Nakai Kazuya
Voice Actor
- Name Romanji: Nakai Kazuya
- Name: 中井 和哉
- Date of Birth: November 25, 1967
- Hometown: Hyogo prefecture, Kobe, Japan
- Height: 169cm
- Sex: Male
- Blood type: A
- Affiliated With: Aoni Production (青二プロダクション)
- Honors:
- Won the “Supporting Actor Award” at the 5th Seiyuu Award in 2011
BIO
Before becoming a voice actor, he worked as a local government employee, and acquired the skills of “surveying.” Bearing the thought that “Will I live the rest of my life as a government worker like this,” he went to Aoni coaching school on weekends and holidays while working.
In 1995 he made his debut in the anime “Imagination Science World Gulliver Boy.” Immediately after his debut, he got the role of Witz Sou in “After War Gundam X.” Afterwards, he continued to study narration, but having been selected to play Roronoa Zoro of “One Piece,” he came to be active as a seiyuu in anime and games.
Hobbies
- Driving
Trivia
- Special skills are surveying and archery.
- Is a fan of the mangaka Mizushina Takayuki.
- He often plays the roles of swordsmen or samurai, but actually he himself has belonepobia.
- In the SBS seiyuu corner of “One Piece” vol. 53, it states that he likes kashiwa mochi.
- During his days at Aoni coaching school, Fukuyama Jun was his junior.
- When preparing for the “One Piece” audition, he thought “I definitely want to play Zoro,” and was pleased when it was decided that he would play Zoro, but his wife was a bit unhappy because she thought Sanji was better.