Akira Nagoya
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.
As actor 94
Princess Mononoke
1997
High and Low
1963
Ultraman Taro
1973
Tabiji
1967
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
Return of Ultraman
1971
Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989
Taikouki
1965
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
Stepsisters
1985
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
Flying Phantom Ship
1969
Station
1981
They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
Bokyo
1993
Invitation of Lust
1975
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
We Will Remember
1965
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
Follow the Girls
1971
Lovers Lost
1982
Could I But Live
1964
The School Cop
1988
Woman
1969
Suspicion
1982
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
Round About Midnight
1999
An Early Autumn
1987
The Twilight Story
1960
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
Mahjong Horoki
1984
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Time and Tide
1983
Lullaby of Death
1982
Love Is a Hunter
1976
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
Kaito Ruby
1988
Human Revolution II
1976
Sweet Sweat
1964
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Fort Graveyard
1965
The Symbol of a Man
1963
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Free and Easy
1988
Love Letter
1998
I Want to Sleep
1970
Young Challengers
1968
Dotanba
1956
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
Kwaidan
1992
A Young Female Instructor
1978
Return of Ultraman
1971
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Ellie My Love
1987
Sunset Hill
1964
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Dreams Come True at Night
1967
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
Miren
1963
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
Aoba shigereru
1974
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
Kandagawa
1974
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
Birth of a Fighter
1967
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
Stray Wolf
1982
The Dragon Crest
1963
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
In Tears
1965
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973