Kazuya Nakai
Acting · Born 1967-11-25 in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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,…
Filmography
- One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser as Borma (voice)
- One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- One Piece Film: Strong World as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- One Piece: The Great Treasure of Tongari Island as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game as Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
- One Piece Special: Protect! The Last Great Stage as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- God Eater Prologue as Soma Schicksal
- One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
- xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream as Shizuka Domeki (voice)