Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, Nakai Kazuya, born November 25, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor^[1] who was born in Hyōgo-ku, Kobe. He is attached to Aoni Production.

Overview

Kazuya Nakai debuted in After War Gundam X as Witz Sou.

He is best known for his role of Zoro Roronoa from One Piece, Toshirō Hijikata from Gintama, Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara, Mugen from Samurai Champloo, and Ultraman Max in Ultraman Max (voice only).

Many of Kazuya’s characters have rowdy personalities. In contrast, he played those who are modest and calm. In addition, many of them are swordsmen (Zoro, Mugen, Masamune, Hijikata and Capricorn El Cid).

Voice roles

Anime

• 07-Ghost (Colonel Katsuragi)
• Ai Yori Aoshi (Suzuki)
• Angel Links (Sergei)
• Ao no Exorcist (Ryuji Suguro)
• Asu no Yoichi! (Ryo Washizu)
• Asura Cryin' (Takaya Kagakagari)
• Asura Cryin' 2 (Takaya Kagakagari)
• After War Gundam X (Witz Sou)
• Battle Programmer Shirase (Akira Shirase)
• Black Jack (Gori)
• Blade of the Immortal (Magatsu Taito)
• Bleach: Hell Verse (Kokutō)
• Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (Keseran Paseran)
• Brave 10 (Jinpachi Nezu)
• Detective Conan (Takashi Kotegawa)
• Chihayafuru (Hiro Kinashi)
• D.Gray-man (Gozu)
• Danganronpa: The Animation (Mondo Oowada)
• Death Note (Kanzo Mogi)
• Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (Refal Edia)
• Digimon Savers (Gaomon)
• Durarara!! (Gin-chan) (DVD-only) (12.5: Heaven's Judgement)
• Fushigi Yuugi (Temudan Rowun)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Miles)
• Gintama (Hijikata Toshirou)
• Grenadier - The Senshi of Smiles (Yajiro Kojima)
• Gun Sword (Episode 18, ~7:28)
• Hataraki Man (Fumiya Sugawara)
• Hatsukoi Limited (Gengorou Takei)
• Hellsing (Jan Valentine)
• Hyouge Mono (Date Masamune)
• Immortal Grand Prix (River Marque)
• Initial D Fifth Stage (Ikeda Ryuji)
• InuYasha (Hoshiyomi)
• Ixion Saga DT (Sainglain)
• Jyu Oh Sei (Zagi)
• Kuroko's Basketball (Shoichi Imayoshi)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Reverend Malchio)
• Michiko to Hatchin (Juninho)
• Nodame Cantabile (Kouzou Etoh)
• Naruto Shippuden (Furido)
• Nichijou (Three of spades in episode 17)
• Noein (Karasu, Noein)
• One Piece (Roronoa Zoro, Pierre, Jigoroh, Saldeath, Drip; fake Sanji)
• Pokémon (Morio, Shintaro, Naoshi)
• Ragnarok the Animation (Iruga)
• Sailor Moon: Sailor Stars (Ittou Asanuma)
• Samurai Champloo (Mugen)
• Scrapped Princess (Galil, Socom)
• Sengoku Basara (Date Masamune)
• Shikabane Hime (Hagino ep. 1)
• Suki-tte Ii na yo. (Daichi Kurosawa)
• Tegami Bachi (Jiggy Pepper)
• Trinity Blood (Tres Iqus)
• Valkyria Chronicles (Zaka)
• xxxHolic (Shizuka Dômeki, Haruka Dômeki)
• Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san (Salamander)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (First Series) (Shido-sensei, Student B ep. 10)

OVAs and films

• Bleach: Hell Verse (Kokutō)
• Blue Submarine No. 6 (Captain of the Shang)
• Broken Blade (General Borcuse)
• Fate/Prototype (Lancer/Cu Chulainn)
• Gintama JUMP Festa 2005 (Hijikata Toshirou)
• Persona 3 The Movie: Spring of Birth (Shinjiro Aragaki)
• Saint Seiya films and OVAs (Worm Raimi)
• Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (Capricorn El Cid)
• xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shizuka Dômeki)
• Switch OVAs (Keigo Kajiyama)
• The 9 Sailor Soldiers Get Together! Miracle in the Black Dream Hole (Orangeat)
• xxxHolic: Shunmuki (Shizuka Dômeki, Haruka Dômeki)
• xxxHolic Rou (Shizuka Dômeki, Haruka Dômeki)
• Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (Melvin Scrooge)
• One Piece movies (Roronoa Zoro)

Video games

• Bleach: Soul Resurrección (The Hell Verse Demo) (Kokutō)
• Clover no Kuni no Alice (Gray Ringmarc)
• Dangan Ronpa: Academy of Hope and High School Students of Despair (Mondo Oowada)
• Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (Gilgamesh)
• Dragon Ball Heroes (Avatar: Freeza Clan, Berserker-type)
• Dynasty Warriors series (Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei)
• Ehrgeiz (Najimu)
• Everybody's Golf series (Musatsu)
• Fantasy Earth: Zero (Emperor Lyle Q'valda Gevrand)
• Fate/stay night Réalta Nua: Take Off! Super Dimensional Trouble Hanafuda Epic Battle (Lancer)
• Final Fantasy X (Wakka)
• Final Fantasy X-2 (Wakka)
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Gilgamesh)
• Final Fantasy Type-0 (Gilgamesh)
• Fullmetal Alchemist 3: Kami o Tsugu Shōjo (Zerugiu)
• Garouden: Breakblow Fist or Twist (Tanba Bunshichi)
• God Eater (Soma)
• Initial D Arcade Stage (Ryuji Ikeda)
• Kingdom Hearts (Wakka)
• Kingdom Hearts II (Rai)
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED series (Barry Ho)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front (Lt. Agar)
• Mr. Driller series (Kiru Saku, Kowasu)
• Ninety-Nine Nights (Klarrann)
• No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise (Travis Touchdown)
• One Piece series (Roronoa Zoro)
• Mega Man Zero series (Fighting Fefnir)
• Rusty Hearts (Tude MacLoud)
• Sengoku Basara (Date Masamune)
• Shining Blade (Dylan)
• Shining Force EXA (Duga)
• Shining Wind (Hyoun)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (Shinjiro Aragaki)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (Masahiro Sakurai)
• Summon Night: Twin Age (Nassau)
• Super Robot Wars series (Witz Sou, Jika Arutorito)
• Tales of Legendia (Moses Sandor)
• Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss (Katsumi Shiba)
• Valkyria Chronicles (Zaka)
• Will o' Wisp (Will)
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (Assistant Scott)
• Yakuza 3 (Hasebe)
• Zangeki no Reginleiv (Sigmund)

Drama CDs

• Fate/Prototype Special Drama CD (Lancer)
• Ze (Konoe)

Tokusatsu

• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Igaroid, Uniga)
• Engine Sentai Go-onger (Hiramechimedes)
  • It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!! (Kokorootomedes)
• Kamen Rider Hibiki (Narrator, Eiki)
• Ultraman Max (Ultraman Max)
• Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy (Piggies Imagin)

Dubbing roles

• 2 Days in the Valley (Lee Woods)
• 2012 (Adrian Helmsley)
• Barnyard (Pip the Mouse)
• Back at the Barnyard (Pip the Mouse)
• Blue Bloods (Detective Danny Reagan)
• The Boondocks (Gangstalicious)
• The Bourne Legacy (Aaron Cross/Kenneth J. Kitsom)
• iCarly (Ollie Paisley)
• Las Vegas (Danny McCoy)
• MirrorMask (Valentine)
• Misty Island Rescue (Ferdinand)
• Mutant X (Calvin Porter (season 1))
• Planet Terror (El Rey)
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (Angel Ortiz)

References

External links

• Kazuya Nakai at Aoni Production
• Kazuya Nakai at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia