Akira Nagoya
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.
TV Shows(17)
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
(voice)
1989
The School Cop
Daigoro Sagami
1988
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
An Early Autumn
1987
Ponytail Won't Look Back
Tamba
1985
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Stepsisters
Pastor Wakayama
1985
They Called Me a Bad Girl
Shusuke Tamba
1984
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
Kameyama
1983
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Ultraman Taro
Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
1971
Tabiji
駅手・伊東栄吉
1967
Taikouki
Ichikawa Daisuke
1965
Movies(73)
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Chief Sakamoto
2001
Round About Midnight
Homeless Man
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
Director Hatano
1997
Princess Mononoke
Cowherd (voice)
1997
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994
Bokyo
1993
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Narrator (voice)
1989
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Free and Easy
1988
Kaito Ruby
Forensic Examiner
1988
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Ellie My Love
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
Ryuukichi
1987
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986
Mahjong Horoki
Jyoushuu Tora
1984
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
Time and Tide
1983
Lullaby of Death
Furuya
1982
Suspicion
Iwasaki
1982
Stray Wolf
1982
Lovers Lost
Katsu-san
1982
Station
Takada
1981
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Sakio Hanamori
1980
A Young Female Instructor
1978
A Portrait of Shunkin
Zensuke(善助)
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
Invitation of Lust
1975
Aoba shigereru
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
Section Chief Akazawa
1974
Kandagawa
1974
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
朝日奈勇太郎
1973
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
Narrator
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
Takahashi, Club Min Manager
1971
Return of Ultraman
Narrator
1971
Follow the Girls
Ichiro
1971
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
Woman
1969
Flying Phantom Ship
Hayato's Father (voice)
1969
A Thousand and One Nights
Sailor (voice)
1969
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Young Challengers
1968
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
1967
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
Totsuka
1966
In Tears
1965
Fort Graveyard
Nezu
1965
喜劇 各駅停車
1965
We Will Remember
1965
Sweet Sweat
Jiro
1964
Could I But Live
1964
Sunset Hill
1964
The Dragon Crest
1963
The Symbol of a Man
Saiga
1963
High and Low
Detective Yamamoto
1963
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
Shimamura
1962
The Twilight Story
1960
Dotanba
1956
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
Driver
1955