Akira Nagoya
Actor
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 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
High and Low
as Detective Yamamoto 1963
A Thousand and One Nights
as Sailor (voice) 1969
Flying Phantom Ship
as Hayato's Father (voice) 1969
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Shimamura 1962
Station
as Takada 1981
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Lovers Lost
as Katsu-san 1982
Kaito Ruby
as Forensic Examiner 1988
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano 1997
Fort Graveyard
as Nezu 1965
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man 1999
Suspicion
as Iwasaki 1982
Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora 1984
A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(善助) 1976
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice) 1989