Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, Nakai Kazuya; born November 25, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. He plays Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama, Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara, Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei from Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi series, Shinjiro Aragaki from the Persona series, Mugen from Samurai Champloo, Mondo Owada from the Danganronpa series, Ultraman Max in Ultraman Max and Jin Sakai in the Japanese dub of the video game Ghost of Tsushima.

Kazuya Nakai
中井 和哉
Born	(1967-11-25) November 25, 1967 (age 57) Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan[1]
Occupations	Voice actor narrator
Years active	1995–present
Agent	Aoni Production
Notable credits	One Piece as Roronoa Zoro Gintama as Toshirō Hijikata Fire Force as Akitaru Ōbi xxxHolic as Shizuka Dōmeki Persona 3 as Shinjiro Aragaki Danganronpa as Mondo Owada Samurai Champloo as Mugen Ultraman Max as Ultraman Max Ghost of Tsushima as Jin Sakai (Japanese VA) Sengoku Basara as Date Masamune Digimon Savers as Gaomon Digimon Ghost Game as Angoramon
Children	2

He won a Best Supporting Actor award at the 5th Seiyu Awards in 2011 for his roles in One Piece and Gin Tama.^[2]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1996	After War Gundam X	Witz Sou	Debut role	[3]
1996	Sailor Moon Sailor Stars	Ittou Asanuma		[3]
1996	Dragon Ball GT	Villager / Heishi B		[3]
1998	Blue Submarine No. 6	Captain of the Shang		[3]
1999	Angel Links	Sergei		[3]
1999–present	One Piece	Roronoa Zoro, Pierre, Charlotte Nusstorte		[3]
2001	Hellsing	Jan Valentine	TV series	[3]
2002	Ultimate Muscle	Hanzou		[3]
2002	Ai Yori Aoshi	Suzuki		[3]
2002	Detective Conan	Takashi Kotegawa
2003	Scrapped Princess	Galil, Socom		[3]
2003	Battle Programmer Shirase	Akira Shirase		[3]
2004	Inuyasha	Hoshiyomi
2004	Ragnarok the Animation	Iruga		[3]
2004	Samurai Champloo	Mugen
2004	Samurai Gun	Matsuzaki Shunkai		[3]
2004	Grenadier	Yajiro Kojima
2005	Trinity Blood	Tres Iqus		[3]
2005	Noein	Karasu, Noein
2006–21	Gintama series	Toshiro Hijikata		[3]
2006–10	xxxHolic series	Shizuka Dômeki		[4]
2006	Jyu Oh Sei	Zagi
2006	Death Note	Kanzo Mogi		[3]
2006	Digimon Savers	Gaomon
2006	Hataraki Man	Fumiya Sugawara
2007	Nodame Cantabile	Kozou Etou
2008	Blade of the Immortal	Taito Magatsu		[5]
2008	Naruto Shippuden	Kazuma
2009	Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi	Ryo Washizu		[3]
2009	Asura Cryin'	Takaya Kagakagari	Also 2nd series	[6]
2009–10	Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings series	Date Masamune	Also Sengoku Basara II	[3][7]
2009	First Love Limited	Gengorou Takei		[3]
2009–10	Kiddy Girl-and	Torch		[3]
2009	Dogs: Bullets & Carnage	Melvin Scrooge		[8]
2009	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Major Miles		[9]
2011	Nichijou	Three of Spades (card)	Episode 17
2011	Blue Exorcist	Ryuji Suguro		[3][10]
2011	Fate/Prototype	Lancer/Cú Chulainn	OVA	[3]
2012	Brave 10	Nezu Jinpachi		[11]
2012	Initial D Fifth Stage	Ryuji Ikeda		[11]
2012–15	Kuroko's Basketball	Shōichi Imayoshi		[12]
2012	Ixion Saga DT	Sainglain		[13]
2013	Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman	Roman		[14]
2013	Danganronpa: The Animation	Mondo Owada
2013	Toriko	Roronoa Zoro	Ep. 99[a]	[3]
2013	Ghost in the Shell: Arise	Borma	OVA	[15]
2014	Space Dandy	Dolph	Ep. 10	[16]
2014	Nobunaga The Fool	Alexander		[16]
2014	Magical Warfare	Kippei Washizu		[17]
2014	Broken Blade	General Borcuse		[18]
2014	Hero Bank	Fukuta Kanemaru		[19]
2014	Aldnoah.Zero	Koichirō Marito		[20]
2014	Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement	Date Masamune
2015	Death Parade	Takashi		[21]
2015	Blood Blockade Battlefront	Zapp Renfro	2nd Season in 2017	[22]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture	Borma	TV series
2015	God Eater	Soma Schicksal		[23]
2016	Joker Game	Fukumoto		[24]
2016	Girlish Number	Kuzu-P		[25]
2016	Dragon Ball Super	Tagoma		[26]
2017	All Out!!	Renpei Sakura		[27]
2017	Rin-ne	Wandering Power Stone	Ep. 57
2017	Altair: A Record of Battles	Balaban		[28]
2017	Elegant Yokai Apartment Life	Akira Fukase		[29]
2018	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	Urashiki Ōtsutsuki
2018	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Laplace		[30]
2018	Gakuen Basara	Date Masamune		[31]
2019	RobiHachi	Robby Yarge		[32]
2019	Fire Force	Akitaru Ōbi		[33]
2019	Ahiru no Sora	Shinichi Chiba		[34]
2019	Stars Align	Kenji Kyōbate		[35]
2019	Ace of Diamond: Act II	Seiya Akashi		[36]
2021	Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan	Furitsuke Capellini		[37]
2021	Battle Game in 5 Seconds	Madoka Kirisaki		[38]
2021	Digimon Ghost Game	Angoramon		[39]
2021	Tesla Note	Kyōhei Himi		[40]
2022	Love All Play	Hitoshi Ebihara		[41]
2022	Tatami Time Machine Blues	Seitarō Higuchi	Replaced Keiji Fujiwara	[42]
2022	Skeleton Knight in Another World	Fumba Soodu Rozombanya		[43]
2022	Parallel World Pharmacy	Camus de Sade		[44]
2023	Gamera Rebirth	Raymond Osborn		[45]
2023	Heavenly Delusion	Robin Inazaki		[46]
2023	Tōsōchū: The Great Mission	Sigma Red Wing		[47]
2023	Pokémon Horizons: The Series	Brassius		[48]
2023	Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon	Kerioil		[49]
2024	Dandadan	Alien Serpo		[50]
2024	Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii	Gaku Miyama		[51]
2024	Puniru Is a Cute Slime	Hiroshi Mado		[52]
2024	Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Disturbance	Shakku Arai		[53]

Films

List of voice performances in feature films

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1995	Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie	Oranja		[3]
2000-22	One Piece films	Roronoa Zoro
2005	xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream	Shizuka Dômeki
2010	Bleach: Hell Verse	Kokuto		[54]
2006	Keep it up!! Gametarō	Kokuto	A spinoff story of Gamera the Brave, and Gametarō is one of siblings of Toto (Gamera).	[55]
2006	Digimon Savers Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!	Gaomon
2010	Gintama: The Movie	Hijikata Toshirou
2010	Broken Blade	General Borcuse
2010	Bleach: Hell Verse	Kokutō
2011	Sengoku Basara: The Last Party	Date Masamune
2012	Rainbow Fireflies	Kenzo (adult)		[56]
2013	Gintama: The Movie: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya	Toshiro Hijikata		[57]
2013	Persona 3 The Movie: No. 1, Spring of Birth	Shinjiro Aragaki		[58]
2014	Persona 3 The Movie: No. 2, Midsummer Knight's Dream	Shinjiro Aragaki		[59]
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Tagoma		[60]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: The Movie	Borma		[61][62]
2017	The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl	Seitarō Higuchi		[63]
2017	Haikara-san ga Tōru	Shingo Onijima		[64]
2017	DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon	Aquaman		[65]
2017	Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters	Halu-Elu Dolu-do		[66]
2018	Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple	Tatsuhiko Shibusawa		[67]
2018	Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle	Halu-Elu Dolu-do
2018	Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative	Iago Haakana		[68]
2018	Godzilla: The Planet Eater	Halu-Elu Dolu-do
2021	Gintama: The Very Final	Toshiro Hijikata		[69]
2021	My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission	Flect Turn		[70]
2021	The Journey	Musab		[71]
2023	Birth of Kitarō: The Mystery of GeGeGe	Kōzō Ryūga		[72]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1996	Meltylancer: Ginga Shoujo Keisatu 2086	Brass, Grianos	Sega Saturn	[3]
1997	Dynasty Warriors series	Xiahou Dun, Dian Wei
1997	Sparkling Feather	Garnet	PC FX	[3]
1997	Langrisser IV	Cleones, Bruno, Rivers	Sega Saturn	[3]
1997	Saturn Bomberman Fight!!	Denta	Sega Saturn	[3]
2001	Final Fantasy X	Wakka	PS2	[73]
2002	Kingdom Hearts	Wakka	PS2	[73]
2003	Final Fantasy X-2	Wakka	PS2	[73]
2004	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow	Barry Ho	PS2	[73]
2005	Sengoku Basara series	Date Masamune		[3][74]
2006	Persona 3	Shinjiro Aragaki	PS2
2006–2008	Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 2nd Kiss	Katsumi Shiba	PS2, Also Second season for NDS	[3]
2006	Gundam Battle Royale	Eigar	PSP	[3]
2006	JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood	Jonathan Joestar (child)	PS2	[73]
2007	Shining Wind	Hyoun	PS2	[3]
2007–2022	No More Heroes series	Travis Touchdown		[75]
2009	Yakuza 3	Hasebe	PS3, PS4
2009	Garnet Chronicle	Henson	PSP	[3]
2010	Zangeki no Reginleiv	Sigmund	Wii	[76]
2010	Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc	Mondo Owada	PSP, iOS, Android, PSVita, PC, PS4
2010	God Eater series	Soma Schicksal		[23]
2010	.hack//Link	Orgel	PSP	[77]
2011	Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy	Gilgamesh	PSP	[73]
2011	The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure	Alex Dudley	PSP
2012	Fate Holy Grail Hot Springs War	Lancer		[3]
2012	Project X Zone	Soma Schicksal	3DS	[78]
2013	Shining Ark	Adam	PSP
2014	Hero Bank	Fukuta Kanemaru		[19]
2014	Shining Dragon Refrain	Joachim	Nintendo Switch, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PC
2015	Yakuza 0	Yamagata	PS4, PS3, PC	[73]
2015	Granblue Fantasy	Eustace	iOS, Android, Browser
2015	Fate/Grand Order	Cú Chulainn (Prototype)	iOS, Android
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Gilgamesh	PS4, Vita, PC	[73]
2016	Onmyōji	Kuromujō	iOS, Android
2017	Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia	Raijin, Wakka, Gilgamesh	iOS, Android
2017	Akane-sasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau	Oda Nobunaga	iOS, Android
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	Astram, Helbindi	iOS, Android
2017	Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary	Gilgamesh	PS Vita, PS4	[73]
2018	The King of Fighters All Star	Toshiro Hijikata	Android, iOS	[79]
2018	Graffiti Smash	Gatorium	iOS, Android
2019	Another Eden	Jade	iOS, Android
2020	The King of Fighters for Girls	Chang Koehan	Android, iOS	[80]
2020	Ghost of Tsushima	Jin Sakai	PS4, PC	[81]
2020	Arknights	Mountain	Android, iOS
2021	Tales of Arise	Mahavar	PS5, Xbox X/S, PC
2022	Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin	Gilgamesh	PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S, PC	[73]
2023	Octopath Traveler II	Partitio Yellowil	PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC	[82]
2024	Persona 3 Reload	Shinjiro Aragaki	PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox X/S	[83]
2024	Final Fantasy VII Rebirth	Gilgamesh	PS5, PC	[73]
2025	Yakuza 0: Director's Cut	Yamagata	Nintendo Switch 2	[73]

Drama CDs

List of voice performances in audio dramas

Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
Double Call			[3]
D-Xhird	Schneider		[3]
Gekkan Tokimeki Memorial 13			[3]
Fate/Prototype: Christmas Murder Case	Lancer		[3]
Megami Ibunroku Persona	Kido Reiji		[3]
Persona 3 character drama CD vol 3			[3]
Ragnarok the Animation	Iruga		[3]
Tokimeki Memorial Love Song wo Kimi ni	Atsushi Kudou		[3]
Maru Maru	Manun		[84]

Television drama

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
2025	Unbound	Iwatoya Genpachi	Taiga drama	[85]

Tokusatsu

List of voice performances in tokusatsu

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source[1]
1996	Ultraman World UltraSuper Ranking	Ultraseven
2004	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger	Igaroid, Gedoian Uniga	Eps. 7 - 8, 12, 25, 30, 34 (Igaroid), 49 - 50 (Gedonian Uniga)
2004	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger The Movie: Full Blast Action	Igaroid	Movie
2005	Kamen Rider Hibiki	Narration
2005	Ultraman Max	Ultraman Max		[86]
2008	Engine Sentai Go-onger	Land Pollution Vice-Minister Hiramechimedes/Detaramedes/Urameshimedes	Eps. 15 - 23 (Hiramechimedes), 23 (Detaramedes), 24 (Urameshimedes)
2008	Engine Sentai Go-onger It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!!	Kokorootomedes	Original DVD
2010	Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider The Movie: Cho-Den-O Trilogy	Piggies Imagin (Eldest Son) (Voiced by Kousuke Toriumi (Second Son), Tetsuya Kakihara (Third Son))	Movie
2015	Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 10 Years After	Igaroid	Movie
2017	Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger	Garu/Ookami Blue	Eps. 1 - 6, 8 - 9, 12 - 14 16 - 18, 22 -,(Ookami Blue)	[87]
2017	Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen	Garu/Ookami Blue	Movie
2017	Uchu Sentai Kyuranger the Movie: Gase Indaver Strikes Back	Garu/Ookami Blue	Movie
2019	Lupinranger VS Patranger VS Kyuranger	Garu/Ookami Blue	V-Cinema

Dubbing

List of dub performances in overseas productions

Series	Role	Voice dub for / Notes	Source[1]
2 Days in the Valley	Lee Woods	James Spader	[88]
2012	Adrian Helmsley	Chiwetel Ejiofor	[89]
The Amateur	Charles Heller	Rami Malek	[90]
Annie	William "Will" Stacks	Jamie Foxx	[91]
Black Panther	W'Kabi	Daniel Kaluuya	[92]
The Cuphead Show	King Dice	Wayne Brady / Animation	[93]
Emma's Chance	Kevin Chambers	Joey Lawrence	[94]
Encanto	Bruno Madrigal	John Leguizamo / Animation	[95]
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	Aberforth Dumbledore	Richard Coyle	[96]
The Flight Attendant	Alex Sokolov	Michiel Huisman	[97]
Gods of Egypt	Thoth	Chadwick Boseman	[98]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	High Evolutionary	Chukwudi Iwuji	[99]
Judas and the Black Messiah	Fred Hampton	Daniel Kaluuya	[100]
Legends of Tomorrow	Rip Hunter	Arthur Darvill	[101]
My Little Eye	Travis Patterson	Bradley Cooper	[102]
No Time to Die	Lyutsifer Safin	Rami Malek	[103]
One Piece	Roronoa Zoro	Mackenyu	[104]
Oppenheimer	David L. Hill	Rami Malek	[105]
The Penguin	Milos Grapa	James Madio	[106]
Resident Evil: Afterlife	Angel Ortiz	Sergio Peris-Mencheta	[107]
Snatch	Turkish	Jason Statham	[108]
Snow White	Quigg	George Appleby	[109]
The Thieves	Johnny	Derek Tsang	[110]
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Simon	John Clarence Stewart	[111]