Akira Nagoya
Born: 1930-12-08
• Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Filmography
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Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Round About Midnight
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Love Letter
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Woman in Witness Protection
Princess Mononoke
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The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Bokyo
Kwaidan
Basara: The Princess Goh
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
Free and Easy
Kaito Ruby
ザ・スクールコップ
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Mahjong Horoki
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Eve in a Summer Dress
Time and Tide
Lullaby of Death
Suspicion
Stray Wolf
Lovers Lost
Station
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
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A Young Female Instructor
A Portrait of Shunkin
Human Revolution II
Invitation of Lust
Aoba shigereru
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Kandagawa
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
A Woman Who Warns of Death
The Lucky Status Symbol
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Return of Ultraman
Follow the Girls
Hajimete no Tabi
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
Woman
Flying Phantom Ship
A Thousand and One Nights
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Young Challengers
Monsieur Zivaco
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Birth of a Fighter
Dreams Come True at Night
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
In Tears
Fort Graveyard
喜劇 各駅停車
We Will Remember
Sweet Sweat
Could I But Live
Sunset Hill
The Dragon Crest
The Symbol of a Man
High and Low
A Wanderer's Notebook
Akitsu Hot Springs
The Twilight Story
Dotanba
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud