
Akira Nagoya
Acting
🎂 1930-12-08
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.
Cast credits(85)

Ichikawa Daisuke
1965

Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973

Pastor Wakayama
1985
(voice)
1989

Cowherd (voice)
1997

Shusuke Tamba
1984

Narrator
1971

1975

Kameyama
1983

Ryōzen
1983
1979
Daigoro Sagami
1988

駅手・伊東栄吉
1967
1988

Detective Yamamoto
1963

1978

Tamba
1985

1985

1987

Hayato's Father (voice)
1969

1982

Sailor (voice)
1969

1962

Takada
1981

1962

1983

Katsu-san
1982

Iwasaki
1982

Director Hatano
1997

Jyoushuu Tora
1984

Homeless Man
1999

1988

Sakio Hanamori
1980

1998

1992

1973

Nezu
1965

Zensuke(善助)
1976
1978

Forensic Examiner
1988

1968

1956

1973

1960

1975

1967

Narrator
1967

1974

1999

Saiga
1963

Driver
1955

1972

Ichiro
1971

Narrator
1971

Furuya
1982
Chief Sakamoto
2001

Gen Kudo
1967

1970

Ryuukichi
1987

Jiro
1964

1974

1963

1969

Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986
1984

Narrator
1971

1964

1987

Section Chief Akazawa
1974

Shanghai Dragon
1967

1973
Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994

1971

1987

1965

朝日奈勇太郎
1973

Totsuka
1966

1982

1992

1964

1998

1976

Narrator (voice)
1989

1969

1993