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Kazuya Nakai

1967 - Today

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Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉, Nakai Kazuya; born November 25, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator who was born in Kobe, Japan. He plays Roronoa Zoro in One Piece, Toshiro Hijikata from Gintama, Date Masamune from Sengoku Basara, Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei from Dynasty Warriors and Warriors Orochi series, Shinjiro Aragaki from the Persona series, Mugen from Samurai Champloo, Mondo Owada from the Danganronpa series, Ultraman Max in Ultraman Max and Jin Sakai in the Japanese dub of the video game Ghost of Tsushima. He won a Best Supporting Actor award at the 5th Seiyu Awards in 2011 for his roles in One Piece and Gin Tama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kazuya Nakai is the 5,666th most popular actor (down from 4,570th in 2024), the 1,543rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,250th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kazuya Nakai ranks 5,666 out of 13,578. Before him are Luis Tosar, Minka Kelly, Anna Massey, Estelle, Poppy, and General Tom Thumb. After him are Hunter Tylo, Charles S. Dutton, Regina Bianchi, Noah Taylor, Corey Haim, and Kunal Nayyar.

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Among people born in 1967, Kazuya Nakai ranks 263. Before him are Masashi Nakayama, Manuela Maleeva, Kotono Mitsuishi, Quentin Meillassoux, Tim "Ripper" Owens, and Aslı Erdoğan. After him are Igor Dobrovolski, Yuji Sakakura, Kubilay Türkyilmaz, Charlotte Lewis, Teddy Riley, and Götz Otto.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kazuya Nakai ranks 1,543 out of 6,245. Before him are Yōichi Masuzoe (1948), Kenzo Suzuki (1950), Mayumi Omatsu (1970), Junji Goto (1971), Akira Kubota (1973), and Hidetoyo Watanabe (1971). After him are Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963), Yuji Sakakura (1967), Koki Negi (2000), Seiichi Negishi (1969), Junichi Inamoto (1979), and Jinzō Matsumura (1856).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Kazuya Nakai ranks 98. Before him are Kikuko Inoue (1964), Kenjiro Tsuda (1971), Keiko Awaji (1933), Ken Uehara (1909), So Yamamura (1910), and Kotono Mitsuishi (1967). After him are Hitoshi Matsumoto (1963), Sachiko Hidari (1930), Yoshihiro Hamaguchi (1926), Rokurō Naya (1932), Miho Nakayama (1970), and Keiji Fujiwara (1964).

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