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Akira Nagoya
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 U…
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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.
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2001
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Movie Chief Sakamoto
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1999
Round About Midnight
Movie Homeless Man
- 1999
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1998
Love Letter
Movie
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1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Movie
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1997
Woman in Witness Protection
Movie Director Hatano
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1997
Princess Mononoke
Movie Cowherd (voice)
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1994
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Movie Kii Koya Bunzaemon
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1993
Bokyo
Movie
- 1993
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1992
Kwaidan
Movie
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1992
Basara: The Princess Goh
Movie
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1989
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
TV show (voice)
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1989
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
Movie Narrator (voice)
- 1989
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1988
Free and Easy
Movie
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1988
Kaito Ruby
Movie Forensic Examiner
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1988
The School Cop
TV show Daigoro Sagami
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1988
ザ・スクールコップ
Movie
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1988
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
TV show
- 1987
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1987
An Early Autumn
TV show
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1987
Ellie My Love
Movie
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1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
Movie Ryuukichi
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1986
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Movie Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
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1985
Ponytail Won't Look Back
TV show Tamba
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1985
Kokugo Gannen
TV show
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1985
Stepsisters
TV show Pastor Wakayama
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1984
Mahjong Horoki
Movie Jyoushuu Tora
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1984
Eve in a Summer Dress
Movie
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1984
They Called Me a Bad Girl
TV show Shusuke Tamba
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1983
Time and Tide
Movie
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1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
TV show Kameyama
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1982
Lullaby of Death
Movie Furuya
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1982
Suspicion
Movie Iwasaki
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1982
Stray Wolf
Movie
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1982
Lovers Lost
Movie Katsu-san
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1982
Murder Case: Lover Swap
TV show
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1981
Station
Movie Takada
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1980
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
Movie Sakio Hanamori
