada

1980Aged 50

  • Poster for Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

    Sakio Hanamori

1978Aged 48

1976Aged 46

  • Poster for Love Is a Hunter

    Takano

  • Poster for Human Revolution II

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Portrait of Shunkin

    Zensuke(善助)

1975Aged 45

  • Poster for Invitation of Lust

    Matsuoka

1974Aged 44

  • Poster for Kandagawa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

    Section Chief Akazawa

  • Poster for Aoba shigereru

    (Unknown)

1973Aged 43

  • Poster for A Woman Who Warns of Death

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra

    朝日奈勇太郎

1972Aged 42

  • Poster for The Lucky Status Symbol

    (Unknown)

1971Aged 41

  • Poster for Hajimete no Tabi

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Follow the Girls

    Ichiro

  • Poster for Return of Ultraman

    Narrator

  • Poster for First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

    Takahashi, Club Min Manager

  • Poster for Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

    Narrator

1970Aged 40

  • Poster for Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki

    Shijō / Yamamoto Shijō

  • Poster for I Want to Sleep

    (Unknown)

1969Aged 39

  • Poster for The Tempters: Smile After Tears

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Thousand and One Nights

    Sailor (voice)

  • Poster for Flying Phantom Ship

    Hayato's Father (voice)

  • Poster for Woman

    (Unknown)

1968Aged 38

  • Poster for Young Challengers

    (Unknown)

1967Aged 37

  • Poster for Dreams Come True at Night

    Gen Kudo

  • Poster for Birth of a Fighter

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

    Shanghai Dragon

  • Poster for Monsieur Zivaco

    Narrator

1966Aged 36

  • Poster for Chivalry Broken from All Sides

    Totsuka

1965Aged 35

  • Poster for We Will Remember

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Retirement of a Train Engineer

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Fort Graveyard

    Nezu

  • Poster for In Tears

    (Unknown)

1964Aged 34

  • Poster for Sunset Hill

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Could I But Live

    Staff Member at Health Ministry

  • Poster for Sweet Sweat

    Jiro

1963Aged 33

  • Poster for High and Low

    Detective Yamamoto

  • Poster for The Symbol of a Man

    Saiga

  • Poster for Miren

    Aoshima

  • Poster for The Dragon Crest

    (Unknown)

1962Aged 32

  • Poster for Akitsu Hot Springs

    Shimamura

  • Poster for A Wanderer's Notebook

    (Unknown)

1961Aged 31

  • Poster for The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

    (Unknown)

1960Aged 30

  • Poster for The Twilight Story

    (Unknown)

1956Aged 26

  • Poster for Dotanba

    (Unknown)

1955Aged 25

  • Poster for Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

    Driver