Kazuya Nakai
| Kazuya Nakai | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 中井 和哉 |
| Born |
November 25, 1967 Hyōgo-ku, Kobe, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Agent |
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| Notable credit(s) |
One Piece as Roronoa Zoro Gintama as Toshiro Hijikata |
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, though he has also played modest and calm ones. 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
- Aldnoah.Zero – Koichirō Marito
- Angel Links – Sergei
- Ao no Exorcist – Ryuji Suguro
- 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
- Blood Blockade Battlefront – Zap Renfro
- Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo – Keseran Paseran
- Brave 10 – Jinpachi Nezu
- Chihayafuru – Hiro Kinashi
- D.Gray-man – Gozu
- Danganronpa: The Animation – Mondo Oowada
- Death Note – Kanzo Mogi
- Death Parade – Takashi
- Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu – Refal Edia
- Detective Conan – Takashi Kotegawa
- Digimon Savers – Gaomon
- Durarara!! – Gin-chan (DVD-only) (12.5: Heaven's Judgement)
- Fushigi Yuugi – Temudan Rowun
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Miles
- Gundam Reconguista in G – Kia Mbeki
- 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
- Hero Bank – Fukuta Kanemaru
- 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 (episode 17)
- Nobunaga The Fool – Alexander
- 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
- Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi – Ryo Washizu
- Scrapped Princess – Galil, Socom
- Sengoku Basara – Date Masamune
- Sengoku Basara II – Date Masamune
- Sengoku Basara Judge End – 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! – Ishida, Student B (ep. 10)
OVA
- Blue Submarine No. 6 (1998)– Captain of the Shang
- Saint Seiya: Hades (2002) – Worm Raimi
- Gintama JUMP Festa 2005 (2005) – Hijikata Toshirou
- One Piece: Romance Dawn Story (2008) – Roronoa Zoro
- Switch (2008) – Keigo Kajiyama
- Dogs: Bullets & Carnage (2009) – Melvin Scrooge
- Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas (2009) – Capricorn El Cid
- xxxHolic: Shunmuki (2009) – Shizuka Dômeki, Haruka Dômeki
- xxxHolic Rou (2010) – Shizuka Dômeki, Haruka Dômeki
- Fate/Prototype (2011) – Lancer/Cu Chulainn
- Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013) – Borma
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2014) – Narrator
Theater Animation
- Sailor Moon Super S: The Movie (1995) – Orangeat
- One Piece (2000) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure (2001) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals (2002) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece The Movie: Dead End no Bōken (2003) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece: Norowareta Seiken (2004) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (2005) – Roronoa Zoro
- xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005) – Shizuka Dômeki
- One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle (2006) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece Movie: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventures in Alabasta (2007) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom (2008) – Roronoa Zoro
- One Piece Film: Strong World (2009) – Roronoa Zoro
- Bleach: Hell Verse – Kokutō
- Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F – Tagoma
- Broken Blade (2010) – General Borcuse
- Gintama: The Movie (2010) – Hijikata Toshirou
- One Piece: Straw Hat Chase (2011) – Roronoa Zoro
- Sengoku Basara: The Last Party (2011) – Date Masamune
- One Piece Film: Z (2012) – Roronoa Zoro
- Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya (2013) – Hijikata Toshirou
- Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth (2013) – Shinjiro Aragaki
- Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream (2014)– Shinjiro Aragaki
Video games
- Bravely Second - Emperor Oblivion
- 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
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD – 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 – Keel Sark and Kowars
- Ninety-Nine Nights – Klarrann
- No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise – Travis Touchdown
- One Piece series – Roronoa Zoro
- Mega Man Zero series – Fighting Fefnir
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – Shinjiro Aragaki
- Rusty Hearts – Tude MacLoud
- Sengoku Basara – Date Masamune
- Sengoku BASARA 2 – Date Masamune
- Sengoku BASARA 2: Heroes – Date Masamune
- Sengoku BASARA 3 – Date Masamune
- Sengoku BASARA 3: UTAGE – Date Masamune
- Sengoku BASARA 4 – 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
- 3 Ji Kara Koi wo Suru series 4: Gozen 0 Ji Ai no Sasayaki – Masahiko Fujishiba
- 3 Ji Kara Koi wo Suru series 6 (crossover with Analyst no Yuutsu series): Ai to Yokubou no Kinyuugai – Masaomi Fujishiba
- Analyst no Yuutsu series 4 (crossover with 3 Ji Kara Koi wo Suru series): Ai to Yokubou no Kinyuugai – Masaomi Fujishiba
- Boxer Wa Inu Ni Naru series 3: Raibaru mo Inu wo Daku – Azuma Saijou
- Blue na Koneko – Masashi Sena
- Fate/Prototype Special Drama CD – Lancer
- Fujimi Orchestra Series 3: Samayoeru Violinist – Oyama
- Gaki no Ryoubun series 3: Saikyou Hiiruzu – Daigou Tsutsumi
- Gaki no Ryoubun series 4: Uwasa no Shinzui – Daigou Tsutsumi
- Gaki no Ryoubun series 5: Akuun no Jouken – Daigou Tsutsumi
- Hanayome wa Kaihatsu Shitsucho – Tokiwa
- Kono Ai ni Hizamazuke – Mitora Komine
- Mix Mix Chocolate – Kakiuchi
- Pink na Koneko – Masashi Sena
- Ze – Konoe
Tokusatsu
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger – Igaroid, Gedoian 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 (Eldest Son)
Dubbing roles
- 2 Days in the Valley – Lee Woods
- 2012 – Adrian Helmsley
- Annie – William "Will" Stacks (Jamie Foxx)
- 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
- World War Z – Ellis
References
- ↑ "Miwa's Dogs Action Manga to Be Animated (Updated)". Anime News Network. November 19, 2008. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
External links
- Kazuya Nakai at Aoni Production
- Kazuya Nakai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia