Akira Nagoya
Birthday
1930/12/08
Day of death
2003/06/24 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
なごや あきら
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 pa...Read more
Acting
(1997) Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
(1970) Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
as ---
(1963) High and Low
as Detective Yamamoto
(1966) Chivalry Broken from All Sides
as Totsuka
(1956) Dotanba
as ---
(1969) Woman
as ---
(1971) Hajimete no Tabi
as ---
(1984) Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora
(1981) Station
as Takada
(1982) Lovers Lost
as Katsu-san
(1969) A Thousand and One Nights
as Sailor (voice)
(1973) Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
as Yûta Asahina
(1987) The Great Department Store Robbery
as ---
(1967) The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
as Shanghai Dragon
(1980) Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Sakio Hanamori
(1969) The Tempters: Smile After Tears
as ---
(1971) Return of Ultraman
as Narrator
(1982) Lullaby of Death
as Furuya
(1971) Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
as Narrator
(1992) Basara: The Princess Goh
as ---
(1986) Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
(1999) Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
(1993) Bokyo
as ---
(1965) Fort Graveyard
as Nezu
(1998) Love Letter
as ---
(1962) A Wanderer's Notebook
as ---
(1976) A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(善助)
(1994) The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
(1984) Eve in a Summer Dress
as ---
(1955) Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
as Driver
(1960) The Twilight Story
as ---
(1973) ウルトラマンタロウ ウルトラの母は太陽のように
as 朝日奈勇太郎
(1973) A Woman Who Warns of Death
as ---
(1967) Birth of a Fighter
as ---
(1969) Flying Phantom Ship
as Hayato's Father (voice)
(1964) Sweet Sweat
as Jiro
(1974) Kandagawa
as ---
(1998) Yakuza Ladies: Decision
as ---
(1982) Suspicion
as Iwasaki
(1972) The Lucky Status Symbol
as ---
(1988) Kaito Ruby
as Man in White Cloth
(1974) Aoba shigereru
as ---
(1971) Follow the Girls
as Ichiro
(1975) Invitation of Lust
as ---
(1987) Ellie My Love
as ---
(1989) Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
(1987) A Tale of Young Elopement
as Ryuukichi
(1978) A Young Female Instructor
as ---
(1963) The Symbol of a Man
as Saiga
(1963) The Dragon Crest
as ---
(1968) Young Challengers
as ---
(2001) Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
as Chief Sakamoto
(1973) Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
as ---
(1973) Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
as ---
(1967) Monsieur Zivaco
as Narrator
(1967) Dreams Come True at Night
as Gen Kudo
(1999) Yakuza Ladies 8
as ---
(1962) Akitsu Hot Springs
as ---
(1988) Free and Easy
as ---
(1976) Human Revolution II
as ---
(1964) Could I But Live
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(1982) Stray Wolf
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(1992) Kwaidan
as ---
(1983) Time and Tide
as ---
(1965) Taikouki
as Ichikawa Daisuke
(1979) 松本清張の聞かなかった場所
as ---
(1982) Murder Case: Lover Swap
as ---
(1985) Stepsisters
as Pastor Wakayama
(1987) An Early Autumn
as ---
(1985) Kokugo Gannen
as ---
(1975) Oretachi no Tabi
as ---
(1983) 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
as Kameyama
(1967) Tabiji
as 駅手・伊東栄吉
(1983) 古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
as Ryōzen
(1971) Return of Ultraman
as Narrator
(1973) Ultraman Taro
as Captain Yutaro Asahina
(1978) Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
as ---
(1984) They Called Me a Bad Girl
as Shusuke Tamba
(1988) 津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
as ---