Kazuya Nakai

About

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...

Known for

Kamen RiderSeries • 1971JUJUTSU KAISENAnime • 2020ChihayafuruAnime • 2011Pokémon HorizonsAnime • 2023One PieceAnime • 1999Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodAnime • 2009Bungo Stray DogsAnime • 2016Initial DAnime • 1998Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDAnime • 2002Death NoteAnime • 2006Rurouni KenshinAnime • 2023That Time I Got Reincarnated as a SlimeAnime • 2018Blue ExorcistAnime • 2011Ahiru no SoraAnime • 2019Dan Da DanAnime • 2024MF GHOSTAnime • 2023Star Wars: VisionsSeries • 2021Super Dragon Ball HeroesAnime • 2018Puniru Is a Kawaii SlimeAnime • 2024Tegami Bachi: Letter BeeAnime • 2009Saint Seiya: The Hades ChapterAnime • 2002Tengoku DaimakyoAnime • 2023Digimon Ghost GameAnime • 2021Uchuu Sentai KyurangerSeries • 2017