Akira Nagoya

Known for ActingBorn 1930-12-08Died 2003-06-24Chiyoda, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Hajimete no Tabi

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

We Will Remember

Bokyo

The Great Department Store Robbery

A Tale of Young Elopement

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Princess Mononoke

Return of Ultraman

The Twilight Story

High and Low

Love Letter

Sweet Sweat

Eve in a Summer Dress

Human Revolution II

Kandagawa

Follow the Girls

Young Challengers

Monsieur Zivaco

Could I But Live

Ultraman Taro

A Portrait of Shunkin

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

Free and Easy

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Invitation of Lust

Time and Tide

Mahjong Horoki

Round About Midnight

Kaito Ruby

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

Basara: The Princess Goh

Suspicion

A Wanderer's Notebook

Aoba shigereru

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

Birth of a Fighter

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

The Symbol of a Man

A Thousand and One Nights

Akitsu Hot Springs

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

Lovers Lost

Woman in Witness Protection

Station

Lullaby of Death

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder