Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, born November 25, 1967) is an award-winning Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. From a young age, he was interested in anime. Growing up he had interests like volleyball and archery. He was working as a civil servant in a technical field at 25 when he decided that's not how he wanted to live his life, so he enrolled into a voice acting school he attended on his days off and on weekends while still working. Despite starting his career as a narrator, he took off as a voice actor and became a big name when he got the role of Roronoa Zoro, a character he definitely wanted to voice. He narrates programs including information and news programs and voices many iconic characters such as Roronoa Zoro from One Piece, Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama, Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara, Mugen from Samurai Champloo and Jin Sakai in the Japanese dub of the video game Ghost of Tsushima. He loves driving, practicing archery and spending time with his dog and cat.

61 TV shows

TV Shows

JUJUTSU KAISEN poster
Likely Renewed72%

JUJUTSU KAISEN

MBS

Kamen Rider poster
Likely Renewed95%

Kamen Rider

tv asahi

Pokémon Horizons poster
Likely Renewed85%

Pokémon Horizons

TV Tokyo

One Piece poster
Likely Renewed97%

One Piece

Fuji TV

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood poster
Ended0%

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

MBS

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED poster
Ended

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

MBS

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime poster
Returning

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Nippon TV

Bungo Stray Dogs poster
Returning

Bungo Stray Dogs

Tokyo MX

Chihayafuru poster
Ended

Chihayafuru

Nippon TV

Dan Da Dan poster
Returning

Dan Da Dan

MBS

Blue Exorcist poster
Ended

Blue Exorcist

MBS

Death Note poster
Ended

Death Note

Nippon TV

MF GHOST poster
Returning

MF GHOST

Tokyo MX

Star Wars: Visions poster
Returning

Star Wars: Visions

Disney+

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter poster
Ended

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

Network unknown

Ahiru no Sora poster
Ended

Ahiru no Sora

TV Tokyo

Rurouni Kenshin poster
Returning

Rurouni Kenshin

Fuji TV

Blood Blockade Battlefront poster
Ended

Blood Blockade Battlefront

MBS

Super Dragon Ball Heroes poster
Ended

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

Fuji TV

xxxHOLiC poster
Ended

xxxHOLiC

TBS

Trinity Blood poster
Ended

Trinity Blood

WOWOW Prime

Tengoku Daimakyo poster
Ended

Tengoku Daimakyo

Tokyo MX

Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger poster
Ended

Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger

tv asahi

Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee poster
Ended

Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

TV Tokyo

Altair: A Record of Battles poster
Ended

Altair: A Record of Battles

MBS

Fire Force poster
Ended

Fire Force

MBS

Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings poster
Ended

Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings

CBC

Samurai Champloo poster
Ended

Samurai Champloo

Fuji TV

Digimon Data Squad poster
Ended

Digimon Data Squad

Fuji TV

Digimon Ghost Game poster
Ended

Digimon Ghost Game

Fuji TV

Aldnoah.Zero poster
Ended

Aldnoah.Zero

Gunma TV

JOKER GAME poster
Ended

JOKER GAME

AT-X

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations poster
Returning

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

TV Tokyo

Danganronpa: The Animation poster
Ended

Danganronpa: The Animation

MBS

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash poster
Returning

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

Tokyo MX

White Album poster
Ended

White Album

tvk

Once Upon a Witch's Death poster
Ended

Once Upon a Witch's Death

AT-X

Hellsing poster
Ended

Hellsing

Fuji TV

Train to the End of the World poster
Ended

Train to the End of the World

AT-X

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan poster
Ended

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

TV Tokyo

Death Parade poster
Ended

Death Parade

Nippon TV

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture poster
Ended

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture

Tokyo MX

ALL OUT!! poster
Ended

ALL OUT!!

BS11

Noein: To Your Other Self poster
Ended

Noein: To Your Other Self

Chiba TV

Love All Play poster
Ended

Love All Play

YTV

GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class poster
Returning

GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class

TV Tokyo

God Eater poster
Ended

God Eater

Tokyo MX

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii poster
Ended

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

Tokyo MX

After War Gundam X poster
Ended

After War Gundam X

tv asahi

Parallel World Pharmacy poster
Ended

Parallel World Pharmacy

AT-X

B: The Beginning poster
Ended

B: The Beginning

Netflix

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight poster
Ended

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

TV Tokyo

Hatsukoi Limited. poster
Ended

Hatsukoi Limited.

BS11

Gintama poster
Ended

Gintama

TV Tokyo

Girlish Number poster
Ended

Girlish Number

TBS

Nodame Cantabile poster
Ended

Nodame Cantabile

Fuji TV

Battle Game in 5 Seconds poster
Ended

Battle Game in 5 Seconds

Tokyo MX

Ai Yori Aoshi poster
Ended

Ai Yori Aoshi

Fuji TV

The Tatami Time Machine Blues poster
Ended

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

Disney+

Ultraman Max poster
Ended

Ultraman Max

Network unknown

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes poster
Ended

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

TV Tokyo

Other Credits

Battle Programmer Shirase, IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix, Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon, Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior, 07-Ghost, Kiddy GiRL-AND, Asura Cryin', Angel Links, Jyu-Oh-Sei, Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer, Ragnarok The Animation, Samurai Harem, Master of Mosquiton '99, Samurai Gun, Tesla Note, Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Star Change With Us!, Antique Bakery, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement, Initial D, Brave 10, Switch!, Shining Hearts, You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san, One Piece Characters Log, RobiHachi, King of Conte, RAPSTAR, Stars Align, Hero Bank, Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman, Blade of the Immortal, Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy, Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School, Gintama: The Semi-Final, Hataraki Man, Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon, U Takes Terra, Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime, From Episode of Stinger: Uchu Sentai Kyuranger - High School Wars, 航海王:和之国总集篇, Antihero