ARE YOU READY, TROPERS?! Kazuya Nakai is about to be des-grr-ibed here. PUT YA GUNS ON!
Calm down...shouting like that is against the Zero Theory garu...
Kazuya Nakai (born November 25, 1967, fondly called Nakapon by his fans) is a seiyuu best known as Roronoa Zoro from One Piece and Mugen from Samurai Champloo, but his role as Date Masamune in the Sengoku Basara series has given him memetic status. He entered the world of voice acting at the same time as Yumi Kakazu, in the same show.
His trademark role is usually one with a very rowdy personality, candidates for badass Jerk with a Heart of Gold, and more likely than not a samurai/swordsman. A lot of them are also The Rival or The Lancer. In contrast he's played some quiet characters, plus one or two cold-blooded psychopaths.
As a native from Kobe, he sometimes uses the Kansai Regional Accent in his roles.
Has relations with both Masakazu Morita and Sayaka Ohara.
Notable roles by Kazuya Nakai:
- Alex Dudley in Zero no Kiseki
- Balaban in Shoukoku no Altair
- Beowulf and Proto Cu Chulainn in Fate/Grand Order
- Black Shigeki in Gamu Kare!
- Black Harada in Gamu Kare! Shinsengumi
- Bloodthirst Ryoma in Arena Of Valor
- Capricorn El Cid in Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas
- Date Masamune in the Sengoku Basara series
- Emperor Oblivion in Bravely Second
- Eustace in Granblue Fantasy
- Fighting Fafnir (Fefnir) in Mega Man Zero
- Fukumoto in Joker Game
- Gangstalicious in the Japanese dub of The Boondocks.
- Gaomon in Digimon Savers
- Beast Star Garu/Okami Blue in Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
- Gray Ringmarc in Heart no Kuni no Alice
- Land Pollution Vice-Minister Hiramechimedes in Engine Sentai Go-onger
- Helbindi in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Hoshiyomi in InuYasha
- Iruga in Ragnarok the Animation
- Jan Valentine in Hellsing
- Jet in 100 Sleeping Princes and the Kingdom of Dreams
- Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima
- Kamen Rider Eiki in Kamen Rider Hibiki
- Kanzo Mogi in Death Note
- Karasu and Noein in Noein
- Kokuto in Bleach Hell Verse
- Kuromujō in Onmyōjinote
- Lancer in Fate/Prototype
- Lt. Kouichirou Marito in Aldnoah.Zero
- Manabu Saisho in Wandering Son
- Miles in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
- Mondo Oowada in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
- Moses Sandor in Tales of Legendia
- Mugen in Samurai Champloo
- Naoshi (Nando) in Pokémon
- Oda Nobunaga in Akanesasu Sekai de Kimi to Utau
- Omnitraxus Prime in the Japanese dub of Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Pierrot aka Carneau Pixis and Sparkster in Mitsumete Knight
- The Piggies Imagin (main body) in Kamen Rider Den-O film Episode Red: Zero's Star Twinkle
- Roronoa Zoro in One Piece (arguably his most notable work, due to it being, well, One Piece)
- Ryu "Wa-san" Washizu in Samurai Harem: Asu no Yoichi
- Ryuuji Ikeda in Initial D
- Ryuuji Suguro in Blue Exorcist
- Sainglain in Ixion Saga DT
- Salamander in Yondemasu Yo Azazel San (so if you ever wanted to hear him moan in pleasure...)
- Shigure Rangetsu in Tales of Berseria
- Shinjiro Aragaki in Persona 3
- Shizuka Doumeki and his grandfather in xxxHOLIC
- Shouichi Imayoshi in Kuroko no Basuke
- Sieg Altreet in Super Robot Wars XO and Super Robot Wars GC
- Soma Shicksal in God Eater Burst (reprises it in Project X Zone)
- Taito Magatsu in Blade of the Immortal
- Takashi in Death Parade
- Toshiro Hijikata in Gintama
- Travis Touchdown in No More Heroes: Hero's Paradise
- Tres Iqus in Trinity Blood
- Tude Mcleod in the Japanese version of Rusty Hearts
- Ultraman Max in, well, Ultraman Max
- Gedonian Uniga, as well as the Igaroids modeled after him, in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
- Wakka in Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts
- Gilgamesh in Dissidia [duodecim] 012 Final Fantasy (replacing the late Daisuke Gori) and Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy XIII-2
- Witz Suu in Gundam X (debut role)
- Also voices him in Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden and Super Robot Wars Z
- W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya) in the Japanese dub of Black Panther (2018)
- Xiahou Dun and Dian Wei in Dynasty Warriors
- Yajiro Kojima in Grenadier
- Zagi in Jyu-Oh-Sei
- Zaka in Valkyria Chronicles
- Zapp Renfro in Blood Blockade Battlefront
