Akira Nagoya

Acting · 1.1 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: December 8, 1930 – June 24, 2003
From: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Works

75 films

Princess Mononoke

19978.3

High and Low

19638.4

Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely

19807.5

A Thousand and One Nights

19696.7

Station

19816.4

Bokyo

19939.0

Woman

1969

Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell

19896.8

Lovers Lost

19826.5

Human Revolution II

19768.0

Flying Phantom Ship

19696.3

Kaito Ruby

19887.0

Mahjong Horoki

19847.2

Suspicion

19827.0

Lullaby of Death

19826.3

A Wanderer's Notebook

19627.2

Woman in Witness Protection

19976.4

Yakuza Ladies: Decision

19987.5

A Portrait of Shunkin

19767.8

Akitsu Hot Springs

19626.6

Basara: The Princess Goh

19926.9

Time and Tide

19837.3

Invitation of Lust

19757.5

Free and Easy

19887.5

The Symbol of a Man

19637.0

Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters

19716.5

Love Is a Hunter

1976

Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder

19996.0

Round About Midnight

19997.0

Return of Ultraman

19716.0

Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa

1973

We Will Remember

196510.0

Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra

1973

The Lucky Status Symbol

1972

Fort Graveyard

19656.1

Could I But Live

19648.0

Young Challengers

19688.0

Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth

1986

Kandagawa

19748.0

Retirement of a Train Engineer

1965

Aoba shigereru

19747.0

Sweet Sweat

19648.3

The Twilight Story

19608.5

In Tears

1965

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud

19559.0

Follow the Girls

19718.0

The Tempters: Smile After Tears

19697.0

A Tale of Young Elopement

19879.0

Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa

1973

Ellie My Love

19875.0

The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding

1967

First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri

197110.0

Birth of a Fighter

19677.0

Love Letter

19988.0

The Great Department Store Robbery

19879.0

Monsieur Zivaco

19678.0

A Young Female Instructor

1978

Dotanba

19566.0

The Notorious Bored Samurai 9

1994

Tale of the Crane Princess

1993

Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô

1970

I Want to Sleep

1970

Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment

2001

Dreams Come True at Night

1967

A Woman Who Warns of Death

1973

Eve in a Summer Dress

19848.0

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

197410.0

Hajimete no Tabi

197110.0

Kwaidan

1992

ザ・スクールコップ

1988

The Dragon Crest

1963

Sunset Hill

1964

Stray Wolf

1982

The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II

1989

Chivalry Broken from All Sides

1966