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.
Movies
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Chief Sakamoto
Round About Midnight
Homeless Man
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Love Letter
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Woman in Witness Protection
Director Hatano
Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Bokyo
Kwaidan
Basara: The Princess Goh
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Narrator (voice)
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
Free and Easy
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
ザ・スクールコップ
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
Ryuukichi
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Mahjong Horoki
Jyoushuu Tora
Eve in a Summer Dress
Time and Tide
Lullaby of Death
Furuya
Suspicion
Iwasaki
Stray Wolf
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
Station
Takada
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
A Young Female Instructor
A Portrait of Shunkin
Zensuke(善助)
Human Revolution II
Invitation of Lust
Aoba shigereru
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Section Chief Akazawa
Kandagawa
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
朝日奈勇太郎
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
Narrator
First Decade Showa Company President vs. Second Decade Showa Company President: Monday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Friday
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
Follow the Girls
Ichiro
Hajimete no Tabi
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
Woman
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Young Challengers
Monsieur Zivaco
Narrator
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Shanghai Dragon
Birth of a Fighter
Dreams Come True at Night
Gen Kudo
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Totsuka
Fort Graveyard
Nezu
喜劇 各駅停車
We Will Remember
Sweet Sweat
Jiro
Could I But Live
Sunset Hill
The Dragon Crest
The Symbol of a Man
Saiga
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
A Wanderer's Notebook
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shimamura
The Twilight Story
Dotanba
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Driver
TV Series
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
(voice)
24 Episodes
The School Cop
Daigoro Sagami
15 Episodes
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1 Episode
An Early Autumn
1 Episode
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba
24 Episodes
Kokugo Gannen
5 Episodes
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama
28 Episodes
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba
24 Episodes
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama
1 Episode
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1 Episode
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1 Episode
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
40 Episodes
Oretachi no Tabi
2 Episodes
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina
53 Episodes
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
51 Episodes
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉
309 Episodes
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke
52 Episodes