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.
Jouji Nakata | |
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中田 譲治 | |
Born | Hitoshi Nakata April 22, 1954[1] Tokyo, Japan |
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Years active | 1978–present |
Agent | Office Osawa |
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
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
Animated films
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2020 | Crayon Shin-chan: Crash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes | King Rakuga | [61] | |
2022 | One Piece Film: Red | Howling Gab | [62] | |
Video games
Drama CDs
Series | Role | Notes | Source[63] |
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Bakuretsu Hunter | Saiba Isui | [6] | |
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan | Gyuki | [21] | |
Lodoss Tou Senki Kaze to Honoo no Majin | Jin | [6] | |
Planet Ladder | Ido | [6] | |
Unbreakable Machine-Doll | Sigmund | [29] |
Live action
Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source[63] |
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1979 | Kusa Moeru | Nitta Tadatsune | Taiga drama | |
1981 | Onna Taikōki | Maeda Toshinaga | Taiga drama | |
1983 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | Ōkubo Tadakazu | Taiga drama | |
1984 | Sanga Moyu | Yasuhide Kurihara | Taiga drama | |
1986 | Choushinsei Flashman | Sir Cowler | Actor, Eps. 15 - 48 | [5] |
1987 | Hikari Sentai Maskman | Guron Doguler | Ep. 34 | |
1988 | Choujuu Sentai Liveman | Great Professor Bias | Actor | [81] |
1991 | Super Rescue Solbrain | David Kosugi | Actor - Ep. 20 | |
2010 | Kamen Rider OOO | Narration, Birth Driver Voice, Birth Buster Voice | Main Eps (Narration), Eps. 16 - 48 (Birth Driver Voice, Birth Buster Voice) | |
2011 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | Great Scientist Zaien | Ep. 30 | [82] |
2014 | Kamen Rider Gaim | Roshuo | Eps. 27 - 41 | [83] |
2014 | Kamen Rider Gaim: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! | Roshuo | Movie | |
2016 | Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger | Azald | Eps. 1 - 45 (Azald), 28, 45 - 46 (Azald Legacy) | [84] |
2017 | Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future | Azald | Movie | |
2019 | Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger | Tankjo | Eps. 1 - 6, 21 - 22 | [85] |
2019 | Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger the Movie: Time Slip! Dinosaur Panic | Tankjo | Movie | |
2021 | Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger | Great King Bokkowaus | [86] | |
Dubbing roles
Film
Year | Series | Role | Voice dub for | Notes | Source[63] |
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1996 | Thunderbolt | Warner "Cougar" Krugman | Thorsten Nickel | ||
2000 | American Beauty | Buddy Kane | Peter Gallagher | Home video edition | |
2001 | Exit Wounds | Sergeant Lewis Strutt | Michael Jai White | Home video edition | |
2004 | Crusader | Brechner | Richard Tyson | [87] | |
2005 | Ronin | Vincent | Jean Reno | TV Asahi edition | |
2007 | 300 | Leonidas I | Gerard Butler | [88] | |
2007 | Transporter 2 | Gianni Chellini | Alessandro Gassmann | TV Asahi edition | [6] |
2008 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Glenstorm the Centaur | Cornell John | ||
2009 | The Strangers | Man in the Mask | Kip Weeks | [89] | |
2012 | Machine Gun Preacher | Sam Childers | Gerard Butler | [90] | |
2012 | Men in Black 3 | Boris the Animal | Jemaine Clement | [91] | |
2014 | Enough Said | Albert | James Gandolfini | ||
2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Benjamin Lockwood | James Cromwell | ||
2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Dimitri Smerdyakov | Numan Acar | [92] |
TV series
Year | Series | Role | Voice dub for | Notes | Source[63] |
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1998–2004 | Sex and the City | Mister Big | Chris Noth | ||
2010–19 | The Good Wife | Peter Florrick | Chris Noth | [93] | |
2016–17 | Outcast | Byron Giles | Reg E. Cathey | [94] | |
2021 | And Just Like That... | Mister Big | Chris Noth | [95] | |
2022 | The Lost Symbol | Peter Solomon | Eddie Izzard | [96] |
Animation
Year | Series | Role | Voice dub for | Notes | Source[63] |
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2000 | Dinosaur | Kron | Samuel E. Wright | [97] | |
2004 | Watership Down | Bigwig | Stephen Mangan | [98] | |
2014 | Big Hero 6 | General | Abraham Benrubi | ||
2015 | The Book of Life | Xibalba | Ron Perlman | [99] | |
2018 | The Emoji Movie | Mel Meh | Steven Wright | [100] |
Other dubbing
- Macne Nana series app – Macne Papa[101]
References
External links
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