Ichirō Nagai

Ichirō Nagai
永井 一郎
Born(1931-05-10)May 10, 1931
Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
DiedJanuary 27, 2014(2014-01-27) (aged 82)
Hiroshima, Japan
Occupations
Years active1956–2014
AgentAoni Production

Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎, Nagai Ichirō, May 10, 1931 – January 27, 2014) was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Ikeda, Osaka. He was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death.

Career

Nagai played GeGeGe no Kitarō's Konaki Jijii, a comic, absent-minded old yōkai man who attacks enemies by clinging to them and turning himself to stone, increasing his weight and mass immensely and pinning them down between the 60s and 80s alongside Masako Nozawa and Keiko Toda (Kitaro), Isamu Tanonaka (Medama oyaji), Chikao Ohtsuka and Kei Tomiyama (Nezumi-Otoko), Nana Yamaguchi, Yūko Mita (Neko Musume), Yoko Ogushi, Keiko Yamamoto (Sunakake Baba), Yonehiko Kitagawa, Kenji Utsumi and Yusaku Yara (Nurikabe) and Jōji Yanami, Keaton Yamada and Kōsei Tomita (Ittan Momen).

Nagai was cast as Sazae-san's character, Namihei Isono, Sazae's father and patriarch of the family in the longest running Anime in 1969 alongside co-stars Midori Katō (Sazae) and Miyoko Asō (Fune) until Chafurin filled in for him after his death.

He was cast in Urusei Yatsura as the wandering monk Cherry in 1983 alongside co-stars Toshio Furukawa (Ataru Moroboshi), Saeko Shimazu (Shinobu Miyake), Fumi Hirano (Lum) and Akira Kamiya (Shutaro Mendo).

He was cast in 1989 until 2008 in Ranma ½ as Happosai, the founder and grandmaster of Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū. He often alternates between his role as a villainous grandmaster to one as a lighthearted pervert, alongside co-stars Kappei Yamaguchi and Megumi Hayashibara (Ranma Saotome), Kenichi Ogata (Genma), Masako Ikeda (Nodoka), Noriko Hidaka (Akane Tendo), Aso (Cologne), Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kōji Tsujitani (Tatewaki Kuno), Koichi Yamadera (Ryoga Hibiki) and Hiromi Tsuru (Ukyo Kuonji).

Death

On January 27, 2014, while recording narration for a program in Hiroshima, Nagai suffered a bout of myocardial infarction and was found by a hotel employee. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead; Nagai was 82 years old at the time of his death.[1]

Filmography

Television animation

Year Title Role Other notes
1964 Big X Dr. Hanamaru
1968 Cyborg 009 Chang Changku/Cyborg 006
GeGeGe no Kitarō Konaki Jijii Played this role in the 70s and 80s series as well
1969 Sazae-san Namihei Isono, Umihei Isono
1972 Devilman Alphonne Louis Steinbeck III
1974 Great Mazinger Spectral General Hadias
Space Battleship Yamato Dr. Sakezo Sado
1975 Maya the Bee Philip
1979 Mobile Suit Gundam Narrator, Degwin Sodo Zabi
1980 Astro Boy Detective Tawashi, Ham Egg (eps 2-3)
1981 Queen Millennia Professor Amamori
Urusei Yatsura Cherry
1985 GeGeGe no Kitarō Konaki Jijii
1986 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion
1987 Dragon Ball Tsuru-sen'nin, Karin
1988 Gegege no Kitaro: Jigoku Hen Konakii Jijii
1989 Akuma-kun Dr. Faust
Dragon Ball Z Karin
Ranma ½ Happosai
Yawara! Jigoro Inokuma
1997 Detective Conan Shuji Tsugawa
1998 Master Keaton Tahei Hiraga
2000 Soreike! Anpanman Furudokei-san
2001 Detective Conan En Kenzou Episode 252
Pokémon Doctor Namba
2002 Lupin III: Episode 0: The First Contact Detective George McFly
2003 Pokémon Chronicles Doctor Nanba
2004 Detective Conan Jirokichi Suzuki
Monster Dr. Reichwein
2006 Pokémon: Advanced Dr. Nanba Episode 176
2008 Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl Dr. Nanba Episode 65
2009 Dragon Ball Kai Karin
Inuyasha: The Final Act Yōreitaisei
Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger Ginpachi Nekota
2011 Hunter × Hunter Isaac Netero Episodes 6-114
2014 Dragon Ball Kai: The Final Chapters Karin

OVA

Year Title Role
1985 Vampire Hunter D D's Left Hand
1988 Dominion Tank Police Chief
1991 Yūkan Club Maotai
1993 The Cockpit Soldier Godal
2000 Grandeek Grandeek
2010 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Syam Vist

Theatrical animation

Year Title Role
1979 Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro Jodo
1984 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Mito
1985 GeGeGe no Kitarō Konaki Jijii
1986 Gegege no Kitarō: Yōkai Daisensō [jp] Konaki Jijii
Gegege no Kitarō: Saikyō Yōkai Gundan! Nihon Jōriku!! [jp] Konaki Jijii
Castle in the Sky General Muoro
Gegege no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! ljigen Yōkai no Daihanran [jp] Konaki Jijii
1988 Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure Tsuru-sen'nin, Karin
1991 Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge Karin
1995 2112: The Birth of Doraemon Principal Teraodai
2001 Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven Hohsui Kisaragi
2010 Detective Conan: The Lost Ship in the Sky Jirokichi Suzuki
2009 Summer Wars Mansuke Jinnouchi
2013 Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission Isaac Netero

Video games

Year Title Role Notes Source
2002 Kingdom Hearts Philoctetes (Phil) [2]
2007 Final Fantasy IV Nintendo DS Cid Pollendina [2]
2008 Soulcalibur IV Yoda [2]
2010 Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Philoctetes, Grumpy [2]
2013 Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen Adaro [2]
2015 Tales of Zestiria Gramps [2]

Tokusatsu

Dubbing

Live action

Animation

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