Jouji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji, born April 22, 1954[2][3]), sometimes anglicized to George Nakata,[4] is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator who is affiliated with the Office Osawa agency.[1] His major voice roles include Alucard in Hellsing, Hijikata Toshizo in Golden Kamuy, Roy Revant in Solty Rei, Giroro in Sgt. Frog, Kirei Kotomine in Fate/stay night, and the title character in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo. In video game franchises, he voices Ieyasu Tokugawa and Kenshin Uesugi in Samurai Warriors and Warriors Orochi series, Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil franchise, Sol Badguy in the Guilty Gear series since Guilty Gear 2: Overture, Naobito Zen'in in Jujutsu Kaisen and Kazuya Mishima in the first, second and first Tag installments of the Tekken series.

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Jouji Nakata
中田 譲治
Born
Hitoshi Nakata

(1954-04-22) April 22, 1954 (age 70)[1]
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
Years active1978present
AgentOffice Osawa
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
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Biography

Nakata studied at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. His first roles were for live-action works where his major characters portrayed included Sir Cowler in Choushinsei Flashman and Great Professor Bias in Choujuu Sentai Liveman of the Super Sentai series. He was doing theater work as well as live-action drama and voice dubbing when Michiko Nomura, who had worked on Sazae-san, suggested him to become a voice actor. Nakata said in an interview with Sutoraiku that he compared the pay for the roles and was very astonished by the difference, so he then switched to full-time voice acting.[5]

He narrated Mobile Suit Victory Gundam which aired in 1993. In 1994, he voiced Murakumo Yagami, the series' main antagonist in Blue Seed. In the 1994 anime film Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie he voiced Balrog (Street Fighter) when the character was named M. Bison.[6] Nakata said that his role in the 1996 anime Escaflowne helped advance his career; there he played Folken.[5][6] He would continue to voice major antagonists including Gaav in Slayers Next, Stargazer in Lost Universe, and Brian J. Mason in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040.[6]

In 2001, he voiced the antihero Alucard in the Hellsing TV series. Looking back at his career, Nakata said that Alucard was the one character he most enjoyed voicing and the easiest one to portray. He said that villain characters and ones with distinct personalities were easier than ones with not much personality as they can be shaped and changed up.[5] He later reprised his role as Alucard in the Hellsing Ultimate OVAs.

The year 2004 saw Nakata in some breakout roles. He voiced the title character in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo which was popular among the late night adult audience, but he also joined Sgt. Frog in voicing Corporal Giroro, which was popular with kids and adults as it aired during prime time.[5] In 2005, he picked up voice roles as villains Megatron in Transformers Cybertron and Amshel Goldsmith in Blood+.[5][6] He voiced Roy Revant, the protagonist of SoltyRei.;[6] the director for SoltyRei would later cast him as the narrator in the Amagami SS visual novel anime adaptation.[5]

He joined the Fate/stay night visual novel franchise, voicing Kirei Kotomine in the 2004 release, its anime adaptation in 2006, its feature film Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works in 2010, and the prequel series Fate/zero. In his interview, Nakata said that co-creator Kinoko Nasu had known him since his Tokusatsu days, and that he had been involved in many of Type-Moon's titles,[5] having voiced Nrvnqsr Chaos in Melty Blood and going on to voice Souren Araya in the anime adaptation of Kara no Kyoukai. In 2014, he reprised his role of Kirei for the Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works television series.

In 2013 he was the narrator for Noucome, voiced lead character Sigmund in Unbreakable Machine-Doll,[6] and voiced Nyanta in Log Horizon.

In video games, he voiced in the Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) series as Uesugi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. In overseas dubbing, he has voiced various characters in shows and films such as 300, Sex and the City, and The Little Mermaid. Nakata said that because of his live-action background, he felt comfortable with portraying the overseas dubbing roles, although he still enjoyed the creativity coming from the two-dimensional anime characters.[5]

Filmography

Animation

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Year Title Role Notes Source
1988Legend of Galactic HeroesLeopold Schumach[6]
1990Record of Lodoss WarJesterOAV[6]
1993–94Mobile Suit Victory GundamNarrator, Godward Hain, Leonid Armodoval[6]
1994Dirty Pair FlashWaldes[6]
1994Street Fighter II: The Animated MovieM. Bison[6]
1994Blue SeedMurakumo Yagami[6]
1994–95Shippu Iron LeaguerFighter Spirits/Silver Jasutisu[6]
1995Armitage III: Dual MatrixStrings[6]
1996–Case ClosedVarious characters[6]
1996Power DollsStan FinkleOAV ep 2[6]
1996The Vision of EscaflowneFolken Fanel[6]
1996Slayers NextGaav[6]
1996X the MovieKusanagi Shiyu[6]
1996–98Rurouni KenshinLentz[6]
1996–97Brave Command DagwonBrave Seijin[6]
1997EhrgeizCamel[6]
1997Macross Dynamite 7Graham[6]
1998Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040Brian J. Mason[6]
1998–2000Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic KnightKashue[6]
1998Cowboy BebopMPUEp. 9[6]
1998Lost UniverseStargazer[6]
1998Shadow Skill: EigiCaravan MasterEp. 1[7]
1998Serial Experiments LainMan in Black[6]
1998Sorcerous Stabber OrphenChildman[6]
2000UFO BabyWannya's Father
2000Boogiepop PhantomSpooky Electric[6]
2000Argento SomaMichael Heartland[6]
2001HellsingAlucardTV series[6]
2001Samurai Girl Real Bout High SchoolGiroro[6]
2001Condor HeroKakusei[6]
2002RahXephonJin Kunugi[6]
2002Shaman KingAdosEp. 49, 63[8]
2002Macross ZeroSara's father, Bird Human[6]
2003TexhnolyzeMotoharu Kimata[4]
2003Fullmetal AlchemistHalling[6]
2003Ninja ScrollRougaTV[6]
2003–Peacemaker KuroganeHijikata Toshizō[6]
2003E's OtherwiseBranded[6]
2003GungraveLad Carabell[6]
2003Gad GuardBart[6]
2003–07NarutoBaki[6]
2003Requiem from the DarknessKitabayashi Danjou[6]
2004–05Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo[6]
2004Elfen LiedBandou[9]
2004 Fafner in the Azure: Dead AggressorKōzō Minashiro (Soushi's father)[6]
2004 Galaxy Angel XBartenderEp. 8[10]
2004Ragnarok The AnimationHerman[6]
2004–05Samurai ChamplooMomochi Ginsa[6]
2004–2011 and 2014Sgt. Frog seriesCorporal Giroro[11]
2005The Princess in the Birdcage KingdomKing[6]
2005Transformers: CybertronMegatron (Japanese:Master Megatron)[5]
2005Sonic XDark Oak
2005–06Blood+Amshel Goldsmith[6]
2005–06SoltyReiRoy Revant[6]
2005Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A'sClyde HarlaownEp. 10[12]
2006Kishin Houkou DemonbaneTitus[4]
2006Fate/stay nightKirei Kotomine[13]:107
2006Black LagoonKageyama[6]
2006Hellsing UltimateAlucard[14]
2006–07Code Geass seriesDiethard Reid
2006–07Shijou Saikyou no Deshi KenichiShōgo Kitsukawa (Berserker)
2007Lucky StarShop Assistant 1Ep. 13[15]
2007Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners Souren Araya
2008AmatsukiShamon
2008To Love RuGuinguldEp.19
2008 Nabari no Ou Tojuro Hattori
2008KurozukaBenkei
2008–09Tales of the AbyssVan Grants
2008–09Linebarrels of IronKunio Ishigami
2009Kurokami: The AnimationSteiner[16]
2009SakiHaramura Nodoka's father, Narration
2009Shangri-LaMomoko
2009CanaanTaxi Driver[17]
2010Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksKirei KotomineFeature film[18]
2010Tegami BachiReverend WellerEp. 17[19]
2010Angel Beats!Naoi's fatherEp. 6[20]
2010Amagami SSNarrator (Sae Nakata Chapter)Ep. 9-12[5]
2010Strike Witches 2General BEp. 10[6]
2010Demon King DaimaoPeterhausen[6]
2010Amagami SS+ plusNarrator (Sae Nakata Chapter)Ep. 9-10[5]
2010–11Nura: Rise of the Yokai ClanGyukiAlso Demon Capital[6][21]
2011Kaibutsu Ōjo OVAGilliam[22]
2011One PieceHody Jones[5]
2011Working!!Hyōgo Otoo[6]
2011Crayon Shin ChanKomachi's Husband (Ep. 617)[6]
2011–12Fate/ZeroKirei Kotomine[23]
2011Dream Eater MerryJohn Doe
2011-2012Horizon in the Middle of NowhereInnocentius, Narrator
2011A Certain Magical Index IIYamisaka OumaEp.1
2011DoraemonLying Mirror3rd Series
2011C3Abyss
2011Phi Brain: Puzzle of GodEnigma3rd series
2012Saki Achiga-hen episode of Side-ANarration
2010Nyaruko: Crawling with LoveLloigorEp. 11-12[5]
2011–12Sket DanceTetsuji Chūma
2011–12Carnival PhantasmNeco-arc Chaos / Kirei Kotomine / Nrvnqsr Chaos[24][25]
2012Chō Soku Henkei GyrozetterHakase Kurudo (Dr. Claude?)
2012Code:BreakerPrime Minister Fujiwara[26]
2012Hakuōki ReimeirokuKamo Serizawa[27]
2013NoucomeNarrator[6][28]
2013Unbreakable Machine-DollSigmund[6][29]
2013–21Log HorizonNyantaAlso second & third season[30][31]
2013Tamayura: More AggressiveMaestro[32]
2014Saki: The NationalsNarration
2014D-Frag!Sean KonekoneTV series and OAD[33]
2014–15Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou)Tokugawa IeyasuTV series[34][35]
2014Fairy TailKeyes[citation needed]
2014Date A Live IIElliot Baldwin WoodmanEp.4[36]
2014Akame ga Kill!River[6][37]
2014Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade WorksKirei KotomineTV series[38]
2014Gugure! Kokkuri-sanShigaraki[39]
2014Amagi Brilliant ParkRubrum the Red Dragon[40]
2014Terra FormarsAlexander Gustav NewtonOVA[41]
2014Tokyo ESPCommittee Head Edoyama[42]
2015Yo-kai Watch: The MovieHorse
2015Aquarion LogosSōgon Kenzaki[43]
2015Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test PlatoonVlad[44]
2015Million ArthurLion[45]
2015Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza-Shōzō Chihaya2nd feature film in Arpeggio of Blue Steel series[46]
2016Maho Girls PreCure!GametsEps. 1-18, 43-44[citation needed]
2016Concrete Revolutio: The Last SongCarolco WilderEp. 7[47]
2016Blood Blockade BattlefrontHead WaiterOAV[48]
2016Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!Ramen Shop OwnerEps. 2, 4[citation needed]
2017SeirenVermilion[49]
2017 Land of the Lustrous Kongo [50]
2017In Another World With My SmartphoneTristwin Ernes Belfast
2017–20Fate/stay night: Heaven's FeelKirei KotomineFilm trilogy[51]
2017The Ancient Magus' BrideAshen Eye[52]
2018–presentGolden KamuyHijikata ToshizōAlso second, third, & fourth season[53]
2019Date A Live IIIElliot Baldwin WoodmanEp.3
2019Kengan AshuraHideki Nogi[54]
2019High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another WorldOslo El Gustav[55]
2019Blade of the Immortal -Immortal-Kagimura Habaki[56]
2020The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of the GodsCusack
2020Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: BabyloniaZiusudra / King Hassan
2020Assault Lily BouquetTakamatsu Kogetsu
2021Jujutsu KaisenNaobito Zen'in
2021Vlad LoveMitsugu's pops[57]
2021Dragon Goes House-HuntingLord Samuel
2021Yu-Gi-Oh! SevensGoha 66
2021The Detective Is Already DeadCerberus
2022Date A Live IVElliot Baldwin WoodmanEps. 4 and 6
2023My DaemonGenjiro Houjou[58]
2024Shangri-La FrontierProfessorEp.25
2024365 Days to the WeddingJouji-san[59]
2024Nier: Automata Ver1.1a Red GirlsEps. 23 and 24
2025Guilty Gear Strive: Dual RulersSol Badguy[60]
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Animated films

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2020Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four HeroesKing Rakuga[61]
2022One Piece Film: RedHowling Gab[62]
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Video games

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Year Series Role Notes Source[63]
1994TekkenKazuya Mishima, Lee ChaolanArcade, PS1
1995Tekken 2Kazuya MishimaArcade, PS1
1998Sonic AdventureE-102 GammaDreamcast[64]
1998Saint of Braves Baan GaanBaanPlayStation
1998EhrgeizKen Mishima / GodhandArcade, PS1[64]
1999Tekken Tag TournamentKazuya Mishima, Lee Chaolan (laughs)PS2
2000Persona 2: Eternal PunishmentBaofuPS1, PSP[64]
2002Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur MachtMargulisPS2[64]
2002Melty BloodNrvnqsr Chaos, Neko-Arc ChaosPC[6]
2003Arc the Lad: Twilight of the SpiritsGanzPS2[6]
2004Samurai Warriors: Xtreme LegendsUesugiPS2[6]
2004Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und BöseMargulisPS2[64]
2004Kishin Houkou DemonbaneTitusPS2[4]
2007Dragon Quest VIIIMorriePS2, 3DS[64]
2005Tales of the AbyssVan GrantsPS2[64]
2005Kingdom Hearts IILuxordPS2[4][64]
2006Enchanted ArmsKouPS3, 360[64]
2006Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VIIGrimoire Valentine, Weiss the ImmaculatePS2[4][64]
2006Samurai Warriors 2Uesugi Kenshin, Tokugawa IeyasuPS2, also Xtreme Legends[6]
2006Kishin Hishou DemonbaneTitusPC[4]
2006Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach ZarathustraMargulisPS2[64]
2007Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+LuxordPS2[4]
2007Eternal SonataJazz360, PS4[64]
2007ASH: Archaic Sealed HeatBamyganantDS[64]
2007The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 3rdGiliath OsbornePC, PSP, PS3, PS Vita
2007 Guilty Gear 2: Overture Sol Badguy Xbox 360, PC [65]
2008Soulcalibur IVAlgol[66][64]
2008Castlevania JudgmentDraculaWii[64]
2009Kingdom Hearts 358/2 DaysLuxordNDS[4]
2009Samurai Warriors 3Uesugi Kenshin, Tokugawa IeyasuPS2[6]
2010Xenoblade ChroniclesSoreanWii, 3DS[64]
2011Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two WorldsAlbert WeskerPS3, Xbox 360[67][64]
2011Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3Albert WeskerPS3, Xbox 360[67][64]
2011The Legend of Heroes: Trails to AzureGiliath OsbornePC, PSP, PS Vita, PS4
2012Soulcalibur VAlgolPS3, 360[64]
2012Bravely DefaultFiore de Rosa3DS[64]
2013Sonic Lost WorldZavokWii U, Nintendo 3DS, PC[68]
2013The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold SteelGiliath OsbornePC, PS4
2014Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-Sol BadguyArcade, PC, PS3, PS4, also -REVELATOR-[64]
2014Samurai Warriors 4Tokugawa Ieyasu[69]
2014Resident Evil HD RemasterAlbert WeskerWindows, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One[70]
2014The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IIGiliath OsbornePC, PS4, PS3, PS Vita
2015Final Fantasy XIV: HeavenswardVarisPC, PS3, PS4[64]
2015JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of HeavenEnrico PucciPS3, PS4[4][64]
2015Dead or Alive 5 Last RoundLeon[71]
2015–2016Fate/Grand OrderOld Man of the Mountain / King Hassan, Grigori RasputinMobile game
2015Seiyu's Life!Western Detective sound directorEp. 11[72]
2016Resident Evil Zero HD RemasterAlbert WeskerWindows, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One[73]
2016Persona 5Sojiro SakuraPS4
2016World of Final FantasyTonberryPS4, PS Vita, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One[64]
2017Nier: AutomataTerminal Alpha, Terminal BetaPS4, PC[64]
2017NiohDate ShigezanePS4; DLC-only[64]
2017OverwatchDoomfistPC, PS4
2017Sonic ForcesZavokPS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC[68]
2017The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IIIGiliath OsbornePC, PS4, Nintendo Switch
2018 Sdorica Crushfang, Theodore Carlos Android, iOS
2018CrystarHeraclitusPS4, PC[64]
2018The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IVGiliath OsbornePS4
2019Kingdom Hearts IIILuxordPS4[64]
2019TeppenAlbert WeskerAndroid, iOS[74]
2020Kingdom Hearts III Re MindLuxord, DriverPS4[75]
2021Final Fantasy VII Remake IntergradeWeissPS5[76]
2021Guilty Gear -STRIVE-Sol BadguyArcade, PS4, PS5, PC[77]
2021The King of Fighters All StarSol BadguyAndroid, iOS[78]
2022Return to Shironagasu IslandVincent SwiftNintendo Switch, PC[79]
2023Octopath Traveler IIOsvald V. VansteinPS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, PC[80]
2022Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII ReunionWeissNintendo Switch, PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S[64]
2023Resident Evil 4Albert WeskerPS4, PS5, PC, Xbox Series X/S[64]
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Drama CDs

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Live action

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Year Series Role Notes Source[63]
1979Kusa MoeruNitta TadatsuneTaiga drama
1981Onna TaikōkiMaeda ToshinagaTaiga drama
1983Tokugawa IeyasuŌkubo TadakazuTaiga drama
1984Sanga MoyuYasuhide KuriharaTaiga drama
1986Choushinsei FlashmanSir CowlerActor, Eps. 15 - 48[5]
1987Hikari Sentai MaskmanGuron DogulerEp. 34
1988Choujuu Sentai LivemanGreat Professor BiasActor[81]
1991Super Rescue SolbrainDavid KosugiActor - Ep. 20
2010Kamen Rider OOONarration, Birth Driver Voice, Birth Buster VoiceMain Eps (Narration), Eps. 16 - 48 (Birth Driver Voice, Birth Buster Voice)
2011Kaizoku Sentai GokaigerGreat Scientist ZaienEp. 30[82]
2014Kamen Rider GaimRoshuoEps. 27 - 41[83]
2014Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!RoshuoMovie
2016Doubutsu Sentai ZyuohgerAzaldEps. 1 - 45 (Azald), 28, 45 - 46 (Azald Legacy)[84]
2017Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the FutureAzaldMovie
2019Kishiryu Sentai RyusoulgerTankjoEps. 1 - 6, 21 - 22[85]
2019Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur PanicTankjoMovie
2021 Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger Great King Bokkowaus [86]
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Dubbing roles

Film

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Year Series Role Voice dub for Notes Source[63]
1996ThunderboltWarner "Cougar" KrugmanThorsten Nickel
2000American BeautyBuddy KanePeter GallagherHome video edition
2001Exit WoundsSergeant Lewis StruttMichael Jai WhiteHome video edition
2004CrusaderBrechnerRichard Tyson[87]
2005RoninVincentJean RenoTV Asahi edition
2007300Leonidas IGerard Butler[88]
2007Transporter 2Gianni ChelliniAlessandro GassmannTV Asahi edition[6]
2008The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianGlenstorm the CentaurCornell John
2009The StrangersMan in the MaskKip Weeks[89]
2012Machine Gun PreacherSam ChildersGerard Butler[90]
2012Men in Black 3Boris the AnimalJemaine Clement[91]
2014Enough SaidAlbertJames Gandolfini
2018Jurassic World: Fallen KingdomBenjamin LockwoodJames Cromwell
2019Spider-Man: Far From HomeDimitri SmerdyakovNuman Acar[92]
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TV series

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Year Series Role Voice dub for Notes Source[63]
1998–2004Sex and the CityMister BigChris Noth
2010–19The Good WifePeter FlorrickChris Noth[93]
2016–17OutcastByron GilesReg E. Cathey[94]
2021And Just Like That...Mister BigChris Noth[95]
2022The Lost SymbolPeter SolomonEddie Izzard[96]
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Animation

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Other dubbing

  • Macne Nana series app – Macne Papa[101]

References

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