Acting credits
84
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Akira Nagoya
Acting
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Movies: 69Series: 15
TMDB ID: 20337
IMDb ID: nm0619403
Known for: Acting
Born: December 8, 1930
Died: June 24, 2003
Age: 72
Place of birth: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 1999
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 7.19
Wikidata: Q11415220
Also known as
なごや あきら • آکیرا ناگویا
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Akira Nagoya.
6.8
Round About Midnight
as Homeless Man
1999 Movie
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999 Movie
Love Letter
1998 Movie
6.0
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998 Movie
5.9
Woman in Witness Protection
as Director Hatano
1997 Movie
8.3
Princess Mononoke
as Cowherd (voice)
1997 Movie
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994 Movie
Bokyo
1993 Movie
Kwaidan
1992 Movie
6.9
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992 Movie
6.3
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
as Narrator (voice)
1989 Movie
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989 Movie
7.3
Free and Easy
1988 Movie
6.9
Kaito Ruby
as Forensic Examiner
1988 Movie
ザ・スクールコップ
1988 Movie
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987 Movie
5.0
Ellie My Love
1987 Movie
A Tale of Young Elopement
as Ryuukichi
1987 Movie
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986 Movie
6.5
Mahjong Horoki
as Jyoushuu Tora
1984 Movie
7.5
Time and Tide
1983 Movie
5.0
Lullaby of Death
as Furuya
1982 Movie
7.0
Suspicion
as Iwasaki
1982 Movie
Stray Wolf
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Akira Nagoya.
The School Cop
as Daigoro Sagami • 15 eps
1988 Series
An Early Autumn
1 eps
1987 Series
Ponytail Won't Look Back
as Tamba • 24 eps
1985 Series
Kokugo Gannen
5 eps
1985 Series
Stepsisters
as Pastor Wakayama • 28 eps
1985 Series
They Called Me a Bad Girl
as Shusuke Tamba • 24 eps
1984 Series
7.0
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
as Kameyama • 1 eps
1983 Series
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1 eps
1982 Series
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1 eps
1979 Series
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
40 eps
1978 Series
Oretachi no Tabi
2 eps
1975 Series
8.5
Ultraman Taro
as Captain Yutaro Asahina • 53 eps
1973 Series
8.6
Return of Ultraman
as Narrator • 51 eps
1971 Series
Tabiji
as 駅手・伊東栄吉 • 309 eps
1967 Series
Taikouki
as Ichikawa Daisuke • 52 eps
1965 Series