Acting credits
211
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Kazuya Nakai
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
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Movies: 107Series: 104Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 84507
IMDb ID: nm0620017
Known for: Acting
Born: November 25, 1967
Age: 58
Place of birth: Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2026
Years active: 56
Average TMDB rating: 7.39
Wikidata: Q540366
Also known as
Накай Кадзуя • 中井 和哉
Other jobs
Theme Song Performance (1)
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, 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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kazuya Nakai.
Gintama: Yoshiwara in Flames
as Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
2026 Movie
4.0
Gintama on Theater 2D: Shinsengumi Crisis Arc
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
2025 Movie
7.6
DAN DA DAN: First Encounter
as Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
2024 Movie
7.2
Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation
as Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)
2024 Movie
7.3
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
as Kozo Ryuga (voice)
2023 Movie
6.0
Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
2023 Movie
8.0
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
as Master Higuchi (voice)
2022 Movie
7.2
One Piece Film Red
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
2022 Movie
7.6
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
as Flect Turn (voice)
2021 Movie
7.0
The Journey
as Musab (voice)
2021 Movie
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy
as Ultraman Max
2021 Movie
8.2
Gintama: The Very Final
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
2021 Movie
7.3
One Piece: Episode of Skypiea
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
2019 Movie
5.6
Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger
as Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)
2019 Movie
7.8
One Piece: Stampede
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
2019 Movie
6.4
Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
as Iago Haakana (voice)
2018 Movie
6.5
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
as Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
2018 Movie
5.3
Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser
as Borma (voice)
2018 Movie
5.0
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2
as Shingo Onijima (voice)
2018 Movie
5.2
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad
as Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
2018 Movie
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger Final Live Tour 2018
as Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
2018 Movie
6.6
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
as Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
2018 Movie
Super Hero Festival: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai Live & Show 2018
as Self / Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
2018 Movie
8.1
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple
as Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice)
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kazuya Nakai.
8.0
GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice) • 12 eps
2025 Series
4.0
U Takes Terra
as Mountain (Voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.4
Once Upon a Witch's Death
as Jack Russo (voice) • 2 eps
2025 Series
SPECIAL EDITED VERSION 『ONE PIECE』 魚人島編
as Roronoa Zoro (voice) • 21 eps
2024 Series
7.6
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii
as Gaku Miyama (voice) • 12 eps
2024 Series
7.9
Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime
as Hiroshi Mado (voice) • 10 eps
2024 Series
8.6
Dan Da Dan
as Serpoians (voice) • 2 eps
2024 Series
7.9
Antihero
1 eps
2024 Series
6.9
Train to the End of the World
as Pochi (voice) • 5 eps
2024 Series
7.7
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
as Malreek (voice) • 4 eps
2024 Series
8.2
MF GHOST
as Ryuji Ikeda (voice) • 6 eps
2023 Series
8.4
Rurouni Kenshin
as Shakku Arai (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.9
Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon
as (voice) • 12 eps
2023 Series
8.7
Pokémon Horizons
as Colza (voice) • 2 eps
2023 Series
7.9
Tengoku Daimakyo
as Robin Inazaki (voice) • 13 eps
2023 Series
7.6
The Tatami Time Machine Blues
as Master Higuchi (voice) • 6 eps
2022 Series
6.9
Parallel World Pharmacy
as Camus (voice) • 3 eps
2022 Series
6.8
Love All Play
as Hitoshi Ebihara (voice) • 24 eps
2022 Series
7.4
Digimon Ghost Game
as Angoramon (voice) • 67 eps
2021 Series
4.8
Tesla Note
as Kyohei Himi (voice) • 13 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Star Wars: Visions
as Roden (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Battle Game in 5 Seconds
as Madoka Kirisaki (voice) • 12 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan
as Furitsuke Capellini (voice) • 4 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Gintama: The Semi-Final
as Toshiro Hijikata (voice) • 2 eps
2021 Series