Kazuya Nakai profile
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Kazuya Nakai

25th November 1967 Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Acting

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.

109 Movies 107 TV Shows 218 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Dan Da Dan poster
Dan Da Dan 4th October 2024 as Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
MF GHOST poster
MF GHOST 2nd October 2023 as Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
JOKER GAME poster
JOKER GAME 5th April 2016 as Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice)
God Eater poster
God Eater 12th July 2015 as Soma Schiksal (voice)
Hero Bank poster
Hero Bank 7th April 2014 as Fukuta Kanemaru (voice)
Brave 10 poster
Brave 10 8th January 2012 as Jinpachi Nezu (voice)
Switch! poster
Switch! 24th October 2008 as 梶山庆护
xxxHOLiC poster
xxxHOLiC 6th April 2006 as Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
Gintama poster
Gintama 4th April 2006 as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
Hellsing poster
Hellsing 11th October 2001 as Jan Valentine (voice)
One Piece poster
One Piece 20th October 1999 as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Initial D poster
Initial D 18th April 1998 as Ryuji Ikeda (voice)