Akira Nagoya
Acting • Born 1930-12-08 – Died 2003-06-24
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 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
90 credits
Princess Mononoke
Movie • 1997
Cowherd (voice)
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
Movie • 1970
High and Low
Movie • 1963
Detective Yamamoto
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Movie • 1966
Totsuka
Dotanba
Movie • 1956
Woman
Movie • 1969
Hajimete no Tabi
Movie • 1971
Mahjong Horoki
Movie • 1984
Jyoushuu Tora
Station
Movie • 1981
Takada
Lovers Lost
Movie • 1982
Katsu-san
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie • 1969
Sailor (voice)
The Great Department Store Robbery
Movie • 1987
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Movie • 1967
Shanghai Dragon
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Movie • 1980
Sakio Hanamori
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Movie • 1969
Return of Ultraman
Movie • 1971
Narrator
Lullaby of Death
Movie • 1982
Furuya
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Movie • 1971
Narrator
Basara: The Princess Goh
Movie • 1992
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Movie • 1986
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Round About Midnight
Movie • 1999
Homeless Man
Bokyo
Movie • 1993
Fort Graveyard
Movie • 1965
Nezu
Love Letter
Movie • 1998
A Wanderer's Notebook
Movie • 1962
A Portrait of Shunkin
Movie • 1976
Zensuke(善助)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Movie • 1994
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Eve in a Summer Dress
Movie • 1984
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Movie • 1955
Driver
The Twilight Story
Movie • 1960
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
Movie • 1973
朝日奈勇太郎
A Woman Who Warns of Death
Movie • 1973
Birth of a Fighter
Movie • 1967
Flying Phantom Ship
Movie • 1969
Hayato's Father (voice)
Sweet Sweat
Movie • 1964
Jiro
Kandagawa
Movie • 1974
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Movie • 1998
Suspicion
Movie • 1982
Iwasaki
The Lucky Status Symbol
Movie • 1972
Kaito Ruby
Movie • 1988
Forensic Examiner
Aoba shigereru
Movie • 1974
Follow the Girls
Movie • 1971
Ichiro
Invitation of Lust
Movie • 1975
Ellie My Love
Movie • 1987
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Movie • 1989
Narrator (voice)
Woman in Witness Protection
Movie • 1997
Director Hatano
A Tale of Young Elopement
Movie • 1987
Ryuukichi
A Young Female Instructor
Movie • 1978
The Symbol of a Man
Movie • 1963
Saiga
The Dragon Crest
Movie • 1963
Young Challengers
Movie • 1968
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Movie • 2001
Chief Sakamoto
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
Movie • 1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
Movie • 1973
Monsieur Zivaco
Movie • 1967
Narrator
Dreams Come True at Night
Movie • 1967
Gen Kudo
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Movie • 1999
Akitsu Hot Springs
Movie • 1962
Shimamura
Free and Easy
Movie • 1988
Human Revolution II
Movie • 1976
Could I But Live
Movie • 1964
Stray Wolf
Movie • 1982
Kwaidan
Movie • 1992
Time and Tide
Movie • 1983
喜劇 各駅停車
Movie • 1965
Sunset Hill
Movie • 1964
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Movie • 1974
Section Chief Akazawa
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Movie • 1971
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
ザ・スクールコップ
Movie • 1988
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
Movie • 1989
We Will Remember
Movie • 1965
In Tears
Movie • 1965
Taikouki
TV • 1965
Ichikawa Daisuke
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
TV • 1979
Murder Case: Lover Swap
TV • 1982
Stepsisters
TV • 1985
Pastor Wakayama
An Early Autumn
TV • 1987
Kokugo Gannen
TV • 1985
Oretachi no Tabi
TV • 1975
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
TV • 1983
Kameyama
Tabiji
TV • 1967
駅手・伊東栄吉
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
TV • 1983
Ryōzen
Return of Ultraman
TV • 1971
Narrator
Ultraman Taro
TV • 1973
Captain Yutaro Asahina
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
TV • 1978
They Called Me a Bad Girl
TV • 1984
Shusuke Tamba
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
TV • 1988
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
TV • 1989
(voice)
Ponytail Won't Look Back
TV • 1985
Tamba
The School Cop
TV • 1988
Daigoro Sagami