- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 8, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- June 24, 2003
Akira Nagoya
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
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
movieDestination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001 · Chief Sakamoto
movieRound About Midnight
1999 · Homeless Man
movieYakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
movieLove Letter
1998
movieYakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
movieWoman in Witness Protection
1997 · Director Hatano
moviePrincess Mononoke
1997 · Cowherd (voice)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
movieThe Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994 · Kii Koya Bunzaemon
movieBokyo
1993
movieTale of the Crane Princess
1993
movieKwaidan
1992
movieBasara: The Princess Goh
1992
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
tvSakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989 · (voice)
movieLone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
movieFree and Easy
1988
movieKaito Ruby
1988 · Forensic Examiner
movieザ・スクールコップ
1988
The School Cop
tvThe School Cop
1988 · Daigoro Sagami
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
tv津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
movieThe Great Department Store Robbery
1987
tvAn Early Autumn
1987
movieEllie My Love
1987
movieA Tale of Young Elopement
1987 · Ryuukichi
movieBaby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986 · Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
tvPonytail Won't Look Back
1985 · Tamba
tvKokugo Gannen
1985
tvStepsisters
1985 · Pastor Wakayama
movieMahjong Horoki
1984 · Jyoushuu Tora
Eve in a Summer Dress
movieEve in a Summer Dress
1984
tvThey Called Me a Bad Girl
1984 · Shusuke Tamba
movieTime and Tide
1983
tvFuruya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983 · Kameyama, Ryōzen
movieLullaby of Death
1982 · Furuya
movieSuspicion
1982 · Iwasaki
movieStray Wolf
1982
movieLovers Lost
1982 · Katsu-san
tvMurder Case: Lover Swap
1982
movieStation
1981 · Takada
movieMister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980 · Sakio Hanamori
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
tv松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
tvPrime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
A Young Female Instructor
movieA Young Female Instructor
1978
movieA Portrait of Shunkin
1976 · Zensuke(善助)
movieHuman Revolution II
1976
movieLove Is a Hunter
1976 · Takano
tvOretachi no Tabi
1975
movieInvitation of Lust
1975 · Matsuoka
movieAoba shigereru
1974
movieComedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974 · Section Chief Akazawa
movieKandagawa
1974
movieUltraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973 · 朝日奈勇太郎
movieKōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
movieKôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
tvUltraman Taro
1973 · Captain Yutaro Asahina
movieA Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
movieThe Lucky Status Symbol
1972
movieReturn of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971 · Narrator
movieFirst-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971 · Takahashi, Club Min Manager
movieReturn of Ultraman
1971 · Narrator
movieFollow the Girls
1971 · Ichiro
tvReturn of Ultraman
1971 · Narrator
movieHajimete no Tabi
1971
movieI Want to Sleep
1970
movieÔnna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
movieWoman
1969
movieFlying Phantom Ship
1969 · Hayato's Father (voice)
movieA Thousand and One Nights
1969 · Sailor (voice)
movieThe Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
movieYoung Challengers
1968
movieMonsieur Zivaco
1967 · Narrator
movieThe Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967 · Shanghai Dragon
tvTabiji
1967 · 駅手・伊東栄吉
movieBirth of a Fighter
1967
movieDreams Come True at Night
1967 · Gen Kudo
movieChivalry Broken from All Sides
1966 · Totsuka
movieIn Tears
1965
movieFort Graveyard
1965 · Nezu
movieRetirement of a Train Engineer
1965
movieWe Will Remember
1965
tvTaikouki
1965 · Ichikawa Daisuke
movieSweet Sweat
1964 · Jiro
movieCould I But Live
1964
movieSunset Hill
1964
movieThe Dragon Crest
1963
movieThe Symbol of a Man
1963 · Saiga
movieHigh and Low
1963 · Detective Yamamoto
movieA Wanderer's Notebook
1962
movieAkitsu Hot Springs
1962 · Shimamura
movieThe Twilight Story
1960
movieDotanba
1956
movieNobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955 · Driver