Gorō Naya

Birthday:

11/17/1929

Place of birth:

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan:

Biography:

Gorō Naya (納谷悟朗) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator, and theater director.  He is most famous for voicing Inspector Kōichi Zenigata in the "Lupin III" anime series, and for his Japanese voice-overs of roles played by Clark Gable, Charlton Heston, and John Wayne.  He died in 2013 due to chronic respiratory failure.



Credits

Lupin the Third: Lupin Family Lineup (2012)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders (2011)
Great Leader of Shocker (voice)
One Piece: Strong World Episode 0 (2010)
Crocus (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Last Job (2010)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan (2009)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Sweet Lost Night (2008)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Green vs Red (2008)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog (2007)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Seven Days Rhapsody (2006)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics (2005)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Swallowtail Tattoo (2004)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Casshern (2004)
Narrator
Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost (2003)
Wirepuller of Smart Brain
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure (2003)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Episode 0: First Contact (2002)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Return of Pycal (2002)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Slayers Premium (2001)
Shugoshin / Guardian Deity (voice)
Lupin the Third: Alcatraz Connection (2001)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Missed by a Dollar (2000)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Kindaichi Case Files Movie 2: Deep Blue Massacre (1999)
Shuuichirou Aizawa (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Columbus Files (1999)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Voyage to Danger (1999)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Tokyo Crisis (1998)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Noiseman Sound Insect (1997)
Prof. Franken (voice)
Lupin the Third: Island of Assassins (1997)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Secret of Twilight Gemini (1996)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure (1995)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers (1995)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Ghost Sweeper Mikami (1994)
Nobunaga Oda (voice)
Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom (1994)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War (1993)
Merkatz
Lupin the Third: From Siberia with Love (1992)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary (1991)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
White Wolf (1990)
Schott (voice)
Goddamn (1990)
Joumu Utsugi
Heavy (1990)
Alex Gordon (voice)
Lupin the Third: The Hemingway Papers (1990)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Dirty Pair: Flight 005 Conspiracy (1990)
Dick (voice)
Lupin the Third: Bye Bye, Lady Liberty (1989)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Venus Wars (1989)
Gary
Six God Combination GodMars - Seventeen Year Old Legend (1988)
Emperor Zool
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights (1987)
Adam Jr.
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
Bongo (voice)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
Shonosuke Kuramoto / Narrator
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon (1985)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Campanella's Father (voice)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Yupa (voice)
Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! (1984)
The Generalissimo of Badan
Golgo 13: The Professional (1983)
Leonard Dawson
Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter (1983)
Juzo Okita
Crusher Joe (1983)
Kowalsky (voice)
Future War 198X (1982)
DF Commander Tono (voice)
White Fang Story (1982)
Weedon Scott (voice)
Eleven Cats (1980)
Botchan (1980)
Yamaarashi (voice)
There Goes Our Hero: The Heat of the Pennant Race (1980)
Masaichi Kaneda
The Revolt (1980)
Announcer
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Baseball Mad Poem - Northern Wolf, South Tiger (1979)
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie (1979)
Doctor Ban (voice)
Ganbare! Bokura no Hit and Run (1979)
秋山先生
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo (1978)
Inspector Koichi Zenigata (voice)
Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato (1978)
Juzo Okita
Space Battleship Yamato (1977)
Okita Juzo / Aruga Kosaku (voice)
Kamen Rider Stronger: The Movie (1975)
The Great Boss (voice)
Kamen Rider Amazon: The Movie (1975)
Narrator (voice)
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
TV newscaster
Kamen Rider V3 vs. Destron Mutants (1973)
Destron Chief (voice)
Kamen Rider vs. Ambassador Hell (1972)
The Great Boss (voice)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1971)
Goro (voice)
30,000 Miles Under the Sea (1970)
King Magma VII (voice)
Bullet Wound (1969)
Flying Phantom Ship (1969)
Captain (voice)
Lupin the Third: Pilot Film (1969)
Goemon Ishikawa XIII (Cinemascope) (voice)