Gorō Naya
Acting
Born November 17, 1929, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
Gorō Naya (納谷悟朗) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and theater director. He is most famous for voicing Inspector Kōichi Zenigata in the "Lupin III" anime series, and for his Japanese voice-overs of roles played by Clark Gable, Charlton Heston, and John Wayne. He died in 2013 due to chronic respiratory failure.
Filmography
- 2012Lupin the Third: Lupin Family Lineup — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2011OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders — Great Leader of Shocker (voice)
- 2010Lupin the Third: The Last Job — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2010One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 — Crocus (voice)
- 2009Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2008Lupin the Third: Green vs Red — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2008Lupin the Third: Sweet Lost Night — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2007Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2006Lupin the Third: Seven Days Rhapsody — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2005Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2004Casshern — Narrator
- 2004Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Monster — Blind Old Man (voice)
- 2003Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost — Wirepuller of Smart Brain
- 2003Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2002Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2002Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 2001Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Mazinkaiser — Juzo Kabuto (voice)
- 2001Slayers Premium — Shugoshin / Guardian Deity (voice)
- 2000Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1999Kindaichi Case Files : Deep Blue Massacre — Shuuichirou Aizawa (voice)
- 1999Lupin the Third: The Columbus Files — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- One Piece — Crocus (voice)
- The Big O — Gordon Rosewater (voice)
- 1998Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Master Keaton
- Ninja Resurrection — Mori Soiken (voice)
- 1997Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1997Noiseman Sound Insect — Prof. Franken (voice)
- 1996Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1996Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Golden Boy — Narrator (voice)
- 1995Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1995Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1995Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1994Ghost Sweeper Mikami — Nobunaga Oda (voice)
- 1994Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1993Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War — Merkatz
- 1993Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1992Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1991Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1990Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy — Dick (voice)
- 1990Goddamn — Joumu Utsugi
- 1990Heavy — Alex Gordon (voice)
- 1990Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1990White Fang — Schott (voice)
- Blue Blink — Shiki Haruhiko (voice)
- 1989Locke the Superman: Lord Leon — Great Jorg
- 1989Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1989Scarlet Demon
- 1989Ultraman Ace: Giant Ant Terrible-Monster vs. The Ultra Brothers — Ultraman Ace (voice)
- 1989Venus Wars — Gary
- 1988Six God Combination GodMars - Seventeen Year Old Legend — Emperor Zool
- Spirit Warrior — Jikuu (voice)
- 1987Space Fantasia 2001 Nights — Adam Jr.
- 1987The Tale of Genji — Bishop (voice)
- 1986Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies — Bongo (voice)
- 1985Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- 1985Night on the Galactic Railroad — Campanella's Father (voice)
- 1985Odin: Starlight Mutiny — Shonosuke Kuramoto / Narrator
- 1984A 10th Rider Appears! Kamen Rider - All Riders Assemble! — The Generalissimo of Badan (voice)
- 1984Warriors of the Wind — Yupa (voice)
- 1983Crusher Joe — Kowalsky (voice)
- 1983Final Yamato — Juzo Okita
- 1983Golgo 13: The Professional — Leonard Dawson
- 1982Future War 198X — DF Commander Tono (voice)
- 1982Six God Combination GodMars: The Movie — Emperor Zule (voice)
- The Mysterious Cities of Gold — Commander Gomez (voice)
- 1982White Fang Story — Weedon Scott (voice)
- 1981Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
- 1980Botchan — Yamaarashi (voice)
- 1980Eleven Cats
- 1980The Revolt — Announcer
- 1980There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race — Masaichi Kaneda
- 1979Aim for the Ace! The Movie — Chairman Ryûzaki (voice)
- Animated Travels: Marco Polo's Adventures
- Attack, Jun — Narrator (voice)
- 1979Baseball Mad Poem - Northern Wolf, South Tiger
- 1979Galaxy Express 999: The Movie — Doctor Ban (voice)
- 1979Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run — 秋山先生
- Kamen Rider Skyrider — The Great Leader (voice)
- 1979The Castle of Cagliostro — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Daikengo the Guardian of Space — Narration
- 1978Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato — Juzo Okita (voice)
- 1978Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo — Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
- Star Wolf — Narrator (voice)
- Jetter Mars — 山之上博士
- Run Fast! Ruben Kaiser — 嵐銀次郎
- Song of Baseball Enthusiasts — 岩田鉄五郎
- 1977Space Battleship Yamato — Okita Juzo / Aruga Kosaku (voice)
- Ninja Captor
- Super-God Bibyun — Gulver( voice)
- 1975Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie — Narrator (voice)
- Kamen Rider Stronger — Great Leader (voice)
- 1975Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie — The Great Boss (voice)
- Kamen Rider Amazon — Narration (voice)
- 1974Prophecies of Nostradamus — TV newscaster
- Space Battleship Yamato — Juzo Okita
- Casshan — Narrator (voice)
- 1973Godzilla vs. Megalon — Emperor Atonio of Seatopia (voice)
- Kamen Rider V3 — Great Leader of Destron (voice)
- 1973Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants — Destron Chief (voice)
- 1972Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell — The Great Boss (voice)
- Ultraman Ace — Ultraman Ace (voice)
- 1971Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves — Goro (voice)
- Decision — (voice)
- Kamen Rider — Narrator, Great Leader of Destron (voice), Great Leader of Shocker (voice), Emperor Crisis (voice), Great Leader of Black Satan (voice), Great Leader of Delza Army / Rock Great Leader (voice), Great Leader of Neo-Shocker (voice)
- Kamen Rider — Great Leader of Shocker (voice)
- Lupin the 3rd — Koichi Zenigata, Inspector Kōichi Zenigata (voice)
- Ryu the Primitive Boy — Kiba (voice)
- 197030,000 Miles Under the Sea — King Magma VII (voice)
- Attention Please — Narrator
- Norakuro — モール中隊長
- 1969Bullet Wound
- Dororo and Hyakkimaru — Kagemitsu Daigo / Tanosuke (voice)
- 1969Flying Phantom Ship — Captain (voice)
- 1969Lupin the Third: Pilot Film — Goemon Ishikawa XIII (voice)
- 1968Genocide — Lieutenant Colonel Gordon (voice)
- Sasuke
- Princess Knight — Lord Nylon (voice)
- Leo the Lion
- Marine Boy — Dr. Mariner
- Yuusei Kamen — ー ー (voice)
- 1965Frankenstein Conquers the World — Dr. Bowen (voice)
- 1965Invasion of Astro-Monster — Astronaut F. Glenn (voice)
- Kimba the White Lion — Clave (voice)
- 宇宙少年ソラン — 立花博士
- 1958Ame nimomakezu