Acting · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan · Born December 8, 1930
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.
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
as Chief Sakamoto
MovieRound About Midnight
1999
as Homeless Man
MovieYakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
MovieLove Letter
1998
MovieYakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
MovieWoman in Witness Protection
1997
as Director Hatano
MoviePrincess Mononoke
1997
as Cowherd (voice)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
MovieBokyo
1993
MovieTale of the Crane Princess
1993
MovieKwaidan
1992
MovieBasara: The Princess Goh
1992
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989
as (voice)
MovieLone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
MovieFree and Easy
1988
MovieKaito Ruby
1988
as Forensic Examiner
Movieザ・スクールコップ
1988
The School Cop
1988
as Daigoro Sagami
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
MovieThe Great Department Store Robbery
1987
TVAn Early Autumn
1987
MovieEllie My Love
1987
MovieA Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Ryuukichi
MovieBaby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
TVPonytail Won't Look Back
1985
as Tamba
TVKokugo Gannen
1985
TVStepsisters
1985
as Pastor Wakayama
MovieMahjong Horoki
1984
as Jyoushuu Tora
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
TVThey Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
as Shusuke Tamba
MovieTime and Tide
1983
TVFuruya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
as Kameyama
MovieLullaby of Death
1982
as Furuya
MovieSuspicion
1982
as Iwasaki
MovieStray Wolf
1982
MovieLovers Lost
1982
as Katsu-san
TVMurder Case: Lover Swap
1982
MovieStation
1981
as Takada
MovieMister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
as Sakio Hanamori
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
TVPrime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
A Young Female Instructor
1978
MovieA Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Zensuke(善助)
MovieHuman Revolution II
1976
MovieLove Is a Hunter
1976
as Takano
TVOretachi no Tabi
1975
MovieInvitation of Lust
1975
as Matsuoka
MovieAoba shigereru
1974
MovieComedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
as Section Chief Akazawa
MovieKandagawa
1974
MovieUltraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
as 朝日奈勇太郎
MovieKōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
MovieKôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
TVUltraman Taro
1973
as Captain Yutaro Asahina
MovieA Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
MovieThe Lucky Status Symbol
1972
MovieReturn of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
as Narrator
MovieFirst-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
as Takahashi, Club Min Manager
MovieReturn of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
MovieFollow the Girls
1971
as Ichiro
TVReturn of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
MovieHajimete no Tabi
1971
MovieI Want to Sleep
1970
MovieÔnna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
MovieWoman
1969
MovieFlying Phantom Ship
1969
as Hayato's Father (voice)
MovieA Thousand and One Nights
1969
as Sailor (voice)
MovieThe Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
MovieYoung Challengers
1968
MovieMonsieur Zivaco
1967
as Narrator
MovieThe Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
as Shanghai Dragon
TVTabiji
1967
as 駅手・伊東栄吉
MovieBirth of a Fighter
1967
MovieDreams Come True at Night
1967
as Gen Kudo
MovieChivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
as Totsuka
MovieIn Tears
1965
MovieFort Graveyard
1965
as Nezu
MovieRetirement of a Train Engineer
1965
MovieWe Will Remember
1965
TVTaikouki
1965
as Ichikawa Daisuke
MovieSweet Sweat
1964
as Jiro
MovieCould I But Live
1964
MovieSunset Hill
1964
MovieThe Dragon Crest
1963
MovieThe Symbol of a Man
1963
as Saiga
MovieHigh and Low
1963
as Detective Yamamoto
MovieA Wanderer's Notebook
1962
MovieAkitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Shimamura
MovieThe Twilight Story
1960
MovieDotanba
1956
MovieNobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Driver
