Akira Nagoya
Acting
1930-12-08 · 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.
Filmography
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001 · Movie
Round About Midnight
1999 · Movie
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999 · Movie
Love Letter
1998 · Movie
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998 · Movie
Woman in Witness Protection
1997 · Movie
Princess Mononoke
1997 · Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994 · Movie
Bokyo
1993 · Movie
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993 · Movie
Succession
1992 · Movie
Kwaidan
1992 · Movie
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992 · Movie
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989 · Series
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989 · Movie
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989 · Movie
Free and Easy
1988 · Movie
Kaito Ruby
1988 · Movie
The School Cop
1988 · Series
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988 · Series
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 · Movie
An Early Autumn
1987 · Series
Ellie My Love
1987 · Movie
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987 · Movie
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986 · Movie
Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985 · Series
Kokugo Gannen
1985 · Series
Stepsisters
1985 · Series
Mahjong Horoki
1984 · Movie
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984 · Movie
They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984 · Series
Time and Tide
1983 · Movie
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983 · Series
Lullaby of Death
1982 · Movie
Suspicion
1982 · Movie
Stray Wolf
1982 · Movie
Lovers Lost
1982 · Movie
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982 · Series
Station
1981 · Movie
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980 · Movie
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979 · Series
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978 · Series
A Young Female Instructor
1978 · Movie
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976 · Movie
Human Revolution II
1976 · Movie
Love Is a Hunter
1976 · Movie
Oretachi no Tabi
1975 · Series
Invitation of Lust
1975 · Movie
Aoba shigereru
1974 · Movie
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974 · Movie
Kandagawa
1974 · Movie
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973 · Movie
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973 · Movie
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973 · Movie
Ultraman Taro
1973 · Series
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973 · Movie
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972 · Movie
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971 · Movie
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971 · Movie
Return of Ultraman
1971 · Movie
Follow the Girls
1971 · Movie
Return of Ultraman
1971 · Series
Hajimete no Tabi
1971 · Movie
I Want to Sleep
1970 · Movie
Nihon Kaidan Gekijō: The Peony Lantern — Onibi no Maki / Hotarubi no Maki
1970 · Movie
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970 · Movie
Woman
1969 · Movie
Flying Phantom Ship
1969 · Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
1969 · Movie
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969 · Movie
Young Challengers
1968 · Movie
Monsieur Zivaco
1967 · Movie
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967 · Movie
Tabiji
1967 · Series
Birth of a Fighter
1967 · Movie
Dreams Come True at Night
1967 · Movie
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966 · Movie
In Tears
1965 · Movie
Fort Graveyard
1965 · Movie
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965 · Movie
We Will Remember
1965 · Movie
Taikouki
1965 · Series
Sweet Sweat
1964 · Movie
Could I But Live
1964 · Movie
Sunset Hill
1964 · Movie
The Dragon Crest
1963 · Movie
Miren
1963 · Movie
The Symbol of a Man
1963 · Movie
High and Low
1963 · Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962 · Movie
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962 · Movie
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961 · Movie
The Twilight Story
1960 · Movie
Dotanba
1956 · Movie
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955 · Movie