Akira Nagoya

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.

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松本清張の聞かなかった場所, Murder Case: Lover Swap, Stepsisters, An Early Autumn, Kokugo Gannen, Oretachi no Tabi, Prime Minister of Yuhigaoka, They Called Me a Bad Girl, 津軽海峡殺しの双曲線 最後の青函連絡船殺人事件, Sakyou Komatsu's Animation Theater, Ponytail Won't Look Back, The School Cop