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Ichirō Nagai

{{Short description|Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ichirō Nagai

| image = Ichirō Nagai.jpg

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| native_name = 永井 一郎

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|5|10|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Ikeda, Osaka, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|1|27|1931|5|10}}

| death_place = Hiroshima, Japan

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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|voice actor|narrator}}

| years_active = 1956–2014

| agent = Aoni Production

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{{Nihongo|Ichirō Nagai|永井 一郎|Nagai Ichirō|May 10, 1931 – January 27, 2014}} was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death.

Career

Nagai played GeGeGe no Kitarō's Konaki Jijii, a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight and mass immensely and pinning them down between the 60s and 80s alongside Masako Nozawa and Keiko Toda (Kitaro), Isamu Tanonaka (Medama oyaji), Chikao Ohtsuka and Kei Tomiyama (Nezumi-Otoko), Nana Yamaguchi, Yūko Mita (Neko Musume), Yoko Ogushi, Keiko Yamamoto (Sunakake Baba), Yonehiko Kitagawa, Kenji Utsumi and Yusaku Yara (Nurikabe) and Jōji Yanami, Keaton Yamada and Kōsei Tomita (Ittan Momen).

Nagai was cast as Sazae-san's character, Namihei Isono, Sazae's father and patriarch of the family in the longest running Anime in 1969 alongside co-stars Midori Katō (Sazae) and Miyoko Asō (Fune) until Chafurin filled in for him after his death.

He was cast in Urusei Yatsura as the wandering monk Cherry in 1983 alongside co-stars Toshio Furukawa (Ataru Moroboshi), Saeko Shimazu (Shinobu Miyake), Fumi Hirano (Lum) and Akira Kamiya (Shutaro Mendo).

He was cast in 1989 until 2008 in Ranma ½ as Happosai, the founder and grandmaster of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū. He often alternates between his role as a villainous grandmaster to one as a lighthearted pervert, alongside co-stars Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara (Ranma Saotome), Kenichi Ogata (Genma), Masako Ikeda (Nodoka), Noriko Hidaka (Akane Tendo), Aso (Cologne), Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kōji Tsujitani (Tatewaki Kuno), Koichi Yamadera (Ryoga Hibiki) and Hiromi Tsuru (Ukyo Kuonji).

Death

On January 27, 2014, while recording narration for a program in Hiroshima, Nagai suffered a bout of myocardial infarction and was found by a hotel employee. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead; Nagai was 82 years old at the time of his death.{{cite web |last1=Loo |first1=Egan |title=Ranma 1/2's Happōsai Voice Actor Ichirô Nagai Passes Away |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-27/ranma-s-happosai-voice-actor-ichiro-nagai-passes-away |website=Anime News Network |access-date=January 25, 2019 |date=January 27, 2014}}

Filmography

=Television animation=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Title

! Role

! Other notes

1964Big XDr. Hanamaru
rowspan="2" | 1968Cyborg 009Chang Changku/Cyborg 006
GeGeGe no KitarōKonaki JijiiPlayed this role in the 70s and 80s series as well
1969Sazae-sanNamihei Isono, Umihei Isono
1972DevilmanAlphonne Louis Steinbeck III
rowspan="2" | 1974Great MazingerSpectral General Hadias
Space Battleship YamatoDr. Sakezo Sado
1975Maya the BeePhilip
1979Mobile Suit GundamNarrator, Degwin Sodo Zabi
1980Astro BoyDetective Tawashi, Ham Egg (eps 2-3)
rowspan="2" |1981

|Queen Millennia

|Professor Amamori

|

Urusei Yatsura

|Cherry

|

1985GeGeGe no KitarōKonaki Jijii
1986The Wonderful Wizard of OzCowardly Lion
1987Dragon BallTsuru-sen'nin, Karin
1988Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku HenKonakii Jijii
rowspan="4" |1989

|Akuma-kun

|Dr. Faust

|

Dragon Ball ZKarin
Ranma ½

|Happosai

|

Yawara!

|Jigoro Inokuma

|

1997Detective ConanShuji Tsugawa
1998

|Master Keaton

|Tahei Hiraga

|

2000Soreike! AnpanmanFurudokei-san
rowspan="2" | 2001Detective ConanEn KenzouEpisode 252
PokémonDoctor Namba
2002Lupin III: Episode 0: The First ContactDetective George McFly
2003Pokémon ChroniclesDoctor Nanba
rowspan="2" | 2004Detective ConanJirokichi Suzuki
Monster

|Dr. Reichwein

|

2006Pokémon: AdvancedDr. NanbaEpisode 176
2008Pokémon the Series: Diamond and PearlDr. NanbaEpisode 65
rowspan="3" | 2009Dragon Ball KaiKarin
Inuyasha: The Final ActYōreitaisei
Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger

|Ginpachi Nekota

|

2011Hunter × HunterIsaac NeteroEpisodes 6-114
2014Dragon Ball Kai: The Final ChaptersKarin

=OVA=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Title

! Role

1985Vampire Hunter DD's Left Hand
1988

|Dominion Tank Police

|Chief

1991

|Yūkan Club

|Maotai

1993

|The Cockpit

|Soldier Godal

2000

|Grandeek

|Grandeek

2010

|Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

|Syam Vist

=Theatrical animation=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
Year

! Title

! Role

1979Lupin III: The Castle of CagliostroJodo
1984Nausicaä of the Valley of the WindMito
1985GeGeGe no KitarōKonaki Jijii
rowspan="4" | 1986{{ill|Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daisensō|jp|ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 妖怪大戦争}}Konaki Jijii
{{ill|Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!!|jp|ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 最強妖怪軍団!日本上陸!!}}Konaki Jijii
Castle in the SkyGeneral Muoro
{{ill|Gegege no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! ljigen Yōkai no Daihanran|jp|ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 激突!!異次元妖怪の大反乱}}Konaki Jijii
1988Dragon Ball: Mystical AdventureTsuru-sen'nin, Karin
1991Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's RevengeKarin
19952112: The Birth of Doraemon Principal Teraodai
2001Case Closed: Countdown to HeavenHohsui Kisaragi
2010Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the SkyJirokichi Suzuki
2009Summer WarsMansuke Jinnouchi
2013Hunter × Hunter: The Last MissionIsaac Netero

=Video games=

class="wikitable sortable"
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2002Kingdom HeartsPhiloctetes (Phil){{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ichiro-Nagai/|title=Ichiro Nagai (visual voices guide) - Behind The Voice Actors|website=behindthevoiceactors.com|type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}
2007Final Fantasy IV Nintendo DSCid Pollendina
2008Soulcalibur IVYoda
2010Kingdom Hearts Birth by SleepPhiloctetes, Grumpy
2013Dragon's Dogma: Dark ArisenAdaro
{{dts|2015|01|22|format=y}}Tales of ZestiriaGramps

=Tokusatsu=

=Dubbing=

==Live action==

==Animation==

References

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External links

  • [https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/nagai-ichiro.html Official agency profile] {{in lang|ja}}
  • {{anime News Network|people|1529}}
  • {{IMDb name|0619077}}

{{Seiyu Award Merit Award}}

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Category:1931 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:Japanese male stage actors

Category:Japanese male video game actors

Category:Japanese male voice actors

Category:Kyoto University alumni

Category:People from Ikeda, Osaka

Category:Male voice actors from Osaka Prefecture

Category:Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society voice actors

Category:Aoni Production voice actors

Category:20th-century Japanese male actors

Category:21st-century Japanese male actors