Akira Nagoya
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 pa...
Known For
Filmography
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
2001
as Chief Sakamoto
Round About Midnight
1999
as Homeless Man
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
1999
Love Letter
1998
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
1998
Princess Mononoke
1997
as Cowherd (voice)
Woman in Witness Protection
1997
as Director Hatano
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
1994
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
Bokyo
1993
Tale of the Crane Princess
1993
Basara: The Princess Goh
1992
Kwaidan
1992
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
1989
as Narrator (voice)
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
1989
Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater
1989
as (voice)
Kaito Ruby
1988
as Forensic Examiner
Free and Easy
1988
ザ・スクールコップ
1988
津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件
1988
The School Cop
1988
as Daigoro Sagami
The Great Department Store Robbery
1987
Ellie My Love
1987
A Tale of Young Elopement
1987
as Ryuukichi
An Early Autumn
1987
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
1986
as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
Stepsisters
1985
as Pastor Wakayama
Kokugo Gannen
1985
Ponytail Won't Look Back
1985
as Tamba
Mahjong Horoki
1984
as Jyoushuu Tora
Eve in a Summer Dress
1984
They Called Me a Bad Girl
1984
as Shusuke Tamba
Time and Tide
1983
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
as Kameyama
Furuya Ikkou's Great Detective Kindaichi Kousuke Series
1983
as Ryōzen
Lovers Lost
1982
as Katsu-san
Lullaby of Death
1982
as Furuya
Suspicion
1982
as Iwasaki
Stray Wolf
1982
Murder Case: Lover Swap
1982
Station
1981
as Takada
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely
1980
as Sakio Hanamori
松本清張の聞かなかった場所
1979
A Young Female Instructor
1978
Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka
1978
A Portrait of Shunkin
1976
as Zensuke(善助)
Human Revolution II
1976
Love Is a Hunter
1976
as Takano
Invitation of Lust
1975
as Matsuoka
Oretachi no Tabi
1975
Kandagawa
1974
Aoba shigereru
1974
Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters
1974
as Section Chief Akazawa
Ultraman Taro: Like the Sun, Mother of Ultra
1973
as 朝日奈勇太郎
A Woman Who Warns of Death
1973
Kōkōsei burai hikae: Kanjirū Muramasa
1973
Kôkôsei burai hikae: Tsuki no Muramasa
1973
Ultraman Taro
1973
as Captain Yutaro Asahina
The Lucky Status Symbol
1972
Hajimete no Tabi
1971
Return of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
Return of Ultraman: Terror of the Waterspout Monsters
1971
as Narrator
Follow the Girls
1971
as Ichiro
First-Decade Boss vs. Second-Decade Staff: Mon-Fri-Fri
1971
as Takahashi, Club Min Manager
Return of Ultraman
1971
as Narrator
Ônna himitsu chosain-kuchibiru ni kakerô
1970
I Want to Sleep
1970
Woman
1969
A Thousand and One Nights
1969
as Sailor (voice)
The Tempters: Smile After Tears
1969
Flying Phantom Ship
1969
as Hayato's Father (voice)
Young Challengers
1968
The Kanto Region Is Also Expanding
1967
as Shanghai Dragon
Birth of a Fighter
1967
Monsieur Zivaco
1967
as Narrator
Dreams Come True at Night
1967
as Gen Kudo
Tabiji
1967
as 駅手・伊東栄吉
Chivalry Broken from All Sides
1966
as Totsuka
Fort Graveyard
1965
as Nezu
Retirement of a Train Engineer
1965
We Will Remember
1965
In Tears
1965
Taikouki
1965
as Ichikawa Daisuke
Sweet Sweat
1964
as Jiro
Could I But Live
1964
as Staff Member at Health Ministry
Sunset Hill
1964
High and Low
1963
as Detective Yamamoto
The Symbol of a Man
1963
as Saiga
The Dragon Crest
1963
Miren
1963
as Aoshima
A Wanderer's Notebook
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
1962
as Shimamura
The Age of Lawless Moneymaking
1961
The Twilight Story
1960
Dotanba
1956
Nobuko Rides on a Cloud
1955
as Driver