Akira Nagoya
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.
Acting
Movie
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
1997
Movie
High and Low
as Detective Yamamoto
1963
Movie
A Thousand and One Nights
as Sailor (voice)
1969
Movie
Flying Phantom Ship
as Hayato's Father (voice)
1969
Movie
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Shimamura
1962
TV
Return of Ultraman
as Narrator
1971
Movie
Station
as Takada
1981
Movie
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
TV
Ultraman Taro
as Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973
Movie
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Movie
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
1997
Movie
Lovers Lost
as Katsu-san
1982
Movie
Kaito Ruby
as Forensic Examiner
1988
Movie
Fort Graveyard
as Nezu
1965
Movie
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
1999
Movie
Suspicion
as Iwasaki
1982
Movie
Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora
1984
Movie
Lullaby of Death
as Furuya
1982
Movie
A Portrait of Shunkin
as Zensuke(善助)
1976
Movie
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)
1989
Movie
Free and Easy
1988
Movie
Sweet Sweat
as Jiro
1964
Movie
Time and Tide
1983
Movie
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
as Sakio Hanamori
1980