
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
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 Detective Yamamoto

as Cowherd (voice)
1997

as Kameyama
1983

as Detective Yamamoto
1963

as 駅手・伊東栄吉
1967

as Narrator
1971

as Captain Yutaro Asahina
1973

as Ichikawa Daisuke
1965

as Sailor (voice)
1969

1978

as Pastor Wakayama
1985

1975

as Tamba
1985
1998
as Chief Sakamoto
2001

as Homeless Man
1999

1999

1998

1998

as Director Hatano
1997

as Cowherd (voice)
1997
as Kii Koya Bunzaemon
1994

1993

1993

1992

1992

as Narrator (voice)
1989

1989

1988

as Forensic Examiner
1988

1988

1987

1987

as Ryuukichi
1987

as Shoichi Takahashi (Director of Tokyo Fujimi Zoo)
1986

as Jyoushuu Tora
1984
1984

1983
as Narrator
51 ep.

as Kameyama
1 episodes

as 駅手・伊東栄吉
309 episodes

as Narrator
51 episodes

as Captain Yutaro Asahina
53 episodes

as Ichikawa Daisuke
52 episodes

40 episodes

as Pastor Wakayama
28 episodes

2 episodes

as Tamba
24 episodes
as (voice)
24 episodes
as Daigoro Sagami
15 episodes

5 episodes

as Shusuke Tamba
24 episodes

1 episodes

1 episodes
1 episodes
1 episodes