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.
Movies
One Piece: Clockwork Island Adventure Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Ghost Chaser Borma (voice)
One Piece: The Desert Princess and the Pirates: Adventure in Alabasta Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece Film: Strong World Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: The Great Treasure of Tongari Island Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Kuroko's Basketball the Movie: Last Game Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
One Piece Special: Protect! The Last Great Stage Roronoa Zoro (voice)
God Eater Prologue Soma Schicksal
One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword Roronoa Zoro (voice)
xxxHOLiC The Movie: A Midsummer Night's Dream Shizuka Doumeki
One Piece Episode of East Blue Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Gintama: The Movie Hijikata Toushirou (voice)
One Piece: Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: The Movie Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece Special: The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Sengoku Basara: The Last Party Date Masamune (voice)
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression Shell Septinos
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion Shell Septinos
Broken Blade: Scars from an Assassin's Blade General Borcuse
Engine Sentai Go-Onger Special DVD: It's a Seminar! Everyone GO-ON!! Kokorootomedes (voice)
One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Broken Blade: The Gap Between Life and Death Borcuse (voice)
Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust Shell Septinos
Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger! Gaomon (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult Borma (voice)
Blue Exorcist: The Movie Ryuji Suguro (voice)
The Tatami Time Machine Blues Master Higuchi (voice)
One Piece: Episode of Luffy - Hand Island Adventure Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece Film: Z Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Episode of Alabasta - Prologue Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece 3D: Gekisou! Trap Coaster Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Glorious Island Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece Film Gold: Episode 0 Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers Borma (voice)
Lemming
Final Fantasy X: Eternal Calm Wakka
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe Kozo Ryuga (voice)
銀魂オンシアター2D バラガキ篇 Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
One Piece Episode of Merry: The Tale of One More Friend Roronoa Zoro
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain Borma (voice)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 Spring of Birth Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
Rainbow Fireflies Kenzō – Adult (voice)
One Piece Film Red Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece Special: Open Upon the Great Sea! A Father's Huge, HUGE Dream! Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears Borma (voice)
Monsters 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)
Detective Conan: Dimensional Sniper Timothy Hunter (voice)
Luffy's Fall! The Unexplored Region - Grand Adventure in the Ocean's Navel Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Digimon Savers: The Movie - Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!! Gaomon (voice)
Switch
Shin Shounan Bakusouzoku Arakure Knight
One Piece: Adventure of Nebulandia Roronoa Zoro/ Kinoconda (voice)
xxxHolic: Rō Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie Borma (voice)
DAN DA DAN: First Encounter Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
Fate/Prototype Lancer (voice)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 YEARS AFTER Igaroid (voice)
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl Seitarō Higuchi (voice)
One Piece Film: GOLD Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Wars Garu - Ookami Blue (voice)
Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God Kanzo Mogi (voice)
PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone Borma (voice)
One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will Roronoa Zoro
One Piece: Jango's Dance Carnival Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Dream Soccer King! Roronoa Zoro
Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors Kanzo Mogi (voice)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger The Movie: The Geth Indaver Strikes Back! Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse Kokuto (voice)
Super Kamen Rider Den-O Trilogy - Episode Red: Zero's Star Twinkle Piggies Imagin (Eldest brother) (voice)
DC Super Heroes vs. Eagle Talon Aquaman (voice)
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1 Shingo Onijima (voice)
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2 Shingo Onijima (voice)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger vs. Space Squad Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)
One Piece: Chopper's Kingdom on the Island of Strange Animals Roronoa Zoro (voice)
No More Heroes 1.5 Travis Touchdown
Gintama: The Best of Gintama on Theater 2D Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
Gintama: The Movie 2: The Final Chapter: Be Forever Yorozuya Toshiro Hijitaka (voice)
Super Hero Festival: Kamen Rider x Super Sentai Live & Show 2018 Self / Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
One Piece: Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Dead End Adventure Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Bungo Stray Dogs: Dead Apple Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice)
One Piece: Episode of Skypiea Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Heart of Gold Zoro Roronoa (voice)
Lupinranger vs Patranger vs Kyuranger Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)
Godzilla: The Planet Eater Halu-Elu Dolu-Do (voice)
One Piece: Romance Dawn Story Zoro (voice)
One Piece Episode of Nami: Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends Zoro Roronoa (voice)
One Piece: Stampede Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Gintama: The Very Final Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Final Stage Garu (Ookami Blue)
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie: Black Dream Hole Orangeat (voice)
The Journey Musab (voice)
Kuroko's Basketball - Movie: Winter Cup - Shadow and Light Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission Flect Turn (voice)
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger vs. Ninninger the Movie: Super Sentai's Message from the Future Ookami Blue (voice)
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! Roronoa Zoro (voice)
One Piece: Ice Hunter Zoro (voice)
Shows
Samurai Champloo Mugen (voice)
Mirage of Blaze Sinya Asaoka (voice)
White Album Tamaru (voice)
Noein: To Your Other Self Karasu (voice)
Noein: To Your Other Self Noein (voice)
Trinity Blood Tres Iqus (voice)
Battle Programmer Shirase Satoshi Shirase (BPS) (voice)
Battle Game in 5 Seconds Madoka Kirisaki (voice)
JOKER GAME Fukumoto (voice)
JOKER GAME Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice)
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix River Marque (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Reverend Malchio (voice)
Karakuri Zoushi Ayatsuri Sakon (voice)
Hellsing Jan Valentine (voice)
Grenadier: The Beautiful Warrior Yajiro Kajima (voice)
Sengoku BASARA: Samurai Kings Date Masamune (voice)
After War Gundam X Witz Sou (voice)
07-Ghost Katsuragi
Chihayafuru Hiro Kinashi (voice)
Kiddy GiRL-AND Torch
Asura Cryin' Takaya Kagakagari
Angel Links Sergei (voice)
Ai Yori Aoshi Suzuki
Jyu-Oh-Sei Zagi
Ixion Saga: Dimension Transfer Sainglain
Ragnarok The Animation Iruga (voice)
xxxHOLiC Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
Samurai Harem Ryo Washizu (voice)
Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee Jiggy Pepper (voice)
Master of Mosquiton '99
Samurai Gun Matsuzaki
One Piece Roronoa Zoro (voice)
Tesla Note Kyohei Himi (voice)
Star Wars: Visions Roden (voice)
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan Furitsuke Capellini (voice)
Blood Blockade Battlefront Zapp Renfro
Digimon Ghost Game Angoramon (voice)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger: Star Change With Us! Garu (voice)
Antique Bakery Tachibana's abductor (voice)
The Tatami Time Machine Blues Master Higuchi (voice)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Gedonian Uniga (voice), Igaroids (voice)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Igaroids (voice)
Sengoku BASARA - End of Judgement Date Masamune (voice)
Kamen Rider Eiki (voice)
Initial D Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
God Eater Soma Schiksal (voice)
Digimon Data Squad Gaomon (voice)
Brave 10 Jinpachi Nezu (voice)
Girlish Number Kuzu-P
Love All Play Hitoshi Ebihara (voice)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Miles (voice)
Super Dragon Ball Heroes Salsa (voice)
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter Raimi (voice)
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight Prince Reona (voice)
Ultraman Max Ultraman Max
Switch! TV 梶山庆护
B: The Beginning Kamui (voice)
Gintama Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
Shining Hearts Dyran Rowen (voice)
You're Being Summoned, Azazel-san Salamander (voice)
Hatsukoi Limited. Gengorou Takei (voice)
Death Parade Takashi (voice)
Blue Exorcist Suguro Ryuuji (voice)
Death Note Kanzo Mogi (voice)
Parallel World Pharmacy Camus (voice)
One Piece Characters Log Roronoa Zoro
RobiHachi Robby Yarge (voice)
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Laplace (voice)
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture Borma (voice)
King Of Conte Narration
Fire Force Akitaru Obi (voice)
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash Malreek (voice)
Bungo Stray Dogs Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Aldnoah.Zero Koichiro Marito (voice)
ALL OUT!! Renpei Sukura
Altair: A Record of Battles Balaban Al-Kaphan
RAPSTAR Narration
Stars Align Kenji Kyōbate (voice)
Hero Bank Fukuta Kanemaru (voice)
Pokémon Horizons: The Series Colza (voice)
Nodame Cantabile Kouzou Etou (voice)
Bakumatsu Gijinden Roman Manjiro "Roman" Tasukeya (voice)
Tengoku Daimakyo Robin Inazaki (voice)
Danganronpa: The Animation Mondo Owada (voice)
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
Blade of the Immortal Taito Magatsu (voice)
Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy Ultraman Max
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Urashiki Ootsutsuki
The Legend of the Legendary Heroes Refal Edia (voice)
Gakuen Basara: Samurai High School Date Masamune (voice)
Gintama: The Semi-Final Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
Hataraki Man Sugawara, Fumiya
Yakuza Fiancé: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Gaku Miyama (voice)
Dan Da Dan Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
MF GHOST Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga Roronoa Zoro
