Akira Nakao

Akira Nakao Born August 11, 1942 Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan Died May 16, 2024 (aged 81) Notable role(s) Koichiro Maeda, Takaaki Aso, Hayato Igarashi First work Yume ga Ippai Abarenbō (1962) Notable work Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993)

Akira Nakao (中尾 彬,   Nakao Akira) was a Japanese actor and television personality. Nakao appeared in six Godzilla films from the Heisei and Millennium series, playing a military or government official in each.

Selected filmography

• Forbidden Mariko (TV 1985-1986) as Koichiro Maeda
• Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) as Colonel Takaaki Aso
• Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) as Colonel Takaaki Aso
• "Easy Godzilla Chair Present" (1995) as Colonel Takaaki Aso
• Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995) as Colonel Takaaki Aso
• Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) as Prime Minister Hayato Igarashi
• Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) as Prime Minister Hayato Igarashi
• Godzilla Final Wars (2004) as original Gotengo captain

Gallery

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  Akira Nakao as Hiroshi Takagi in The Vampire Doll

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  Nakao as Colonel Takaaki Aso in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

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  Nakao as Prime Minister Hayato Igarashi in Godzilla: Tokyo SOS

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  Nakao as the original Gotengo commander in Godzilla Final Wars

Video

Akira Nakao plays Colonel Takaaki Aso in a series of NEC commercials for a Godzilla chair

Trivia

• All of Akira Nakao's Godzilla characters were dubbed into English by Rik Thomas.

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