Akira Nagoya

Akira Nagoya

Known for
Acting
Born
December 8, 1930
Died
June 24, 2003 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2001
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment

Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment

Movie · as Chief Sakamoto

1999
Round About Midnight poster

Round About Midnight

Movie · as Homeless Man

1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder poster

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

Movie

1998
Love Letter poster

Love Letter

Movie

1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision poster

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

Movie

1997
Princess Mononoke poster

Princess Mononoke

Movie · as Cowherd (voice)

1997
Woman in Witness Protection poster

Woman in Witness Protection

Movie · as Director Hatano

1994
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

Movie · as Kii Koya Bunzaemon

1993
Bokyo poster

Bokyo

Movie

1993
Tale of the Crane Princess poster

Tale of the Crane Princess

Movie

1992
Basara: The Princess Goh poster

Basara: The Princess Goh

Movie

1992
Kwaidan poster

Kwaidan

Movie

1992
Succession poster

Succession

Movie

1989
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell poster

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1989
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II poster

The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II

Movie

1989
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater

Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater

TV · as (voice) · 24 eps

1988
Kaito Ruby poster

Kaito Ruby

Movie · as Forensic Examiner

1988
Free and Easy poster

Free and Easy

Movie

1988
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件

津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件

TV · 1 ep

1988
The School Cop

The School Cop

TV · as Daigoro Sagami · 15 eps

1987
The Great Department Store Robbery poster

The Great Department Store Robbery

Movie

1987
Ellie My Love poster

Ellie My Love

Movie

1987
A Tale of Young Elopement poster

A Tale of Young Elopement

Movie · as Ryuukichi

1987
An Early Autumn poster

An Early Autumn

TV · 1 ep

1986
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth poster

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

Movie · as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)

1985
Stepsisters poster

Stepsisters

TV · as Pastor Wakayama · 28 eps

1985
Kokugo Gannen poster

Kokugo Gannen

TV · 5 eps

1985
Ponytail Won't Look Back poster

Ponytail Won't Look Back

TV · as Tamba · 24 eps

1984
Mahjong Horoki poster

Mahjong Horoki

Movie · as Jyoushuu Tora

1984
Eve in a Summer Dress

Eve in a Summer Dress

Movie

1984
They Called Me a Bad Girl poster

They Called Me a Bad Girl

TV · as Shusuke Tamba · 24 eps

1983
Time and Tide poster

Time and Tide

Movie

1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series poster

Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series

TV · as Kameyama, Ryōzen · 1 ep

1982
Lovers Lost poster

Lovers Lost

Movie · as Katsu-san

1982
Lullaby of Death poster

Lullaby of Death

Movie · as Furuya

1982
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

Movie · as Iwasaki

1982
Stray Wolf poster

Stray Wolf

Movie

1982
Murder Case: Lover Swap poster

Murder Case: Lover Swap

TV · 1 ep

1981
Station poster

Station

Movie · as Takada

1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely poster

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

Movie · as Sakio Hanamori

1979
松本清張の聞かなかった場所

松本清張の聞かなかった場所

TV · 1 ep

1978
A Young Female Instructor

A Young Female Instructor

Movie

1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka poster

Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka

TV · 40 eps

1976
A Portrait of Shunkin poster

A Portrait of Shunkin

Movie · as Zensuke(善助)

1976
Human Revolution II poster

Human Revolution II

Movie

1976
Love Is a Hunter poster

Love Is a Hunter

Movie · as Takano

1975
Invitation of Lust poster

Invitation of Lust

Movie · as Matsuoka

1975
Oretachi no Tabi poster

Oretachi no Tabi

TV · 2 eps

1974
Kandagawa poster

Kandagawa

Movie

1974
Aoba shigereru poster

Aoba shigereru

Movie

1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters poster

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Movie · as Section Chief Akazawa

1973
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra poster

Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra

Movie · as 朝日奈勇太郎

1973
A Woman Who Warns of Death poster

A Woman Who Warns of Death

Movie

1973
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa poster

Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa

Movie

1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa poster

Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

Movie

1973
Ultraman Taro poster

Ultraman Taro

TV · as Captain Yutaro Asahina · 53 eps

1972
The Lucky Status Symbol poster

The Lucky Status Symbol

Movie

1971
Hajimete no Tabi poster

Hajimete no Tabi

Movie

1971
Return of Ultraman poster

Return of Ultraman

Movie · as Narrator

1971
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters poster

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

Movie · as Narrator

1971
Follow the Girls poster

Follow the Girls

Movie · as Ichiro

1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri poster

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

Movie · as Takahashi, Club Min Manager

1971
Return of Ultraman poster

Return of Ultraman

TV · as Narrator · 51 eps

1970
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô poster

Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô

Movie

1970
I Want to Sleep poster

I Want to Sleep

Movie

1970
Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki poster

Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki

Movie · as Shijō / Yamamoto Shijō

1969
Woman poster

Woman

Movie

1969
A Thousand and One Nights poster

A Thousand and One Nights

Movie · as Sailor (voice)

1969
The Tempters: Smile After Tears poster

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

Movie

1969
Flying Phantom Ship poster

Flying Phantom Ship

Movie · as Hayato's Father (voice)

1968
Young Challengers poster

Young Challengers

Movie

1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding poster

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

Movie · as Shanghai Dragon

1967
Birth of a Fighter poster

Birth of a Fighter

Movie

1967
Monsieur Zivaco poster

Monsieur Zivaco

Movie · as Narrator

1967
Dreams Come True at Night poster

Dreams Come True at Night

Movie · as Gen Kudo

1967
Tabiji poster

Tabiji

TV · as 駅手・伊東栄吉 · 309 eps

1966
Chivalry Broken from All Sides poster

Chivalry Broken from All Sides

Movie · as Totsuka

1965
Fort Graveyard poster

Fort Graveyard

Movie · as Nezu

1965
Retirement of a Train Engineer poster

Retirement of a Train Engineer

Movie

1965
We Will Remember poster

We Will Remember

Movie

1965
In Tears poster

In Tears

Movie

1965
Taikouki poster

Taikouki

TV · as Ichikawa Daisuke · 52 eps

1964
Sweet Sweat poster

Sweet Sweat

Movie · as Jiro

1964
Could I But Live poster

Could I But Live

Movie · as Staff Member at Health Ministry

1964
Sunset Hill poster

Sunset Hill

Movie

1963
High and Low poster

High and Low

Movie · as Detective Yamamoto

1963
The Symbol of a Man poster

The Symbol of a Man

Movie · as Saiga

1963
The Dragon Crest poster

The Dragon Crest

Movie

1963
Miren poster

Miren

Movie · as Aoshima

1962
A Wanderer's Notebook poster

A Wanderer's Notebook

Movie

1962
Akitsu Hot Springs poster

Akitsu Hot Springs

Movie · as Shimamura

1961
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking poster

The Age of Lawless Moneymaking

Movie

1960
The Twilight Story poster

The Twilight Story

Movie

1956
Dotanba poster

Dotanba

Movie

1955
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud poster

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

Movie · as Driver