Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya (納谷悟朗, Naya Gorō, November 17, 1929 – March 5, 2013) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Hakodate, Hokkaidō. He was a drop-out of the legal education division of Ritsumeikan University. He was connected to Theatre Echo. He was the older brother of actor and voice actor Rokurō Naya. He was the husband of actress and voice actress Kachiko Hino. He is best known for providing the voice of Inspector Kōichi Zenigata in the Lupin III franchise and for dubbing over the voices of actors Clark Gable, Charlton Heston and John Wayne in the Japanese-language editions of their films. He died on March 5, 2013, at age 83, due to chronic respiratory failure.

Gorō Naya
納谷悟朗
Born	(1929-11-17)November 17, 1929 Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan
Died	March 5, 2013(2013-03-05) (aged 83) Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Actor, voice actor, narrator, theatre director
Years active	1951 – 2012
Known for	Voice of Inspector Kōichi Zenigata in the Lupin III franchise Voicing Captain Jūzō Okita in the Space Battleship Yamato franchise
Spouse(s)	Kachiko Hino Naya (wife)
Relatives	Rokurō Naya (younger brother)

Filmography

Television animation

• Astro Boy (1963)
• Big X (1964) — Dr. Marina
• Ōgon Bat (1967) — Gem
• Lupin III (1971) — Inspector Zenigata
• Casshan (1973) (Narrator)
• Space Battleship Yamato (1974) — Captain Juzo Okita
• Lupin III Part II (1977) — Inspector Zenigata
• Six God Combination Godmars (1981) — Emperor Zuul
• Lupin III Part III (1984) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Goodbye Lady Liberty (1989) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Mystery of the Hemingway Papers! (1990) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Steal Napoleon's Dictionary! (1991) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: From Russia With Love (1992) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Voyage to Danger (1993) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Dragon of Doom (1994) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Island of Assassins (1997) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Crisis in Tokyo (1998) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: The Columbus Files (1999) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Missed by a Dollar (2000) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection (2001) — Inspector Zenigata
• One Piece (2001) — Crocus
• Lupin III: Episode 0: First Contact (2002) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Operation: Return the Treasure (2003) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Stolen Lupin ~ The Copy Cat is a Midsummer's Butterfly~ (2004) — Inspector Zenigata
• Monster (2004) — Blind Old Man
• Lupin III: An Angel's Tactics – Fragments of a Dream Are the Scent of Murder (2005) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Seven Days Rhapsody (2006) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Elusiveness of the Fog (2007) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Sweet Lost Night ~Magic Lamp's Nightmare Premonition~ (2008) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan (2009) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: The Last Job (2010) — Inspector Zenigata

OVA

• 2001 Nights (1987) — Adam Robinson Jr.
• Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) — Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
• Locke the Superman (1989) — Great Jorg
• Lupin III: Green Vs. Red (2008) — Inspector Zenigata
• The Doraemons (1997) — Robot

Theatrical animation

• Flying Phantom Ship (1969) — Ghost Captain
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971) — Goro
• Lupin III: Mystery of Mamo (1978) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) — Inspector Zenigata
• Crusher Joe (1983) — Captain Kowalski
• Golgo 13 (1983) — Leonard Dawson
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) — Lord Yupa
• Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985) - Dr. Bulganillo, Campanella's Father
• Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985) — Inspector Zenigata
• Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight (1985) — "Bosun" Kuramoto
• Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995) — Inspector Zenigata
• Lupin III: Dead or Alive (1996) — Inspector Zenigata
• Noiseman Sound Insect (1997) — Prof. Franken

Tokusatsu

• Kamen Rider (1971) — Great Leader of Shocker/Gel-Shocker
• Ultraman Ace (1972) — Ultraman Ace
• Jumborg Ace (1973) — Alien Emerald
• Kamen Rider V3 (1973) — Great Leader of Destron
• Kamen Rider Amazon (1974) — Narrator
• Kamen Rider Stronger (1975) — Great Boss of Black Satan, Great Boss of Delza Army
• Skyrider (1979) — Great Boss of Neo-Shocker
• Kamen Rider Black RX (1988) — Emperor Crisis
• Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003) — One of the three wirepullers of Smart Brain (voice of Seizō Katō & Shōzō Iizuka)
• Kamen Rider: The Next (2007) — Great Leader of Shocker
• OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011) — Great Leader of Shocker/Gel-Shocker

Video games

• Xenoblade Chronicles (2010) — Otharon[1]

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Charlton Heston
  • The Greatest Show on Earth (1970 TV Tokyo/1973 TBS edition) — Brad Braden
  • The Ten Commandments (1991 Fuji TV edition) — Moses
  • The Big Country — Steve Leech
  • Ben-Hur (1974 Fuji TV edition/1981 TV Asahi edition) — Judah Ben-Hur
  • 55 Days at Peking — Major Matt Lewis
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told — John the Baptist
  • Planet of the Apes — George Taylor
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes — Taylor
  • The Omega Man — Neville
  • Soylent Green — Detective Frank Thorn
  • The Three Musketeers — Cardinal Richelieu
  • The Four Musketeers — Cardinal Richelieu
  • Earthquake — Stewart Graff
  • Airport 1975 — Captain Alan Murdock
  • Two-Minute Warning (1980 NTV edition) — Captain Peter Holly
  • Midway — Captain Matthew Garth
  • Gray Lady Down — Captain Paul Blanchard
  • Solar Crisis (1992 NTV edition) — Admiral "Skeet" Kelso
  • True Lies — Director Spencer Trilby
  • In the Mouth of Madness — Jackson Harglow
  • Any Given Sunday (2002 NTV edition) — Commissioner
  • Town & Country (Mr. Claybourne)
  • Bowling for Columbine (2004 TV Tokyo edition)
• John Wayne
  • Stagecoach (1975 NET edition) — Henry the Ringo Kid
  • She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1980 TV Asahi edition) — Captain Nathan Brittles
  • 3 Godfathers (1974 NET edition) — Robert Marmaduke Hightower
  • The Searchers (1973 and 1979 TV Asahi editions) — Ethan Edwards
  • Rio Bravo (1977 NET edition) — John T. Chance
  • True Grit (1985 TV Asahi edition) — Rooster Cogburn
  • Chisum — John Chisum
  • The Cowboys — Wil Andersen
  • Rooster Cogburn (1980 TV Asahi edition) — Rooster Cogburn
  • The Shootist (1987 TV Asahi edition) — John Bernard Books
• Clark Gable
  • The Misfits — Gay Langland
  • Boom Town — "Big John" McMasters
  • Mogambo — Victor Marswell
• Batman (1992 TBS edition) — Carl Grissom (Jack Palance)
• Combat! — 2nd Lt. Gil Hanley (Rick Jason)
• Escape from Absolum — The Father (Lance Henriksen)[2]
• For a Few Dollars More (1973 TV Asahi edition) — Colonel Douglas Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef)[3]
• Inception (2012 TV Asahi edition) — Maurice Fischer (Pete Postlethwaite)
• Invasion of Astro-Monster (Japanese version) — Glenn (Nick Adams)[4]
• Frankenstein Conquers the World (Japanese version) — Dr. James Bowen (Nick Adams)
• The Majestic – Harry Trimble (Martin Landau)[5]
• Monty Python — John Cleese
• Nineteen Eighty-Four — O'Brien (Richard Burton)[6]
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1988 NTV edition) — Sarek (Mark Lenard)
• Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope — Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
• The Empire Strikes Back — Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)
• Return of the Jedi — Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)

Animation

• Pocahontas — Kekata
• Quest for Camelot — Merlin
• The Raccoons — Schaeffer
• Pinocchio — Geppetto

Live-action roles

• Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) — Kazuo Ōta
• Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003) — Smart Brain Head

References

1. "Goro Naya - 67 Character Images | Behind The Voice Actors". behindthevoiceactors.com. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.
2. "ノー・エスケイプ[吹]". Star Channel. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
3. "続・夕陽のガンマン／地獄の決斗". Star Channel. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
4. Galbraith IV 2007, 01:10:18.
5. "マジェスティック（２００１）". Star Channel. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
6. "１９８４＜ＨＤニューマスター版＞". Zeque Productions. Retrieved September 17, 2019.

Sources

• Galbraith IV, Stuart (2007). Monster Zero Audio Commentary (DVD). Classic Media.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Gorō Naya at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Goro Naya at Theater Echo