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Akio Nojima (born April 6, 1945 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. He is the father of voice actors Creator/HirofumiNojima and Creator/KenjiNojima and is employed by talent firm agency Sigma Seven. He is most known for the roles of Saga in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and the Japanese voice of KITT in ''Series/KnightRider''. His roles in general are the BigBad or LargeAndInCharge.

!!Notable roles by Akio Nojima

* Apollo in ''Anime/LittlePollon''
* Augst in ''VideoGame/WildArms4''
* Bernard Chatelet in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles''
* Chun Wu Chen in ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''
* Decade in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''
* Dr. Mashirito in ''Manga/DoctorSlump''....well in episode 37 at least as he was [[TheOtherDarrin darrined]] by Creator/YasuoYamada in movie 2, Creator/NachiNozawa in episodes 71-164 & movie 3, Creator/KeiichiNoda in episodes 198-236, Creator/AkiraKamiya in movies 7 & 9, and Creator/RyotaroOkiayu for the 1997 remake
* D'Eon Elder in ''Anime/LeChevalierDEon''
* Gemini Saga in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''
* Han'nya in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''
* KITT in the Japanese dub of ''Series/KnightRider''
* Marquis Halim Ondore IV in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''
* Mercutio in the first Japanese dub of ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'' (Creator/TVAsahi broadcast, 1982)
* Ran'jit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''
* Rikushirō Onigawara in ''Mao-chan''
* Ryo Randou in ''Anime/MakyouDensetsuAcrobunch''
* Soroi in ''Anime/KillLaKill''
* Strelitzia Nozaki in ''[[VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial Tokimeki Memorial 2]]''

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