Jouji Nakata facts for kids

Jouji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji, born April 22, 1954), sometimes called George Nakata, is a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator. He works with the Office Osawa agency. He is famous for voicing many characters in anime and video games.

Some of his most well-known voice roles include Alucard in Hellsing, Hijikata Toshizo in Golden Kamuy, Giroro in Sgt. Frog, and Kirei Kotomine in Fate/stay night. In video games, he voices Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil series and Sol Badguy in the Guilty Gear games.

About Jouji Nakata

Jouji Nakata studied at the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. He started his career in live-action shows. He played characters like Sir Cowler in Choushinsei Flashman and Great Professor Bias in Choujuu Sentai Liveman. These were part of the Super Sentai series, which are popular superhero shows in Japan.

While working in theater and live-action, a voice actress named Michiko Nomura suggested he try voice acting. Nakata found that voice acting paid much better, so he decided to focus on it full-time.

Becoming a Voice Actor

Nakata became a narrator for Mobile Suit Victory Gundam in 1993. In 1994, he voiced Murakumo Yagami, a main villain in Blue Seed. He also voiced M. Bison (known as Balrog in the games) in the 1994 anime movie Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie.

He said that his role as Folken in the 1996 anime Escaflowne really helped his career. After this, he continued to voice many important villains. These included Gaav in Slayers Next and Brian J. Mason in Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040.

Famous Roles and Characters

In 2001, Jouji Nakata voiced the antihero Alucard in the Hellsing TV series. He has said that Alucard was his favorite character to voice and the easiest to play. He finds it easier to voice villains or characters with strong personalities. He later voiced Alucard again in the Hellsing Ultimate animated series.

The year 2004 was a big one for him. He voiced the main character in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, which was popular with adult viewers. But he also joined Sgt. Frog as Corporal Giroro, a character loved by both kids and adults.

In 2005, he voiced the villain Megatron in Transformers Cybertron. He also played Amshel Goldsmith in Blood+. He voiced Roy Revant, the main hero of SoltyRei. The director of SoltyRei later asked him to be the narrator for the Amagami SS anime.

He also joined the Fate/stay night series, voicing Kirei Kotomine. He voiced this character in the 2004 game, the 2006 anime, and later movies and prequel series. He has been involved in many titles from Type-Moon, the company that makes the Fate series.

In 2013, he narrated Noucome. He also voiced Sigmund in Unbreakable Machine-Doll and Nyanta in Log Horizon.

Video Games and Dubbing

In video games, he voices characters like Uesugi and Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Samurai Warriors series. He also voices Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil games.

Jouji Nakata has also dubbed many foreign films and TV shows into Japanese. He has voiced characters in movies like 300 and Men in Black 3. He feels comfortable with dubbing roles because of his background in live-action acting.

Voice Roles

Jouji Nakata has lent his voice to many characters in anime, movies, and video games. Here are some of his notable roles:

Anime Series

• Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (1993–94) – Narrator
• Blue Seed (1994) – Murakumo Yagami
• The Vision of Escaflowne (1996) – Folken Fanel
• Slayers Next (1996) – Gaav
• Hellsing (2001) – Alucard
• Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) – Halling
• Naruto (2003–07) – Baki
• Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004–05) – The Count of Monte Cristo
• Elfen Lied (2004) – Bandou
• Sgt. Frog (2004–2011 and 2014) – Corporal Giroro
• Transformers: Cybertron (2005) – Megatron
• Blood+ (2005–06) – Amshel Goldsmith
• SoltyRei (2005–06) – Roy Revant
• Fate/stay night (2006) – Kirei Kotomine
• Code Geass (2006–07) – Diethard Reid
• Hellsing Ultimate (2006) – Alucard
• Kara no Kyoukai: The Garden of Sinners (2007) – Souren Araya
• Tales of the Abyss (2008–09) – Van Grants
• One Piece (2011) – Hody Jones
• Fate/Zero (2011–12) – Kirei Kotomine
• Log Horizon (2013–21) – Nyanta
• Unbreakable Machine-Doll (2013) – Sigmund
• Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014) – Kirei Kotomine
• Golden Kamuy (2018–present) – Hijikata Toshizō
• Jujutsu Kaisen (2021) – Naobito Zen'in

Animated Films

• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) – M. Bison
• Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel (2017–2020) – Kirei Kotomine (Film trilogy)
• One Piece Film: Red (2022) – Howling Gab

Video Games

• Tekken (1994) – Kazuya Mishima
• Tekken 2 (1995) – Kazuya Mishima
• Sonic Adventure (1998) – E-102 Gamma
• Melty Blood (2002) – Nrvnqsr Chaos
• Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends (2004) – Uesugi
• Tales of the Abyss (2005) – Van Grants
• Kingdom Hearts II (2005) – Luxord
• Samurai Warriors 2 (2006) – Uesugi Kenshin, Tokugawa Ieyasu
• Guilty Gear 2: Overture (2007) – Sol Badguy
• Soulcalibur IV (2008) – Algol
• Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011) – Albert Wesker
• Sonic Lost World (2013) – Zavok
• Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN- (2014) – Sol Badguy
• Resident Evil HD Remaster (2014) – Albert Wesker
• Fate/Grand Order (2015) – Old Man of the Mountain / King Hassan
• Persona 5 (2016) – Sojiro Sakura
• Nier: Automata (2017) – Terminal Alpha, Terminal Beta
• Overwatch (2017) – Doomfist
• Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (2021) – Sol Badguy
• Resident Evil 4 (2023) – Albert Wesker

Live Action Roles

Jouji Nakata has also acted in live-action Japanese TV shows.

• Choushinsei Flashman (1986) – Sir Cowler
• Choujuu Sentai Liveman (1988) – Great Professor Bias
• Kamen Rider OOO (2010) – Narrator, Birth Driver Voice
• Kamen Rider Gaim (2014) – Roshuo
• Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (2016) – Azald

Dubbing Roles (Voice for Foreign Films/TV)

• American Beauty (2000) – Buddy Kane (voiced for Peter Gallagher)
• 300 (2007) – Leonidas I (voiced for Gerard Butler)
• Men in Black 3 (2012) – Boris the Animal (voiced for Jemaine Clement)
• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) – Dimitri Smerdyakov (voiced for Numan Acar)
• Sex and the City (1998–2004) – Mister Big (voiced for Chris Noth)
• Big Hero 6 (2014) – General (voiced for Abraham Benrubi)

See also

In Spanish: Jōji Nakata para niños