Kazuya Nakai

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.

Cast

One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser

(Borma (voice))

One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece Film: Strong World

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: The Great Treasure of Tongari Island

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game

(Shoichi Imayoshi (voice))

One Piece Special: Protect! The Last Great Stage

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

God Eater Prologue

(Soma Schicksal)

One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream

(Shizuka Doumeki)

One Piece Episode of East Blue

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Gintama: The Movie

(Hijikata Toushirou (voice))

One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: The Movie

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

(Date Masamune (voice))

Mardock Scramble: The First Compression

(Shell Septinos)

Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion

(Shell Septinos)

Broken Blade: Scars from an Assassin's Blade

(General Borcuse)

Engine Sentai Go-Onger Special DVD: It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!!

(Kokorootomedes (voice))

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Broken Blade: The Gap Between Life and Death

(Borcuse (voice))

Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust

(Shell Septinos)

Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger!

(Gaomon (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult

(Borma (voice))

Blue Exorcist: The Movie

(Ryuji Suguro (voice))

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

(Master Higuchi (voice))

One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Hand Island Adventure

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece Film: Z

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - Prologue

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece 3D: Gekisou! Trap Coaster

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Glorious Island

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece Film Gold: Episode 0

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers

(Borma (voice))

Lemming

Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm

(Wakka)

The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

(Kozo Ryuga (voice))

銀魂オンシアター2D バラガキ篇

(Toushirou Hijikata (voice))

One Piece Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend

(Roronoa Zoro)

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain

(Borma (voice))

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

(Shinjiro Aragaki (voice))

Rainbow Fireflies

(Kenzō – Adult (voice))

One Piece Film Red

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece Special: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream!

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears

(Borma (voice))

Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation

(Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice))

Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper

(Timothy Hunter (voice))

Luffy's Fall! The Unexplored Region - Grand Adventure in the Ocean's Navel

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Digimon Savers: The Movie - Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!

(Gaomon (voice))

Switch

Shin Shounan Bakusouzoku Arakure Knight

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

(Roronoa Zoro/ Kinoconda (voice))

xxxHolic: Rō

(Shizuka Dōmeki (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie

(Borma (voice))

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

(Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice))

Fate/Prototype

(Lancer (voice))

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 YEARS AFTER

(Igaroid (voice))

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

(Seitarō Higuchi (voice))

One Piece Film: GOLD

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Wars

(Garu - Ookami Blue (voice))

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

(Kanzo Mogi (voice))

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream

(Shinjiro Aragaki (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone

(Borma (voice))

One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will

(Roronoa Zoro)

One Piece: Jango's Dance Carnival

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Dream Soccer King!

(Roronoa Zoro)

Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors

(Kanzo Mogi (voice))

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger The Movie: The Geth Indaver Strikes Back!

(Garu · Ookami Blue (voice))

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse

(Kokuto (voice))

Super Kamen Rider Den-O Trilogy - Episode Red: Zero's Star Twinkle

(Piggies Imagin (Eldest brother) (voice))

DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon

(Aquaman (voice))

Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1

(Shingo Onijima (voice))

Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2

(Shingo Onijima (voice))

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad

(Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice))

One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

No More Heroes 1.5

(Travis Touchdown)

Gintama: The Best of Gintama on Theater 2D

(Toushirou Hijikata (voice))

Gintama: The Movie 2: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya

(Toshiro Hijitaka (voice))

Super Hero Festival: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai Live & Show 2018

(Self / Garu · Ookami Blue (voice))

One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Dead End Adventure

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

(Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice))

One Piece: Episode of Skypiea

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Heart of Gold

(Zoro Roronoa (voice))

Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger

(Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice))

Godzilla: The Planet Eater

(Halu-Elu Dolu-Do (voice))

One Piece: Romance Dawn Story

(Zoro (voice))

One Piece Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends

(Zoro Roronoa (voice))

One Piece: Stampede

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Gintama: The Very Final

(Toushirou Hijikata (voice))

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Final Stage

(Garu (Ookami Blue))

Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole

(Orangeat (voice))

The Journey

(Musab (voice))

Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Shadow and Light

(Shoichi Imayoshi (voice))

My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission

(Flect Turn (voice))

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future

(Ookami Blue (voice))

Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

One Piece: Ice Hunter

(Zoro (voice))

Samurai Champloo

(Mugen (voice))

Mirage of Blaze

(Sinya Asaoka (voice))

White Album

(Tamaru (voice))

Noein: To Your Other Self

(Karasu (voice))

Noein: To Your Other Self

(Noein (voice))

Trinity Blood

(Tres Iqus (voice))

Battle Programmer Shirase

(Satoshi Shirase (BPS) (voice))

Battle Game in 5 Seconds

(Madoka Kirisaki (voice))

JOKER GAME

(Fukumoto (voice))

JOKER GAME

(Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice))

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix

(River Marque (voice))

Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon

((voice))

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

(Reverend Malchio (voice))

Hellsing

(Jan Valentine (voice))

Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior

(Yajiro Kajima (voice))

Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings

(Date Masamune (voice))

After War Gundam X

(Witz Sou (voice))

07-Ghost

(Katsuragi)

Chihayafuru

(Hiro Kinashi (voice))

Kiddy GiRL-AND

(Torch)

Asura Cryin'

(Takaya Kagakagari)

Angel Links

(Sergei (voice))

Ai Yori Aoshi

(Suzuki)

Jyu-Oh-Sei

(Zagi)

Ragnarok The Animation

(Iruga (voice))

xxxHOLiC

(Shizuka Dōmeki (voice))

Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer

(Sainglain)

Samurai Harem

(Ryo Washizu (voice))

Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee

(Jiggy Pepper (voice))

Master of Mosquiton '99

Samurai Gun

(Matsuzaki)

One Piece

(Roronoa Zoro (voice))

Tesla Note

(Kyohei Himi (voice))

Star Wars: Visions

(Roden (voice))

Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan

(Furitsuke Capellini (voice))

Blood Blockade Battlefront

(Zapp Renfro)

Digimon Ghost Game

(Angoramon (voice))

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Star Change With Us!

(Garu (voice))

Antique Bakery

(Tachibana's abductor (voice))

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

(Master Higuchi (voice))

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

(Igaroids (voice))

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

(Gedonian Uniga (voice), Igaroids (voice))

Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement

(Date Masamune (voice))

Kamen Rider

(Eiki (voice))

Initial D

(Ryuji Ikeda (voice))

God Eater

(Soma Schiksal (voice))

Digimon Data Squad

(Gaomon (voice))

Brave 10

(Jinpachi Nezu (voice))

Girlish Number

(Kuzu-P)

Love All Play

(Hitoshi Ebihara (voice))

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

(Miles (voice))

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

(Salsa (voice))

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

(Raimi (voice))

Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight

(Prince Reona (voice))

Ultraman Max

(Ultraman Max)

Switch! TV

(梶山庆护)

B: The Beginning

(Kamui (voice))

Gintama

(Toushirou Hijikata (voice))

Shining Hearts

(Dyran Rowen (voice))

You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san

(Salamander (voice))

Hatsukoi Limited.

(Gengorou Takei (voice))

Death Parade

(Takashi (voice))

Blue Exorcist

(Suguro Ryuuji (voice))

Death Note

(Kanzo Mogi (voice))

Parallel World Pharmacy

(Camus (voice))

One Piece Characters Log

(Roronoa Zoro)

RobiHachi

(Robby Yarge (voice))

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

(Laplace (voice))

Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture

(Borma (voice))

King Of Conte

(Narration)

Fire Force

(Akitaru Obi (voice))

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

(Malreek (voice))

Bungo Stray Dogs

(Tatsuhiko Shibusawa)

Aldnoah.Zero

(Koichiro Marito (voice))

ALL OUT!!

(Renpei Sukura)

Altair: A Record of Battles

(Balaban Al-Kaphan)

RAPSTAR

(Narration)

Stars Align

(Kenji Kyōbate (voice))

Hero Bank

(Fukuta Kanemaru (voice))

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

(Colza (voice))

Nodame Cantabile

(Kouzou Etou (voice))

Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman

(Manjiro "Roman" Tasukeya (voice))

Tengoku Daimakyo

(Robin Inazaki (voice))

Danganronpa: The Animation

(Mondo Owada (voice))

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger

(Garu / Ookami Blue (voice))

Blade of the Immortal

(Taito Magatsu (voice))

Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy

(Ultraman Max)

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations

(Urashiki Ootsutsuki)

The Legend of the Legendary Heroes

(Refal Edia (voice))

Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School

(Date Masamune (voice))

Gintama: The Semi-Final

(Toshiro Hijikata (voice))

Hataraki Man

(Sugawara, Fumiya)

Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii

(Gaku Miyama (voice))

Dan Da Dan

(Serpoians (voice))

MF GHOST

(Ryuji Ikeda (voice))

One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga

(Roronoa Zoro)

Puniru is a Kawaii Slime

(Hiroshi Mado (voice))