Akira Nagoya
Acting
Born December 8, 1930 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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.
Films (72)
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
Round About Midnight
1999
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Princess Mononoke
1997
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
Bokyo
1993
Kwaidan
1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
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
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
1987
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
Mahjong Horoki
1984
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
Time and Tide
1983
Lullaby of Death
1982
Suspicion
1982
Stray Wolf
1982
Lovers Lost
1982
Station
1981
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
A Young Female Instructor
1978
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
Human Revolution II
1976
Invitation of Lust
1975
Aoba shigereru
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
Kandagawa
1974
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
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
1971
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
Return of Ultraman
1971
Follow the Girls
1971
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
Woman
1969
Flying Phantom Ship
1969
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Young Challengers
1968
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Dreams Come True at Night
1967
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
In Tears
1965
Fort Graveyard
1965
喜劇 各駅停車
1965
We Will Remember
1965
Sweet Sweat
1964
Could I But Live
1964
Sunset Hill
1964
The Dragon Crest
1963
The Symbol of a Man
1963
High and Low
1963
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
The Twilight Story
1960
Dotanba
1956
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955