Akira Nagoya
Born: 1930-12-08 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 2003-06-24
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2001
- Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment as Chief Sakamoto
1999
- Round About Midnight as Homeless Man
- Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1997
- Princess Mononoke as Cowherd (voice)
- Woman in Witness Protection as Director Hatano
1994
- The Notorious Bored Samurai 9 as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1989
1988
- Kaito Ruby as Forensic Examiner
- The School Cop as Daigoro Sagami
- Free and Easy
- ザ・スクールコップ
- 津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1987
1986
- Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1985
- Stepsisters as Pastor Wakayama
- Kokugo Gannen
- Ponytail Won't Look Back as Tamba
1984
- Mahjong Horoki as Jyoushuu Tora
- They Called Me a Bad Girl as Shusuke Tamba
- Eve in a Summer Dress
1983
1982
- Lovers Lost as Katsu-san
- Lullaby of Death as Furuya
- Murder Case: Lover Swap
- Suspicion as Iwasaki
- Stray Wolf
1981
- Station as Takada
1980
- Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely as Sakio Hanamori
1979
1976
- A Portrait of Shunkin as Zensuke(善助)
- Human Revolution II
1975
- Oretachi no Tabi
- Invitation of Lust as Matsuoka
1974
- Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters as Section Chief Akazawa
- Kandagawa
- Aoba shigereru
1973
- Ultraman Taro as Captain Yutaro Asahina
- Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
- Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
- A Woman Who Warns of Death
- Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra as 朝日奈勇太郎
1971
- Return of Ultraman as Narrator
- Follow the Girls as Ichiro
- Return of Ultraman as Narrator
- Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters as Narrator
- Hajimete no Tabi
- First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri as Takahashi, Club Min Manager
1969
- A Thousand and One Nights as Sailor (voice)
- Flying Phantom Ship as Hayato's Father (voice)
- The Tempters: Smile After Tears
- Woman
1968
1967
- Tabiji as 駅手・伊東栄吉
- Monsieur Zivaco as Narrator
- The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding as Shanghai Dragon
- Dreams Come True at Night as Gen Kudo
- Birth of a Fighter
1966
- Chivalry Broken from All Sides as Totsuka
1965
- Taikouki as Ichikawa Daisuke
- Fort Graveyard as Nezu
- In Tears
- 喜劇 各駅停車
- We Will Remember
1964
- Sweet Sweat as Jiro
- Could I But Live
- Sunset Hill
1963
- High and Low as Detective Yamamoto
- The Symbol of a Man as Saiga
- The Dragon Crest
1962
- Akitsu Hot Springs as Shimamura
- A Wanderer's Notebook
1960
1956
1955
- Nobuko Rides on a Cloud as Driver