Akira Nagoya
ActingAkira 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.
Movies
Homeless Man
Round About Midnight
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Director Hatano
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Cowherd (voice)
Princess Mononoke
1997
Bokyo
1993
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Narrator (voice)
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Free and Easy
1988
Forensic Examiner
Kaito Ruby
1988
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Ellie My Love
1987
Ryuukichi
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
Jyoushuu Tora
Mahjong Horoki
1984
TV Shows
An Early Autumn
1987
Tamba
Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Pastor Wakayama
Stepsisters
1985
Shusuke Tamba
They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
Kameyama
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
Ryōzen
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Captain Yutaro Asahina
Ultraman Taro
1973
Narrator
Return of Ultraman
1971
駅手・伊東栄吉
Tabiji
1967
Ichikawa Daisuke
Taikouki
1965
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