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 the video game Ghost of Tsushima. He loves driving, practicing archery and spending time with his dog and cat.

Filmography

• 2026Gintama the Movie 2026: Yoshiwara in Flames — Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
• GINTAMA - Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class — Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
• 2025Gintama on Theater 2D: Shinsengumi Douran Arc — Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
• Once Upon a Witch's Death — Jack Russo (voice)
• U Takes Terra — Mountain (Voice)
• Antihero
• 2024DAN DA DAN: First Encounter — Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
• Dan Da Dan — Serpoians (voice), Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
• 2024Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation — Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)
• 2024One Piece Fan Letter — Roronoa Zoro
• One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga — Roronoa Zoro
• Puniru Is a Kawaii Slime — Hiroshi Mado (voice)
• The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash — Malreek (voice)
• Train to the End of the World — Pochi (voice)
• Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii — Gaku Miyama (voice)
• 2023Gintama on Theater 2D: Baragaki-hen — Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
• MF GHOST — Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
• Pokémon Horizons — Colza (voice)
• Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon — Kerioil (voice)
• Rurouni Kenshin — Shakku Arai (voice)
• Tengoku Daimakyo — Robin Inazaki (voice)
• 2023The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe — Kozo Ryuga (voice)
• Love All Play — Hitoshi Ebihara (voice)
• 2022One Piece Film Red — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Parallel World Pharmacy — Camus (voice)
• 2022The Tatami Time Machine Blues — Master Higuchi (voice)
• The Tatami Time Machine Blues — Master Higuchi (voice)
• Battle Game in 5 Seconds — Madoka Kirisaki (voice)
• Digimon Ghost Game — Angoramon (voice)
• Gintama: The Semi-Final — Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
• 2021Gintama: The Very Final — Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
• Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan — Furitsuke Capellini (voice)
• 2021My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission — Flect Turn (voice)
• Star Wars: Visions — Roden (voice)
• Tesla Note — Kyohei Himi (voice)
• 2021The Journey — Musab (voice)
• 2021Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy — Ultraman Max
• 航海王：和之国总集篇 — 配音
• JUJUTSU KAISEN — Kinji Hakari (voice)
• Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy — Ultraman Max
• Ahiru no Sora — Shinichi Chiba (voice)
• Fire Force — Akitaru Obi (voice)
• 2019Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger — Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)
• 2019One Piece: Stampede — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• RobiHachi — Robby Yarge (voice)
• Stars Align — Kenji Kyobate (voice)
• 2019ZENONZARD THE ANIMATION Episode 0 — Ranburn Tidal (voice)
• B: The Beginning — Kamui (voice)
• 2018Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple — Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice)
• Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School — Date Masamune (voice)
• 2018Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser — Borma (voice)
• 2018Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle — Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
• 2018Godzilla: The Planet Eater — Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
• 2018Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 — Shingo Onijima (voice)
• 2018Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative — Iago Haakana (voice)
• 2018One Piece: Episode of Skypiea — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Super Dragon Ball Heroes — Salsa (voice)
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime — Laplace (voice)
• 2018Uchu Sentai Kyuranger Final Live Tour 2018 — Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
• 2018Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad — Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
• Altair: A Record of Battles — Balaban Al-Kaphan (voice)
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations — Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (voice)
• 2017DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon — Aquaman (voice)
• 2017Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future from Super Sentai — Ookami Blue (voice)
• From Episode of Stinger: Uchu Sentai Kyuranger - High School Wars — Garu (voice)
• 2017Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters — Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
• 2017Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 — Shingo Onijima (voice)
• 2017Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Wars — Garu - Ookami Blue (voice)
• 2017Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game — Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
• 2017Night Is Short, Walk On Girl — Seitarō Higuchi (voice)
• 2017One Piece Episode of East Blue — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• RAPSTAR — Narration
• 2017Uchu Sentai Kyuranger The Movie: The Geth Indaver Strikes Back! — Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
• 2017Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Final Stage — Garu (Ookami Blue)
• Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Star Change With Us! — Garu (voice)
• Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger — Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
• ALL OUT!! — Renpei Sukura
• Bungo Stray Dogs — Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
• Girlish Number — Kuzu-P (voice)
• JOKER GAME — Fukumoto (voice), Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice)
• 2016Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Shadow and Light — Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
• One Piece Characters Log — Roronoa Zoro
• 2016One Piece Film Gold: Episode 0 — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2016One Piece Film: GOLD — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2016One Piece: Heart of Gold — Zoro Roronoa (voice)
• 2016One Piece: The Great Treasure of Tongari Island — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Blood Blockade Battlefront — Zapp Renfro
• Death Parade — Takashi (voice)
• Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture — Borma (voice)
• 2015Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult — Borma (voice)
• 2015Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie — Borma (voice)
• God Eater — Soma Schiksal (voice)
• 2015One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2015One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia — Roronoa Zoro / Kinoconda (voice)
• 2015Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 Years After — Igaroid (voice)
• Aldnoah.Zero — Koichiro Marito (voice)
• 2014Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper — Timothy Hunter (voice)
• 2014Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears — Borma (voice)
• 2014Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone — Borma (voice)
• Hero Bank — Fukuta Kanemaru (voice)
• 2014One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2014Persona3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream — Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
• Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement — Date Masamune (voice)
• Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman — Manjiro "Roman" Tasukeya (voice)
• Danganronpa: The Animation — Mondo Owada (voice)
• 2013Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2013Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain — Borma (voice)
• 2013Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers — Borma (voice)
• 2013Gintama the Movie Ginmaku Zenya Matsuri 2013 — Himself/Toushirou Hijikata
• 2013Gintama: The Final Chapter - Be Forever Yorozuya — Toshiro Hijitaka (voice)
• 2013Lemming
• One Pace — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2013One Piece Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2013Persona3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth — Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
• 2012Blue Exorcist: The Movie — Ryuji Suguro (voice)
• Brave 10 — Jinpachi Nezu (voice)
• Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer — Sainglain, Theme Song Performance
• 2012Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust — Shell Septinos
• 2012No More Heroes 1.5 — Travis Touchdown
• 2012One Piece Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends — Zoro Roronoa (voice)
• 2012One Piece Film: Z — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2012One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Hand Island Adventure — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2012One Piece: Glorious Island — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2012Rainbow Fireflies — Kenzō – Adult (voice)
• Shining Hearts — Dyran Rowen (voice)
• Blue Exorcist — Suguro Ryuuji (voice)
• 2011Broken Blade: The Gap Between Life and Death — Borcuse (voice)
• Chihayafuru — Hiro Kinashi (voice)
• 2011Fate/Prototype — Lancer (voice)
• 2011Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion — Shell Septinos
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED HD Remaster — Reverend Malchio (voice)
• 2011One Piece 3D: Gekisou! Trap Coaster — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2011One Piece Episode of Alabasta Prologue — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2011One Piece Mugiwara Chase — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2011Sengoku Basara: The Last Party — Date Masamune (voice)
• 2011Serena x One Piece: Sennyuu!! Sauzando Sunny-gou — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san — Salamander (voice)
• 2010Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse — Kokuto (voice)
• 2010Broken Blade: Scars from an Assassin's Blade — General Borcuse
• 2010Gintama: The Movie — Hijikata Toushirou (voice)
• 2010Mardock Scramble: The First Compression — Shell Septinos
• 2010One Piece Film: Strong World — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2010Super Kamen Rider Den-O Trilogy - Episode Red: Zero's Star Twinkle — Piggies Imagin (Eldest brother) (voice)
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes — Refal Edia (voice)
• 2010xxxHolic: Rō — Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
• 07-Ghost — Katsuragi
• Asura Cryin' — Takaya Kagakagari
• 2009Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors — Kanzo Mogi (voice)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood — Miles (voice)
• 2009God Eater Prologue — Soma Schicksal
• Hatsukoi Limited. — Gengorou Takei (voice)
• Kiddy GiRL-AND — Torch
• Samurai Harem — Ryo Washizu (voice)
• Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings — Date Masamune (voice)
• Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee — Jiggy Pepper (voice)
• White Album — Tamaru (voice)
• Antique Bakery — Tachibana's abductor (voice)
• Blade of the Immortal — Taito Magatsu (voice)
• 2008Engine Sentai Go-Onger Special DVD: It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!! — Kokorootomedes (voice)
• King of Conte — Narration
• 2008One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2008One Piece: Romance Dawn Story — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2008Switch
• Switch! — 梶山庆护
• 2007Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God — Kanzo Mogi (voice)
• Nodame Cantabile — Kouzou Etou (voice)
• 2007One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Death Note — Kanzo Mogi (voice)
• Digimon Data Squad — Gaomon (voice)
• 2006Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger! — Gaomon (voice)
• 2006Digimon: Activate Burst Mode! — Gaomon (voice)
• Gintama — Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
• Hataraki Man — Fumiya Sugawara (voice)
• Jyu-Oh-Sei — Zagi
• 2006One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• xxxHOLiC — Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
• IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix — River Marque (voice)
• Noein: To Your Other Self — Karasu (voice), Noein (voice)
• 2005One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2005One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Trinity Blood — Tres Iqus (voice)
• Ultraman Max — Ultraman Max
• 2005xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream — Shizuka Domeki (voice)
• 2005ワンピース特別編 わかりやすいルフィ大百科 — 罗罗诺亚・索隆
• Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior — Yajiro Kajima (voice)
• 2004One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Ragnarok The Animation — Iruga (voice)
• Samurai Champloo — Mugen (voice)
• Samurai Gun — Matsuzaki
• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger — Gedonian Uniga (voice), Igaroids (voice)
• Battle Programmer Shirase — Satoshi Shirase (BPS) (voice)
• 2003One Piece Special: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream! — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2003One Piece Special: Protect! The Last Great Stage — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2003One Piece: Dead End Adventure — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Ai Yori Aoshi — Suzuki (voice)
• 2002Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm — Wakka
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED — Reverend Malchio (voice)
• 2002One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom in the Strange Animal Island — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2002One Piece: Dream Soccer King! — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2002One Piece: The Adventure in Grand Line — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter — Raimi (voice)
• 2002Xevious — Operator A (voice)
• Hellsing — Jan Valentine (voice)
• 2001One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2001One Piece: Jango's Dance Carnival — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2000Luffy's Fall! The Unexplored Region - Grand Adventure in the Ocean's Navel — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 2000One Piece: The Movie — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• Angel Links — Sergei (voice)
• Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon — (voice)
• One Piece — Roronoa Zoro (voice)
• 1999海贼王特别篇：索隆的剑技 — 配音
• 1999海贼王特别篇：路飞的绝技 — 配音
• Initial D — Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
• Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight — Prince Reona (voice)
• Master of Mosquiton '99
• 1997Shin Shounan Bakusouzoku Arakure KNIGHT
• After War Gundam X — Witz Sou (voice)
• 1995Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole — Orangeat (voice)
• Kamen Rider — Eiki (voice)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2018Super Hero Festival: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai Live & Show 2018 — Self / Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)