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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.
As actor
Destination Station Series - Homicide Assignment
Round About Midnight
Yakuza Ladies: Red Murder
Love Letter
Yakuza Ladies: Decision
Princess Mononoke
Woman in Witness Protection
The Notorious Bored Samurai 9
Bokyo
Tale of the Crane Princess
Basara: The Princess Goh
Kwaidan
Lone Wolf & Child: Assassin on the Road to Hell
The Murder on the Nanki Shirahama Pendulum Train - The Beautiful Office Lady Detective and the Backseat Detective II
Kaito Ruby
Free and Easy
ザ・スクールコップ
The Great Department Store Robbery
Ellie My Love
A Tale of Young Elopement
Baby Elephant Story: The angel who descended to earth
Mahjong Horoki
Eve in a Summer Dress
Time and Tide
Lovers Lost
Lullaby of Death
Suspicion
Stray Wolf
Station
Mister, Missus, Miss Lonely