Akira Nagoya
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
1997
Series
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
1971
Series
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973
Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama
1983
Series
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Ryōzen
1983
Film
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
1963
Series
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉
1967
Film
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
1969
Film
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
1980
Series
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke
1965
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
(voice)
1989
Series
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba
1985
Series
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Film
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Narrator (voice)
1989
Series
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama
1985
Film
Bokyo
1993
Film
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
1982
Film
Woman in Witness Protection
Director Hatano
1997
Film
Suspicion
Iwasaki
1982
Film
Station
Takada
1981
Film
Woman
1969
Series
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba
1984
Film
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
1969
The School Cop
Daigoro Sagami
1988
Film
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Film
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
1988
Series
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Film
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shimamura
1962
Film
Invitation of Lust
Matsuoka
1975
Film
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Film
Mahjong Horoki
Jyoushuu Tora
1984
Film
A Portrait of Shunkin
Zensuke(善助)
1976
Film
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986
Series
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
Film
Free and Easy
1988
Film
Fort Graveyard
Nezu
1965
Film
Round About Midnight
Homeless Man
1999
Film
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Film
Time and Tide
1983
Series
An Early Autumn
1987
Film
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
1971
Film
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Film
We Will Remember
1965
Film
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Section Chief Akazawa
1974
Film
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
1971
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
Film
The Twilight Story
1960
Film
Sweet Sweat
Jiro
1964
Series
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Film
Human Revolution II
1976
Film
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Film
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Film
The Symbol of a Man
Saiga
1963
Film
Lullaby of Death
Furuya
1982
Film
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
Shanghai Dragon
1967
Film
Love Letter
1998
Film
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
Film
Kwaidan
1992
Film
The Dragon Crest
1963
Film
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Film
A Tale of Young Elopement
Ryuukichi
1987
Film
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Narrator
1971
Film
Dreams Come True at Night
Gen Kudo
1967
A Young Female Instructor
1978
Film
Dotanba
1956
Film
Kandagawa
1974
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Chief Sakamoto
2001
Film
Young Challengers
1968
Film
Love Is a Hunter
Takano
1976
Film
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
朝日奈勇太郎
1973
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
Film
In Tears
1965
Film
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Film
Ellie My Love
1987
Film
Could I But Live
1964
Film
Monsieur Zivaco
Narrator
1967
Film
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Totsuka
1966
Film
Aoba shigereru
1974
Film
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Film
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Film
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Driver
1955
Film
Sunset Hill
1964
Film
Follow the Girls
Ichiro
1971
Film
I Want to Sleep
1970
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
Film
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Film
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
Film
Stray Wolf
1982
Film
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Film
Miren
Aoshima
1963
Film
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
Film
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994
Film
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Film
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961