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Akira Nagoya

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 1930-12-08

Died: 2003-06-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Nobuko Rides on a Cloud	Driver	0
2	1956	Dotanba		60
3	1960	The Twilight Story		80
4	1962	Akitsu Hot Springs		65
5	1962	A Wanderer's Notebook		72
6	1963	High and Low	Detective Yamamoto	83
7	1963	The Symbol of a Man	Saiga	70
8	1963	The Dragon Crest		0
9	1964	Sunset Hill		0
10	1964	Could I But Live		0
11	1964	Sweet Sweat	Jiro	75
12	1965	Fort Graveyard	Nezu	67
13	1965	喜劇各駅停車		0
14	1966	Chivalry Broken from All Sides	Totsuka	0
15	1967	Dreams Come True at Night	Gen Kudo	0
16	1967	Birth of a Fighter		70
17	1967	The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding	Shanghai Dragon	0
18	1967	Monsieur Zivaco	Narrator	0
19	1968	Young Challengers		0
20	1969	The Tempters: Smile After Tears		0
21	1969	A Thousand and One Nights	Sailor (voice)	68
22	1969	Flying Phantom Ship	Hayato's Father (voice)	63
23	1969	Woman		0
24	1970	Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô		0
25	1971	Hajimete no Tabi		0
26	1971	Follow the Girls	Ichiro	0
27	1971	Return of Ultraman	Narrator	60
28	1971	Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters	Narrator	65
29	1972	The Lucky Status Symbol		0
30	1973	A Woman Who Warns of Death		0
31	1973	Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa		0
32	1973	Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa		0
33	1973	Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra	朝日奈勇太郎	0
34	1974	Kandagawa		0
35	1974	Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters	Section Chief Akazawa	0
36	1974	Aoba shigereru		0
37	1975	Invitation of Lust		0
38	1976	Human Revolution II		0
39	1976	A Portrait of Shunkin	Zensuke(善助)	73
40	1978	A Young Female Instructor		0
41	1980	Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely	Sakio Hanamori	60
42	1981	Station	Takada	61
43	1982	Lovers Lost	Katsu-san	71
44	1982	Stray Wolf		0
45	1982	Suspicion	Iwasaki	67
46	1982	Lullaby of Death	Furuya	50
47	1983	Time and Tide		75
48	1984	Eve in a Summer Dress		0
49	1984	Mahjong Horoki	Jyoushuu Tora	65
50	1986	Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth	Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)	0
51	1987	A Tale of Young Elopement	Ryuukichi	0
52	1987	Ellie My Love		50
53	1987	The Great Department Store Robbery		0
54	1988	Kaito Ruby	Forensic Examiner	69
55	1988	Free and Easy		73
56	1989	Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell	Narrator (voice)	63
57	1992	Basara: The Princess Goh		68
58	1992	Kwaidan		0
59	1993	Bokyo		0
60	1994	The Notorious Bored Samurai 9	Kii Koya Bunzaemon	0
61	1997	Princess Mononoke	Cowherd (voice)	83
62	1997	Woman in Witness Protection	Director Hatano	64
63	1998	Yakuza Ladies: Decision		60
64	1998	Love Letter		0
65	1999	Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder		60
66	1999	Round About Midnight	Homeless Man	68
67	2001	Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment	Chief Sakamoto	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Taikouki	Ichikawa Daisuke	0
2	1967	Tabiji	駅手・伊東栄吉	0
3	1971	Return of Ultraman	Narrator	87
4	1973	Ultraman Taro	Captain Yutaro Asahina	86
5	1975	Oretachi no Tabi		0
6	1978	Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka		0
7	1979	松本清張の聞かなかった場所		0
8	1982	Murder Case: Lover Swap		0
9	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Kameyama	70
10	1983	Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series	Ryōzen	70
11	1984	They Called Me a Bad Girl	Shusuke Tamba	0
12	1985	Stepsisters	Pastor Wakayama	0
13	1985	Kokugo Gannen		0
14	1985	Ponytail Won't Look Back	Tamba	0
15	1987	An Early Autumn		0
16	1988	津軽海峡殺しの双曲線　最後の青函連絡船殺人事件		0
17	1988	The School Cop	Daigoro Sagami	0
18	1989	Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater	(voice)	0