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Kazuya Nakai
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, born November 25, 1967) is an award-winning Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. From a young age, he was interested in anime. Growi…
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Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, born November 25, 1967) is an award-winning Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. From a young age, he was interested in anime. Growing up he had interests like volleyball and archery. He was working as a civil servant in a technical field at 25 when he decided that's not how he wanted to live his life, so he enrolled into a voice acting school he attended on his days off and on weekends while still working. Despite starting his career as a narrator, he took off as a voice actor and became a big name when he got the role of Roronoa Zoro, a character he definitely wanted to voice. He narrates programs including information and news programs and voices many iconic characters such as Roronoa Zoro from One Piece, Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama, Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara, Mugen from Samurai Champloo and Jin Sakai in the Japanese dub of the video game Ghost of Tsushima. He loves driving, practicing archery and spending time with his dog and cat.
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2026
Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames
Movie Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
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2025
GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class
TV show Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
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2025
U Takes Terra
TV show Mountain (Voice)
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2025
Once Upon a Witch's Death
TV show Jack Russo (voice)
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2025
Gintama on Theater 2D: Shinsengumi Douran Arc
Movie Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
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2024
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga
TV show Roronoa Zoro
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2024
One Piece Fan Letter
Movie Roronoa Zoro
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2024
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
TV show Gaku Miyama (voice)
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2024
Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime
TV show Hiroshi Mado (voice)
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2024
Dan Da Dan
TV show Serpoians (voice)
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2024
DAN DA DAN: First Encounter
Movie Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
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2024
Antihero
TV show
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2024
Train to the End of the World
TV show Pochi (voice)
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2024
Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation
Movie Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)
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2024
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
TV show Malreek (voice)
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2023
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Movie Kozo Ryuga (voice)
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2023
Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen
Movie Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
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2023
MF GHOST
TV show Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
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2023
Rurouni Kenshin
TV show Shakku Arai (voice)
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2023
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
TV show Kerioil (voice)
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2023
Pokémon Horizons
TV show Colza (voice)
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2023
Tengoku Daimakyo
TV show Robin Inazaki (voice)
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2022
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
Movie Master Higuchi (voice)
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2022
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
TV show Master Higuchi (voice)
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2022
One Piece Film Red
Movie Roronoa Zoro (voice)
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2022
Parallel World Pharmacy
TV show Camus (voice)
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2022
Love All Play
TV show Hitoshi Ebihara (voice)
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2021
Digimon Ghost Game
TV show Angoramon (voice)
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2021
Tesla Note
TV show Kyohei Himi (voice)
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2021
Star Wars: Visions
TV show Roden (voice)
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2021
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
Movie Flect Turn (voice)
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2021
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
TV show Madoka Kirisaki (voice)
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2021
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
TV show Furitsuke Capellini (voice)
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2021
The Journey
Movie Musab (voice)
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2021
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
Movie Ultraman Max
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2021
Gintama: The Semi-Final
TV show Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
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2021
Gintama: The Very Final
Movie Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
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2021
航海王：和之国总集篇
TV show 配音
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2020
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
TV show Ultraman Max
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2020
JUJUTSU KAISEN
TV show Kinji Hakari (voice)
