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 (voice)
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 2
Shingo Onijima (voice)
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1
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
Serpoians (voice)
MF GHOST
Ryuji Ikeda (voice)
Puniru is a Kawaii Slime
Hiroshi Mado (voice)
Rurouni Kenshin
Shakku Arai (voice)
Dan Da Dan
Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
One Piece Log
Roronoa Zoro