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->''[[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Releasing control art restrictions level 3. Level 2. Level 1. The Cromwell approval is now in effect. Hold release until target is silenced.]] Now... I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE ''REAL'' JOJI NAKATA DOES BATTLE!''

''[[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rejoice, troper. Joji Nakata will be described here.]]''

The other (and newer) go-to guy for deep voiced villains. Joji Nakata (born April 22, 1954), often called ''[[GratuitousEnglish George]]'' Nakata, is a man gifted with a [[EvilSoundsDeep deep, astringent voice]], which lands him veteran roles. And, as we mentioned, villains. In fact, he has become so known for it that it is often easy to identify a person as evil just ''because'' [[PigeonholedVoiceActor Joji Nakata is voicing him.]] If he is playing heroes, you can be sure that the hero is either old, or at least an AntiHero. Either way, he also tends to hold mentor roles for other characters because his voice also lends itself well to exposition, explanations and {{Breaking Speech}}es.

He first made himself known in the English language fandom as [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]], but wasn't quite prominent as the character's English language actor, Creator/CrispinFreeman. It wasn't until later when he became quite prominent on his own.

He can also be compared to the likes of Creator/NorioWakamoto in some circles, since the two of them are the biggest names in Japanese voice acting that have a notable forte for voicing villains. And starting with the aforementioned Hellsing, they've worked on number of roles together as well.

He's quite well-known to fans of the Franchise/SuperSentai series, having voiced many major villains going from 1986's ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman'' to the present day.

Here's his [[https://twitter.com/joujinakata123 Twitter account]]. Interestingly enough, he may reply some of the tweets in English as well.

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!!Roles by Joji Nakata:
* Abyss Lectors in ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact''
* Ahlforz Rohm Halharris in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsV'' (Villain)
* Albert Wesker in the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' remasters and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. (Villain.)
* Albert von Stargazer in ''Literature/LostUniverse'' (Villain, [[spoiler:ends up a BigBadWannabe]])
* Algol in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur IV]]'' (Antagonistic. More BloodKnight than villain, and funny enough, Creator/NorioWakamoto is instead a heroic samurai in the form of Yoshimitsu. Also a role shared with Creator/JamiesonPrice.)
* [[Characters/HellsingAlucard Alucard]] in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' (NominalHero[=/=]outright VillainProtagonist[=/=]ByronicHero/[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation whatever you want to view in him]]. Also has the very Creator/NorioWakamoto as Father Anderson for good measure, which arguably kick-started a few of their roles shared together.)
* Ashen Eye in ''Manga/TheAncientMagusBride''
* Baki in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''. (Antagonistic. [[spoiler:He gets better, as a TeamDad to the former resident WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.]])
* Bandou in ''Manga/ElfenLied''. (Villain[=/=]NominalHero.)
* Baofu in ''VideoGame/Persona2'' (AntiHero)
* Baul in ''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries'' (Antagonistic)
* Benkei in ''Literature/{{Kurozuka}}''. (Villain.)
* Black Dragon in ''Anime/ChaosDragon''. (Villain.)
* Brave Seijin in ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon''.
* Boris The Animal (Jemaine Clement) in the Japanese dub of ''Film/MenInBlack 3'' (Villain)
* Chaser John Doe in ''Manga/DreamEaterMerry'' (Mysterious, but definitely antagonistic.)
* Chaugnar in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/ArenaOfValor'' (Chaotic EldritchAbomination attuned with madness. Villain, of course)
* Professor Claude Majima in ''VideoGame/ChousokuHenkeiGyrozetter'' (Mentor to the heroes.)
* Clyde Harlown in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' ([[PosthumousCharacter dead]] [[HeroicSacrifice hero]])
* Crushfang in ''VideoGame/{{Sdorica}}''. (Hero)
** [[ActingForTwo ...except he's also]] [[EvilOverlord Theodore Carlos]] who's very much a (Villain).
* Cusack in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins''
* Date Shigezane in ''VideoGame/{{Nioh}}'' (Villain)
* Doomfist in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' (Villain)
* Diethard Reid in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' (Villain''ous''.)
* [[Characters/CastlevaniaDracula Dracula]] in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaJudgment'' (One of the only cases where Creator/NorioWakamoto did not voice Dracula. Also, Villain.)
* Dufarge in ''Anime/StrainStrategicArmoredInfantry'' (ReasonableAuthorityFigure. Not a villain.)
* Dux Aldric in ''VideoGame/EiyudenChronicleHundredHeroes'' (Villain)
* Edmond "The Count of Monte Cristo" Dantes in ''Anime/{{Gankutsuou}}'' (ByronicHero par excellence.)
* Edmond Du Clos in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDCE73Stargazer''. (Neutral.)
* [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEnricoPucci Enrico Pucci]] in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven'', replacing Creator/ShowHayami (Villain.), succeeded by Creator/TomokazuSeki in the anime
* Federico Czariano in ''Anime/{{Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO}}''. ([[BlackAndGrayMorality Depends on whose side you're on.]])
* Fiore de Rosa in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' (Villain.)
* Folken Fanel in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne''. (Villain, or better said, borderline ByronicHero. [[spoiler:He gets better... [[RedemptionEqualsDeath and then he dies]].]])
** And in TheMovie, where he's just a villain period.
* Gallon in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. (Villain, albeit unwillingly.)
* Gamettsu in ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'' (Villain)
* [[Music/{{Kiss}} Gene Simmons]] in the Japanese dub of ''Gene Simmons' Rock School''.
* General in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''
* Genji Kimata in ''Anime/{{Texhnolyze}}''
* Corporal Giroro in ''Manga/SgtFrog'' (OnlySaneMan.)
** Notably [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed a ''300'' reference into one episode]], regarding which see below.
* Gideon Starling in ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' (Hero)
* Giliath Osborne in ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' (Implied villain in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky the Liberl]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure Crossbell]] arcs, WellIntentionedExtremist in [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel the Erebonia arc.]])
* Goha 66 in ''Anime/YuGiOhSEVENS''
* Goodman in ''VideoGame/NeoGeoBattleColiseum'' (Villain)
* Thanatos in ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' (Villain)
* Gouto-Douji in the ''[[VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou Kuzunoha]]'' Drama CD (Non-villain mentor.)
** Gouto-Douji and Goto-Doji in the 3DS remake of ''VideoGame/SoulHackers'' (Goto is also a non-villain mentor)
** Gouto-Douji in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne HD Remaster''
* Grande in ''Anime/TweenyWitches'' (Villain)
* Great King Boccowaus in ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' (Villain.)
* Gustav in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
* Hemo Levin in ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker''
* Hody Jones in ''Manga/OnePiece'' (Villain.)
* Hyougo Otoo in ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' (A really nice restaurant manager, gets threatened a lot by a girl...)
* Jack Cayman in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns''
* Jazz (Jiruba in Japan) in ''VideoGame/EternalSonata''
* James "Jack" Bukhar in ''Literature/SentouYouseiYukikaze'' (A complete anomaly in Nakata's resumé, as he's not only a thoroughly positive character, but at 34-36 he's quite young as well.)
* Jin the Taxi driver in ''Anime/{{Canaan}}''. (HeroicBystander.)
** That was a {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} work where he ''wasn't'' a villain! [[note]]Well, that's debatable, check the Nasuverse page.[[/note]]
* Jinkuro in ''VIdeoGame/MuramasaTheDemonBlade'' (VillainProtagonist.)
* The AcePilot Joshua O'Brien in ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore 4''. (Heroic example [[spoiler: except in the end, when he becomes a TragicVillain]].)
** [[spoiler:Reprises this role for ArmoredCore: Verdict Day as [[TheDragon 'J']], leader of [[TheDreaded Reaper Squad]] and Joshua O'Brien's clone.]]
* Kageyama in ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' (Villain.)
* Kanda in the ''Manga/AManAndHisCat'' commercials (very, very nice old man)
* Kazuya Tagane in ''VisualNovel/JackJeanne''
* King Kashew in the ''Roleplay/RecordOfLodossWar'' TV series, replacing Creator/ShuichiIkeda. (Not only he's a good guy, but a SupportingLeader and [[RankScalesWithAsskicking The King]]!)
* [[Characters/TekkenKazuyaMishima Kazuya Mishima]] in ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 1'', ''2'' and ''Tag Tournament''. (VillainProtagonist.), suceedeed by Masanori Shinohara since ''4''
* Keithgriff Hazeldine in ''VideoGame/{{Atelier Ayesha|The Alchemist of Dusk}}''
* Keyes in ''Manga/FairyTail'' (Villain.)
* Kongo-sensei in ''Manga/LandOfTheLustrous'' (Ambiguous at best. His real motives are unclear, but generally benevolent.)
* Kouzou Minashiro in ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'' (Father of the {{Deuteragonist}}. Commander of the protagonist's organization. [[spoiler:Killed in Episode 2.]])
* Kron in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaur}}''
* Kuma in ''Manga/{{Sketchbook}} ~full color'S~'' (A cat. A [[LargeHam very hammy]] cat.)
* Kunugi in ''Anime/RahXephon''. (Antagonistic. [[spoiler:He gets better. Not a villain.]] In-universe MemeticBadass [see: cherry trees].)
* Leonidas (Creator/GerardButler) in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPjffXLJ2sM Japanese dub]] of ''[[Film/ThreeHundred 300]]'' ('''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS IS! SPARTA'S STYLE!!]]''', he then corrected it later in ''Manga/SgtFrog'')
** He also voiced the same historical character in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey''
* Liver in ''Manga/AkameGaKill!'' (Anti-Villain)
* [[ActorAllusion Reverend Lovejoy]] in the Japanese-dubbed version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' ([[TheOtherDarrin Only in the theatrical release of this movie.]])[[invoked]]
* Luxord in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (Villain, alongside Creator/NorioWakamoto as the BigBad.)
* Margulis in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' (TheHeavy)
* [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Maxie]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonMasters'' (Villain)
* Gaav in ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Next'' (Villain.)
* Masakado in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''. (Unambiguously heroic. The reason mankind stands a fighting chance against the angels and the demons poised to overwhelm them.)
* Master Megatron/Master Galvatron in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' (Villain)
* Momoko in ''Literature/ShangriLa'' ([[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} Trans Woman]] Protagonist, turned WellIntentionedExtremist, turned protagonist again.)
* MPU in ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. ([[AIIsACrapshoot Renegade AI]]. Episode antagonist. [[spoiler:Completely non-malicious, and surprisingly chipper on top of it.]])
* Mr. Kakuta in ''Manga/HaventYouHeardImSakamoto''
* "Mr. Smith" in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'''s second season (Villain.)
* Mukade in ''Anime/WonderEggPriority'' (Villain)
* Naobito Zen'in in ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''
* TheNarrator in ''VideoGame/{{Amagami}} SS'''s [[StealthPun Nakata arc]] (Narrating a love story. [[LemonyNarrator Very smarmy]] towards [[ThisLoserIsYou the protagonist]]. The other arcs don't even have a narrator.)
* TheNarrator in ''[[Literature/MyMentalChoicesAre My Mental Choices Are Completely Interfering with My School Romantic Comedy]]'' (Well he's the narrator and he also reads out whatever [[SadisticChoice Sadistic]] [[HilarityEnsues Choices]] [[ThisLoserIsYou the protagonist]] has to do.)
* The narrator/voice of the Birth Driver of ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' (Disembodied voice with no affiliation beyond episode recaps.)
* TheNarrator of the ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' anime, and Shozo Chihaya in the second movie.
* Nasus in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' (Actually a good guy! [[DarkIsNotEvil Even if he]] [[GentleGiant looks menacing]]. But there's always [[EvilCounterpart Infernal Nasus.]])
* Has voiced a prominent villain in all adaptations of {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} works, including:
** Kirei Kotomine in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''Literature/FateZero'' (Villain in the former, had his StartOfDarkness in the latter. The former version also is another role dubbed by Price.), as well as the Alter Ego servant Grigori Rasputin in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' which uses Kirei as the base.
** Nrvnsqr "Nero" Chaos in ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' (Villain. Only Price voiced him in the anime where Creator/KentaMiyake voiced Chaos.)
** Souren Araya in ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' (Villain.)
** Neko-Arc Chaos in ''VideoGame/MeltyBlood'' (Parody of Nrvnsqr Chaos, LethalJokeCharacter)
*** The crossover manga ''Manga/AllAroundTypeMoon'' makes Nakata the manager of the cafe the crossover is set in. "George" is apparently able to channel the spirits of all three villains, and everybody is terrified of him.
** The original Hassan i-Sabbah ("King Hassan") in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' (Not a villain for once, and very much a case of DarkIsNotEvil and ReasonableAuthorityFigure.)
* Nyanta in ''Literature/LogHorizon''. ([[CatFolk Purrfectly]] good guy, [[VerbalTic meow]].)
* Ophion in ''VideoGame/TokyoAfterschoolSummoners'' (Villain who pulls a HeelFaceTurn)
* Duke Oslo El Gustave in ''Literature/HighSchoolProdigiesHaveItEasyEvenInAnotherWorld''
* Osvald V. Varnstein in ''VideoGame/OctopathTravelerII''
* Ouma Yamisaka in ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' (AntiHero)
* Pantalone in ''Manga/KarakuriCircus'' (Villain)
* Paya-tan in ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'' (The villainous side at least.)
** Specifically, he plays the deep-voiced Paya-tan.
* Peterhausen in ''Literature/DemonKingDaimao'' (Draconic Mentor and servant of the demon king. Villain by the standards of the world, if not the protagonist).
* The Prime Minister of Japan in ''Manga/CodeBreaker'' (Villain)
* Professor Bamba in ''Anime/VladLove''
* Pubic Hair in ''Manga/UchuuSenkanTiramisu''
* Roshuo in ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' (Neutral)
* Roy Revant in ''Anime/SoltyRei'' (Protagonist... WHA? Still an AntiHero, though.)
* Ruby Dragon in ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark'' (IneffectualSympatheticVillain)
* Rudolf and the Narrator in ''Manga/{{Senyuu}}''
* Serizawa Kamo in ''[[VideoGame/{{Hakuouki}} Hakuouki Reimeiroku]]''.
* Shamon in ''Manga/{{Amatsuki}}'' (All-around pleasant fellow. Crazy, innit?)
* Shawn Conecone in ''Manga/DFrag'' (All-around CoolOldGuy and mentor figure to Kenji, the main character.)
* Shigaraki in ''Manga/GugureKokkurisan''
* Shiyu Kusanagi in ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'' (Played him in TheMovie and in the CD Dramas. Derailed into a CardCarryingVillain in the first one, retained his MinionWithAnFInEvil original nature in the second)
* Shouzou Chihaya in ''[[Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova Cadenza]]''
* Sig in the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' ([[TokenMinority Token Black Guy]] and one of the hero's allies.)
* Sigmund in ''Literature/UnbreakableMachineDoll'' (A Mechanical Puppet in the form of a Dragon)
* Soichiro Takagi in ''Manga/HighschoolOfTheDead'' (Extremely scary Japanese [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyoku_dantai right-winger]], though this is mostly glossed over in the anime. Non-villain.)
* Sojiro Sakura in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' (Caretaker and ally of the protagonist.)
* Sol Badguy in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' since ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear2Overture'' replacing Creator/DaisukeIshiwatari (including Holy Order-Sol. AntiHero. Also has Wakamoto as Johnny.)
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
** E-102 Gamma from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' (Sympathetic villain [[HeelFaceTurn who becomes a good guy]])
** Dark Oak from ''Anime/SonicX'' (Villain)
** Zavok in ''VideoGame/SonicLostWorld''. (Another Sonic The Hedgehog franchise role that's also a role dubbed by Creator/TravisWillingham along with Kenshin, and of course, Villain.)
* Sorean in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' (a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, with Wakamoto as one of the main villains.)
* Several villain roles in ''Franchise/SuperSentai''. To wit:
** Sir Cowler in ''Series/ChoushinseiFlashman''
** Guron Doggler in ''Series/HikariSentaiMaskman''
** Great Professor Bias in ''Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman''
** Zaien in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
** Azald in ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger''
** Tankjoh in ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger''
** Great King Boccowaus in ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger''
* Terminal α and Terminal β in ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''
* Tokino's singing voice in ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' ([[DreadfulMusician Shattered windows, killed birds, downed a plane]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Scored 120 percent.]])
* [[UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi Toshizo Hijikata]] in ''Manga/GoldenKamuy''
* UsefulNotes/UesugiKenshin (kinda of an AntiHero) & UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu (actually good but conflicted, but used to be a SmugSnake) in ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors''. The former is on the opposing side of the force that has the poster boy (Yukimura), while the latter is the poster boy's final archenemy and many others want a piece of him (especially in the second installment).
* Ushio Todo in ''[[VideoGame/{{Macross 30}} Macross 30: The Voice that Connects the Galaxy]]'' (quickly shown to be a villain)
* Valgeass in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsBX'' (Leader of the villainous faction; [[spoiler:doesn't stop being a villain even if he tries and fails to kill an even bigger one]])
* Van Grants in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' (Mentor. [[spoiler:Also, villain.]] Also has Wakamoto voicing Barbatos Goetia in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'')
** Ganabelt Valkyris in ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise''
* Varis zos Galvus in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. (Villain.)
* Relic Eater Vlad in ''Literature/AntiMagicAcademyThe35thTestPlatoon''
* Vladimir Putin in ''Manga/TheLegendOfKoizumi'' (Villain turned TheLancer.)
* Weiss in ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'': [=Episode INTERmission=]. (Villain.)
* William "B.J." Blazkowicz in the Japanese dub of ''VideoGame/WolfensteinTheNewOrder'' (Hero, [[GoodIsNotNice though one that]] [[TheDreaded scares the shit out of]] ThoseWackyNazis.)
* William Shakespeare and Justin Gunimar in ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes''
* Wolfgang Regendorf in ''Manga/DanceInTheVampireBund''
* Xibalba in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'' (Anti-villain)
* Zalieri in ''Anime/TheEpicOfZektbach: Blind Justice (Drama CD)''
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!!Tropes Associate with Him
* ActorAllusion: At one time, [[Manga/SgtFrog Giroro]] shouts [[Film/ThreeHundred THIS! IS! SPARTA!]]. Considering Giroro's Japanese VA dubbed Creator/GerardButler's Leonidas in Japanese Dub.
* EvilIsCool: Before fans recognized him as the voice of [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Kirei Kotomine]], he did portrayed [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Great Professor Bias]] & [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman Sir Cowler]], both are the {{Sentai}} villains of the Showa era.
* EvilSoundsDeep: His ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' resume says it all.
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->''This is a blasphemous description! This is madness!''
-->''[[Film/ThreeHundred Madness?]] '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis THIS! IS!]] [[TitleDrop JOJI NAKATA!]]''' -Kick-''
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