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Akira Nagoya
Acting
Biography
Akira Nagoya was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who specialized in playing comical roles. He's well know for playing YΕ«tarΕ 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.
BODY OF WORK
Akira Nagoya's Filmography
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No Poster
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
as Chief Sakamoto
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Love Letter
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
No Poster
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Bokyo
Tale of the Crane Princess
Succession
Kwaidan
Basara: The Princess Goh
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as 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
as Forensic Examiner
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Ryuukichi
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora
No Poster
Eve in a Summer Dress
Time and Tide
Lullaby of Death
as Furuya
Suspicion
as Iwasaki
Stray Wolf
Lovers Lost
as Katsu-san
Station
as Takada
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Sakio Hanamori
No Poster
A Young Female Instructor
A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(εε©)
Human Revolution II
Love Is a Hunter
as Takano
Invitation of Lust
as Matsuoka
Aoba shigereru
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
as Section Chief Akazawa
Kandagawa
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
as ζζ₯ε₯εε€ͺι
KΕkΕsei burai hikae: KanjirΕ« Muramasa
KΓ΄kΓ΄sei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
A Woman Who Warns of Death
The Lucky Status Symbol
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
as Narrator
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
as Takahashi, Club Min Manager
Return of Ultraman
as Narrator
Follow the Girls
as Ichiro
Hajimete no Tabi
I Want to Sleep
Nihon Kaidan GekijΕ: The Peony Lantern β Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
as ShijΕ / Yamamoto ShijΕ
Γnna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerΓ΄
Woman
Flying Phantom Ship
as Hayato's Father (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
as Sailor (voice)
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
Young Challengers
Monsieur Zivaco
as Narrator
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
as Shanghai Dragon
Birth of a Fighter
Dreams Come True at Night
as Gen Kudo
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
as Totsuka
In Tears
Fort Graveyard
as Nezu
Retirement of a Train Engineer
We Will Remember
Sweet Sweat
as Jiro
Could I But Live
as Staff Member at Health Ministry
Sunset Hill
The Dragon Crest
Miren
as Aoshima
The Symbol of a Man
as Saiga
High and Low
as Detective Yamamoto
A Wanderer's Notebook
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Shimamura
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
The Twilight Story
Dotanba
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
as Driver