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.
Acted in
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
as Chief Sakamoto
Round About Midnight
1999
as Homeless Man
Yakuza Ladies 8
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
as Director Hatano
Princess Mononoke
1997
as Cowherd (voice)
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Bokyo
1993
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Free and Easy
1988
Kaito Ruby
1988
as Man in White Cloth
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
An Early Autumn
1987
Ellie My Love
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Ryuukichi
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Stepsisters
1985
as Pastor Wakayama
Mahjong Horoki
1984
as Jyoushuu Tora
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
as Shusuke Tamba
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1983
as Kameyama
古谷一行の名探偵・金田一耕助シリーズ
1983
as Ryōzen
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Furuya
Suspicion
1982
as Iwasaki
Stray Wolf
1982
Lovers Lost
1982
as Katsu-san
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
Station
1981
as Takada
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
as Sakio Hanamori
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
A Young Female Instructor
1978
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Zensuke(善助)
Human Revolution II
1976
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Invitation of Lust
1975
Aoba shigereru
1974
Kandagawa
1974
ウルトラマンタロウ ウルトラの母は太陽のように
1973
as 朝日奈勇太郎
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
as Yûta Asahina
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Ultraman Taro
1973
as Captain Yutaro Asahina
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
as Narrator
Return of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
Follow the Girls
1971
as Ichiro
Return of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
Woman
1969
Flying Phantom Ship
1969
as Hayato's Father (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
as Sailor (voice)
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Young Challengers
1968
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
as Narrator
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
as Shanghai Dragon
Tabiji
1967
as 駅手・伊東栄吉
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Dreams Come True at Night
1967
as Gen Kudo
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
as Totsuka
Fort Graveyard
1965
as Nezu
Taikouki
1965
as Ichikawa Daisuke
Sweet Sweat
1964
as Jiro
Could I But Live
1964
The Dragon Crest
1963
The Symbol of a Man
1963
as Saiga
High and Low
1963
as Detective Yamamoto
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
The Twilight Story
1960
Dotanba
1956
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Driver