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…
Akira Nagoya
Actor · Born 8 Dec 1930, Chiyoda
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know…
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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.
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- Born8 December 1930
- Died24 June 2003 (aged 72)
- BirthplaceChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Known forActing
- GenderMale
- Also known asなごや あきら, آکیرا ناگویا
- Popularity1.0TMDB score
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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
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Bokyo
Tale of the Crane Princess
Succession
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
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
TV 17
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
The School Cop
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
An Early Autumn
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Kokugo Gannen
Stepsisters
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Murder Case: Lover Swap
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
Oretachi no Tabi
Ultraman Taro
Return of Ultraman
Tabiji
Taikouki
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Princess Mononoke (1997)·High and Low (1963)·A Thousand and One Nights (1969)·Flying Phantom Ship (1969)·Akitsu Hot Springs (1962)·Station (1981)