Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 25, 1967
Place of Birth:
Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
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Kazuya Nakai
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | U Takes Terra | Mountain (Voice) |
| 2024 | The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash | Malreek (voice) |
| 2024 | Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii | Gaku Miyama (voice) |
| 2024 | Dan Da Dan | Serpoians (voice) |
| 2024 | Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime | Hiroshi Mado (voice) |
| 2024 | Dan Da Dan | Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice) |
| 2024 | Train to the End of the World | Pochi (voice) |
| 2023 | Pokémon Horizons | Colza (voice) |
| 2023 | Tengoku Daimakyo | Robin Inazaki (voice) |
| 2023 | MF GHOST | Ryuji Ikeda (voice) |
| 2023 | Rurouni Kenshin | Shakku Arai (voice) |
| 2023 | Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon | |
| 2022 | The Tatami Time Machine Blues | Master Higuchi (voice) |
| 2022 | Love All Play | Hitoshi Ebihara (voice) |
| 2022 | Parallel World Pharmacy | Camus (voice) |
| 2021 | Battle Game in 5 Seconds | Madoka Kirisaki (voice) |
| 2021 | Tesla Note | Kyohei Himi (voice) |
| 2021 | Star Wars: Visions | Roden (voice) |
| 2021 | Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan | Furitsuke Capellini (voice) |
| 2021 | Digimon Ghost Game | Angoramon (voice) |
| 2021 | Gintama: The Semi-Final | Toshiro Hijikata (voice) |
| 2020 | Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy | Ultraman Max |
| 2019 | RobiHachi | Robby Yarge (voice) |
| 2019 | Fire Force | Akitaru Obi (voice) |
| 2019 | Stars Align | Kenji Kyōbate (voice) |
| 2019 | Ahiru no Sora | Shinichi Chiba (voice) |
| 2018 | Super Dragon Ball Heroes | Salsa (voice) |
| 2018 | B: The Beginning | Kamui (voice) |
| 2018 | That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime | Laplace (voice) |
| 2018 | Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School | Date Masamune (voice) |
| 2017 | Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Star Change With Us! | Garu (voice) |
| 2017 | Altair: A Record of Battles | Balaban Al-Kaphan (voice) |
| 2017 | RAPSTAR | Narration |
| 2017 | Uchu Sentai Kyuranger | Garu / Ookami Blue (voice) |
| 2017 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Urashiki Ootsutsuki |
| 2016 | JOKER GAME | Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice) |
| 2016 | JOKER GAME | Fukumoto (voice) |
| 2016 | Girlish Number | Kuzu-P |
| 2016 | One Piece Characters Log | Roronoa Zoro |
| 2016 | Bungo Stray Dogs | Tatsuhiko Shibusawa |
| 2016 | ALL OUT!! | Renpei Sukura |
| 2015 | Blood Blockade Battlefront | Zapp Renfro |
| 2015 | God Eater | Soma Schiksal (voice) |
| 2015 | Death Parade | Takashi (voice) |
| 2015 | Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture | Borma (voice) |
| 2014 | Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement | Date Masamune (voice) |
| 2014 | Aldnoah.Zero | Koichiro Marito (voice) |
| 2014 | Hero Bank | Fukuta Kanemaru (voice) |
| 2013 | Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman | Manjiro "Roman" Tasukeya (voice) |
| 2013 | Danganronpa: The Animation | Mondo Owada (voice) |
| 2012 | Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer | Sainglain |
| 2012 | Brave 10 | Jinpachi Nezu (voice) |
| 2012 | Shining Hearts | Dyran Rowen (voice) |
| 2011 | Chihayafuru | Hiro Kinashi (voice) |
| 2011 | You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san | Salamander (voice) |
| 2011 | Blue Exorcist | Suguro Ryuuji (voice) |
| 2011 | 機動戦士ガンダムSEED HDリマスター | |
| 2010 | The Legend of the Legendary Heroes | Refal Edia (voice) |
| 2009 | White Album | Tamaru (voice) |
| 2009 | Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings | Date Masamune (voice) |
| 2009 | 07-Ghost | Katsuragi |
| 2009 | Kiddy GiRL-AND | Torch |
| 2009 | Asura Cryin' | Takaya Kagakagari |
| 2009 | Samurai Harem | Ryo Washizu (voice) |
| 2009 | Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee | Jiggy Pepper (voice) |
| 2009 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Miles (voice) |
| 2009 | Hatsukoi Limited. | Gengorou Takei (voice) |
| 2008 | Antique Bakery | Tachibana's abductor (voice) |
| 2008 | Switch! | 梶山庆护 |
| 2008 | King Of Conte | Narration |
| 2008 | Blade of the Immortal | Taito Magatsu (voice) |
| 2007 | Nodame Cantabile | Kouzou Etou (voice) |
| 2006 | Jyu-Oh-Sei | Zagi |
| 2006 | xxxHOLiC | Shizuka Dōmeki (voice) |
| 2006 | Digimon Data Squad | Gaomon (voice) |
| 2006 | Gintama | Toushirou Hijikata (voice) |
| 2006 | Death Note | Kanzo Mogi (voice) |
| 2006 | Hataraki Man | Sugawara, Fumiya |
| 2005 | Noein: To Your Other Self | Noein (voice) |
| 2005 | Noein: To Your Other Self | Karasu (voice) |
| 2005 | Trinity Blood | Tres Iqus (voice) |
| 2005 | IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix | River Marque (voice) |
| 2005 | Ultraman Max | Ultraman Max |
| 2004 | Samurai Champloo | Mugen (voice) |
| 2004 | Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior | Yajiro Kajima (voice) |
| 2004 | Ragnarok The Animation | Iruga (voice) |
| 2004 | Samurai Gun | Matsuzaki |
| 2004 | Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger | Igaroids (voice) |
| 2004 | Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger | Gedonian Uniga (voice), Igaroids (voice) |
| 2003 | Battle Programmer Shirase | Satoshi Shirase (BPS) (voice) |
| 2002 | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | Reverend Malchio (voice) |
| 2002 | Ai Yori Aoshi | Suzuki (voice) |
| 2002 | Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter | Raimi (voice) |
| 2001 | Hellsing | Jan Valentine (voice) |
| 1999 | Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon | (voice) |
| 1999 | Angel Links | Sergei (voice) |
| 1999 | One Piece | Roronoa Zoro (voice) |
| 1998 | Initial D | Ryuji Ikeda (voice) |
| 1998 | Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight | Prince Reona (voice) |
| 1997 | Master of Mosquiton '99 | |
| 1996 | After War Gundam X | Witz Sou (voice) |
| 1971 | Kamen Rider | Eiki (voice) |
| 3-nen Z-gumi Ginpachi-sensei | Toushirou Hijikata (voice) |