is a Japanese actor,
voice actor
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, and narrator who is affiliated with the Office Osawa agency.
His major voice roles include
Alucard in ''
Hellsing
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'',
Hijikata Toshizo Hijikata (written: 土方) is a Japanese surname, and may refer to:
* Hisaakira Hijikata (1870–1942), Japanese businessman
* Kensuke Hijikata (born 1922), Japanese photographer
* Rinky Hijikata (born 2001), Australian tennis player
* Ryuji Hijika ...
in
Golden Kamuy
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Satoru Noda. It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from August 2014 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in thirty-one ''tankōbon'' volumes. The s ...
,
Roy Revant in ''
Solty Rei
''SoltyRei'' is a Japanese anime television series animated by Gonzo and AIC following the inhabitants of a city where an Aurora prevents aerial travel. The series aired on TV Asahi between October 2005 and March 2006.
On April 2, 2006, Funi ...
'',
Giroro
The following is a list of various characters in the fictional universe of the anime and manga series ''Sgt. Frog'' and related works.
Keroro Platoon
The is led by Keroro (character), Sergeant Keroro. While most platoons contain thirty or for ...
in ''
Sgt. Frog
''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...
'',
Kirei Kotomine in ''
Fate/stay night
''Fate/stay night'' is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon and originally released as an adult game for Windows on January 30, 2004. A version of ''Fate/stay night'' rated for ages 15 and up titled ''Fate/stay night Réalta ...
'', 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
is the first title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based closely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history and it is a sister series of the ''Dynasty Warriors'' series, rele ...
'' and ''
Warriors Orochi
is a hack and slash video game for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, developed by Koei and Omega Force. It is a crossover of two of Koei's popular video game series, ''Dynasty Warriors'' and '' Samurai Warriors'' (specifically ''Dynasty Warriors 5'' a ...
'' series,
Albert Wesker
is a fictional character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. He is first introduced in the original ''Resident Evil'' (1996), in which he is the captain of the R ...
in the ''
Resident Evil
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'' franchise,
Sol Badguy
is a fictional character in Arc System Works' '' Guilty Gear'' video game series. He first appeared in the 1998 video game '' Guilty Gear'', as the main character and namesake. In the series, he is a bounty hunter who has dedicated his life to ...
in the ''
Guilty Gear
is a series of fighting games by Arc System Works, created and designed by artist Daisuke Ishiwatari. The first game was published in 1998, and has spawned several sequels. It has also adapted to other media such as manga and drama CD. ''Gu ...
'' series since ''
Guilty Gear 2: Overture'', Naobito Zen'in in ''
Jujutsu Kaisen
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gege Akutami. It has been serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' since March 2018, with its chapters collected and published in 21 ''tankōbon'' vo ...
'' and
Kazuya Mishima
is a fictional character in Bandai Namco's ''Tekken'' fighting game series, first featured as the protagonist in the original 1994 game and later became one of the major antagonists and antihero of the series. The son of worldwide conglomerate ...
in the first, second and first Tag installments of the ''
Tekken'' series.
Biography
Nakata studied at the
Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music
is a junior college
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. 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
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The sho ...
'' series. He was doing theater work as well as live-action drama and voice dubbing when
Michiko Nomura
is a Japanese actress and voice actress.
Career
Nomura was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, then Aoni Production and now she is affiliated with Ken Production, an agency founded by the late Kenji Utsumi ...
, who had worked on ''
Sazae-san
is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for the ...
'', 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.
He narrated ''
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
, is a 1993 Japanese science fiction anime television series. It consists of 51 episodes, and was directed by Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino. The series was first broadcast on TV Asahi (and its ANN stations). It is the fourth TV anime ins ...
'' which aired in 1993. In 1994, he voiced
Murakumo Yagami, the series' main antagonist in ''
Blue Seed
''Blue Seed'' (stylized as ''BLUE SEED'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology. The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical . ...
''. In the 1994 anime film ''
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie'' he voiced
Balrog (Street Fighter)
Balrog is a fictional character in Capcom's ''Street Fighter'' series. He made his first appearance in '' Street Fighter II: The World Warrior'' in 1991. In the series, he is a disgraced boxer and antagonist who works for M. Bison's organization ...
when the character was named M. Bison.
Nakata said that his role in the 1996 anime ''
Escaflowne
is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series created by Shōji Kawamori and Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane. It premiered in Japan on April 2, 1996 on TV Tokyo, and the final episode aired on September 24, 1996. Sony's a ...
'' helped advance his career; there he played
Folken.
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
is an anime series produced by AIC. It is a reboot of the 1987 OVA series ''Bubblegum Crisis'', which focuses on the Knight Sabers, a rogue vigilante group made up of four women who use powered suits to fight rogue Boomer robots made by the me ...
''.
In 2001, he voiced the
antihero
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Alucard in the ''
Hellsing
''Hellsing'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano. It was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's ''seinen'' manga magazine '' Young King OURs'' from May 1997 to September 2008, with its c ...
'' 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.
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
''Sgt. Frog'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mine Yoshizaki. It was launched in ''Monthly Shōnen Ace'' in April 1999. The story follows the attempts of a platoon of frog-like alien invaders to c ...
'' in voicing
Corporal Giroro, which was popular with kids and adults as it aired during prime time.
In 2005, he picked up voice roles as villains
Megatron
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in ''
Transformers Cybertron'' and
Amshel Goldsmith in ''
Blood+
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''.
He voiced
Roy Revant, the protagonist of ''
SoltyRei
''SoltyRei'' is a Japanese anime television series animated by Gonzo (company), Gonzo and AIC (company), AIC following the inhabitants of a city where an Aurora prevents aerial travel. The series aired on TV Asahi between October 2005 and Marc ...
''.;
the director for ''SoltyRei'' would later cast him as the narrator in the ''
Amagami SS
, is a Japanese dating simulation game for the PlayStation 2 and the spiritual successor to '' KimiKiss'', both of which were developed and published by Enterbrain. Amagami was released on March 19, 2009. , six manga adaptations have be ...
'' visual novel anime adaptation.
He joined the ''
Fate/stay night
''Fate/stay night'' is a Japanese visual novel developed by Type-Moon and originally released as an adult game for Windows on January 30, 2004. A version of ''Fate/stay night'' rated for ages 15 and up titled ''Fate/stay night Réalta ...
'' 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
is a Japanese author, best known for writing the light novel ''The Garden of Sinners'' and visual novels ''Tsukihime'' and ''Fate/stay night'', and a co-founder of Type-Moon. He graduated from Hosei University with a major in human science.
...
had known him since his Tokusatsu days, and that he had been involved in many of
Type-Moon's titles,
having voiced Nrvnqsr Chaos in ''
Melty Blood
, sometimes shortened as , is a series of 2D visual novel fighting games, co-developed by dōjin circles Type-Moon and French-Bread as the meta-sequel of the Type-Moon's first visual novel ''Tsukihime''. The first game was originall ...
'' and going on to voice Souren Araya in the anime adaptation of ''
Kara no Kyoukai
''The Garden of Sinners'', known in Japan as sometimes referred to as , is a Japanese light novel series, written by Kinoko Nasu and illustrated by Takashi Takeuchi. Originally released as a series of chapters released independently o ...
''. 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
, short for , is a Japanese light novel series written by Takeru Kasukabe, with illustrations by Yukiwo. Kadokawa Shoten published 12 volumes between February 2012 and February 2016. A manga adaptation by Sayaka Itsuki was serialized in Ent ...
'', voiced lead character Sigmund in ''
Unbreakable Machine-Doll
is a Japanese light novel series written by Reiji Kaitō and illustrated by Ruroo. Media Factory has published seventeen volumes under their MF Bunko J imprint from November 2009 to July 2017. A manga adaptation by Hakaru Takagi began ser ...
'',
and voiced Nyanta in ''
Log Horizon
is a Japanese novel series written by Mamare Touno and illustrated by Kazuhiro Hara. It began serialization online in 2010 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō, being later on acquired by Enterbrain an ...
''.
In video games, he voiced in the ''
Samurai Warriors
is the first title in the series of hack and slash video games created by Koei's Omega Force team based closely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history and it is a sister series of the ''Dynasty Warriors'' series, rele ...
'' (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
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'', and ''
The Little Mermaid
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''. 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.
Filmography
Animation
Animated films
Video games
Drama CDs
Live action
Dubbing roles
Film
TV series
Animation
Other dubbing
* ''Macne Nana'' series app – Macne Papa
References
External links
Official agency profile
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1954 births
Living people
Japanese male video game actors
Japanese male voice actors
Male voice actors from Tokyo
Toho Gakuen School of Music alumni
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors
Ken Production voice actors