Actor
Akira Nagoya
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 pa ...

Known For
Acting
2001 -- Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment | Chief Sakamoto
1999 -- Round About Midnight | Homeless Man
1999 -- Yakuza Ladies 8 |
1998 -- Love Letter |
1998 -- Yakuza Ladies: Decision |
1997 -- Woman in Witness Protection | Director Hatano
1997 -- Princess Mononoke | Cowherd (voice)
1994 -- The Notorious Bored Samurai 9 | Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1993 -- Bokyo |
1992 -- Kwaidan |
1992 -- Basara: The Princess Goh |
1989 -- Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell | Narrator (voice)
1988 -- Free and Easy |
1988 -- Kaito Ruby | Man in White Cloth
1987 -- The Great Department Store Robbery |
1987 -- Ellie My Love |
1987 -- A Tale of Young Elopement | Ryuukichi
1986 -- Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth | Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1984 -- Mahjong Horoki | Jyoushuu Tora
1984 -- Eve in a Summer Dress |
1983 -- Time and Tide |
1982 -- Lullaby of Death | Furuya
1982 -- Suspicion | Iwasaki
1982 -- Stray Wolf |
1982 -- Lovers Lost | Katsu-san
1981 -- Station | Takada
1980 -- Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely | Sakio Hanamori
1978 -- A Young Female Instructor |
1976 -- A Portrait of Shunkin | Zensuke(善助)
1976 -- Human Revolution II |
1975 -- Invitation of Lust |
1974 -- Aoba shigereru |
1974 -- Kandagawa |
1973 -- ウルトラマンタロウ ウルトラの母は太陽のように | 朝日奈勇太郎
1973 -- Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra | Yûta Asahina
1973 -- Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa |
1973 -- Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa |
1973 -- A Woman Who Warns of Death |
1972 -- The Lucky Status Symbol |
1971 -- Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters | Narrator
1971 -- Return of Ultraman | Narrator
1971 -- Follow the Girls | Ichiro
1971 -- Hajimete no Tabi |
1970 -- Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô |
1969 -- Woman |
1969 -- Flying Phantom Ship | Hayato's Father (voice)
1969 -- A Thousand and One Nights | Sailor (voice)
1969 -- The Tempters: Smile After Tears |
1968 -- Young Challengers |
1967 -- Monsieur Zivaco | Narrator
1967 -- The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding | Shanghai Dragon
1967 -- Birth of a Fighter |
1967 -- Dreams Come True at Night | Gen Kudo
1966 -- Chivalry Broken from All Sides | Totsuka
1965 -- Fort Graveyard | Nezu
1964 -- Sweet Sweat | Jiro
1964 -- Could I But Live |
1963 -- The Dragon Crest |
1963 -- The Symbol of a Man | Saiga
1963 -- High and Low | Detective Yamamoto
1962 -- A Wanderer's Notebook |
1962 -- Akitsu Hot Springs |
1960 -- The Twilight Story |
1956 -- Dotanba |
1955 -- Nobuko Rides on a Cloud | Driver
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