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.
as Roronoa Zoro
as Toshiro Hijikata (voice)
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)(12 eps)
as Jack Russo (voice)(2 eps)
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro(21 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro
as Gaku Miyama (voice)(12 eps)
as Hiroshi Mado (voice)(10 eps)
as Serpoians (voice)(2 eps)
as Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)(1 ep)
as Serpoian A / Serpoian B / Serpoian C (voice)
as Pochi (voice)(5 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro / Dragon / Narration (voice)
as Malreek (voice)(4 eps)
as Kozo Ryuga (voice)
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
as Ryuji Ikeda (voice)(6 eps)
as Shakku Arai (voice)(2 eps)
as Kerioil (voice)(36 eps)
as Colza (voice)(2 eps)
as Sigma Redwing / Phantom Thief Appolon (voice)(97 eps)
as Robin Inazaki (voice)(13 eps)
as Master Higuchi (voice)
as Master Higuchi (voice)(6 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Camus (voice)(3 eps)
as Hitoshi Ebihara (voice)(24 eps)
as Kyohei Himi (voice)(13 eps)
as Angoramon (voice)(67 eps)
as Roden (voice)(1 ep)
as Flect Turn (voice)
as Madoka Kirisaki (voice)(12 eps)
as Furitsuke Capellini (voice)(4 eps)
as Musab (voice)
as Ultraman Max
as Toshiro Hijikata (voice)(2 eps)
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)
as 配音(18 eps)
as Ultraman Max(10 eps)
as Kinji Hakari (voice)(3 eps)
as Kenji Kyobate (voice)(12 eps)
as Shinichi Chiba (voice)(23 eps)
as Ranburn Tidal (voice)
as Akitaru Obi (voice)(73 eps)
as Garu / Ookami Blue (Voice)
as Robby Yarge (voice)(12 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Iago Haakana (voice)
as Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
as Borma (voice)
as Shingo Onijima (voice)
as Date Masamune (voice)(12 eps)
as Laplace (voice)(8 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
as Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)
as Salsa (voice)(2 eps)
as Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
as Self / Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
as Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (voice)
as Kamui (voice)(12 eps)
as Garu (Ookami Blue)
as Halu-elu Dolu-do (voice)
as Shingo Onijima (voice)
as Aquaman (voice)
as Garu (voice)(1 ep)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Garu · Ookami Blue (voice)
as Balaban Al-Kaphan (voice)(24 eps)
as Narration(13 eps)
as Seitarō Higuchi (voice)
as Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (voice)(18 eps)
as Garu - Ookami Blue (voice)
as Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
as Garu (voice)(1 ep)
as Garu / Ookami Blue (voice)(48 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Kuzu-P (voice)(12 eps)
as Renpei Sukura(25 eps)
as Shoichi Imayoshi (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Zoro Roronoa (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro(9 eps)
as Tatsuhiko Shibusawa(60 eps)
as Fukumoto (voice)(2 eps)
as Fukumoto (Hajime Shiozuka & Yukito Kusanagi) (voice)(1 ep)
as Roronoa Zoro / Kinoconda (voice)
as Igaroid (voice)
as Borma (voice)
as Soma Schiksal (voice)(13 eps)
as Borma (voice)
as Zapp Renfro(24 eps)
as Borma (voice)(10 eps)
as Takashi (voice)(12 eps)
as Borma (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Date Masamune (voice)(12 eps)
as Koichiro Marito (voice)(24 eps)
as Borma (voice)
as Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
as Timothy Hunter (voice)
as Fukuta Kanemaru (voice)(51 eps)
as Borma (voice)
as Shinjiro Aragaki (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Mondo Owada (voice)(2 eps)
as Toshiro Hijitaka (voice)
as Himself/Toushirou Hijikata
as Borma (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Manjiro "Roman" Tasukeya (voice)(12 eps)
as Ryuji Suguro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Sainglain(25 eps)
as Shell Septinos
as Zoro Roronoa (voice)
as Kenzō – Adult (voice)
as Dyran Rowen (voice)(12 eps)
as Travis Touchdown
as Jinpachi Nezu (voice)(12 eps)
as Lancer (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Hiro Kinashi (voice)(28 eps)
as Shell Septinos
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Suguro Ryuuji (voice)(25 eps)
as Salamander (voice)(26 eps)
as Date Masamune (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Borcuse (voice)
as Kokuto (voice)
as Shell Septinos
as General Borcuse
as Refal Edia (voice)(24 eps)
as Piggies Imagin (Eldest brother) (voice)
as Hijikata Toushirou (voice)
as Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Torch(24 eps)
as Kanzo Mogi (voice)
as Jiggy Pepper (voice)(50 eps)
as Soma Schicksal
as Gengorou Takei (voice)(2 eps)
as Katsuragi(25 eps)
as Miles (voice)(14 eps)
as Date Masamune (voice)(24 eps)
as Takaya Kagakagari(26 eps)
as Ryo Washizu (voice)(12 eps)
as Tamaru (voice)(9 eps)
as Kokorootomedes (voice)
as 梶山庆护(2 eps)
as Narration(9 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Taito Magatsu (voice)(13 eps)
as Tachibana's abductor (voice)(2 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Kanzo Mogi (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Kouzou Etou (voice)(23 eps)
as Gaomon (voice)
as Fumiya Sugawara (voice)(11 eps)
as Kanzo Mogi (voice)(37 eps)
as Gaomon (voice)
as Zagi(11 eps)
as Shizuka Dōmeki (voice)(37 eps)
as Toushirou Hijikata (voice)(367 eps)
as Gaomon (voice)(48 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as 罗罗诺亚・索隆
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Karasu (voice)(24 eps)
as Noein (voice)(24 eps)
as River Marque (voice)(26 eps)
as Shizuka Domeki (voice)
as Ultraman Max(40 eps)
as Tres Iqus (voice)(10 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Yajiro Kajima (voice)(12 eps)
as Matsuzaki(12 eps)
as Mugen (voice)(26 eps)
as Iruga (voice)(26 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Igaroids (voice)(5 eps)
as Gedonian Uniga (voice), Igaroids (voice)(2 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Satoshi Shirase (BPS) (voice)(15 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Raimi (voice)(1 ep)
as Reverend Malchio (voice)(100 eps)
as Operator A (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Suzuki (voice)(36 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Wakka
as Jan Valentine (voice)(2 eps)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)
as Roronoa Zoro (voice)(1180 eps)
as (voice)(26 eps)
as 配音
as Sergei (voice)(13 eps)
as 配音
as Ryuji Ikeda (voice)(10 eps)
as Prince Reona (voice)(27 eps)
as Witz Sou (voice)(39 eps)
as Orangeat (voice)
as Eiki (voice)(2 eps)