Kazuya Nakai

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-11-25 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Kazuya Nakai

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 prog...

Acting

2001

2009

One Piece Film: Strong World

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2017

Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game

as Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)

2009

God Eater Prologue

as Soma Schicksal

2004

2017

One Piece Episode of East Blue

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2010

Gintama: The Movie

as Hijikata Toushirou (voice)

2000

One Piece: The Movie

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2011

Sengoku Basara: The Last Party

as Date Masamune (voice)

2011

One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2012

Blue Exorcist: The Movie

as Ryuji Suguro (voice)

2022

The Tatami Time Machine Blues

as Master Higuchi (voice)

2012

One Piece Film: Z

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2011

2011

2012

One Piece: Glorious Island

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2016

One Piece Film Gold: Episode 0

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2023

Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen

as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)

2013

PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth

as Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)

2012

Rainbow Fireflies

as Kenzō – Adult (voice)

2022

One Piece Film Red

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2024

Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation

as Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)

2008

2015

One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia

as Roronoa Zoro / Kinoconda (voice)

2010

xxxHolic: Rō

as Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)

2024

DAN DA DAN: First Encounter

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

2011

Fate/Prototype

as Lancer (voice)

2017

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl

as Seitarō Higuchi (voice)

2016

One Piece Film: GOLD

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2014

2001

One Piece: Jango's Dance Carnival

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2002

One Piece: Dream Soccer King!

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2009

2010

2010

2017

2018

2017

2018

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad

as Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)

2012

No More Heroes 1.5

as Travis Touchdown

2012

Gintama: The Best of Gintama on Theater 2D

as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)

2003

One Piece: Dead End Adventure

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2018

Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple

as Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice)

2018

One Piece: Episode of Skypiea

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2016

One Piece: Heart of Gold

as Zoro Roronoa (voice)

2019

Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger

as Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)

2018

Godzilla: The Planet Eater

as Halu-Elu Dolu-Do (voice)

2008

One Piece: Romance Dawn Story

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2019

One Piece: Stampede

as Roronoa Zoro (voice)

2021

Gintama: The Very Final

as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)

2017

2021

The Journey

as Musab (voice)

2017

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters

as Halu-Elu Dolu-do (voice)

2018

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle

as Halu-Elu Dolu-Do (voice)

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