Shinji Nakae

Shinji Nakae
Shinji Nakae
中江なかえ真司しんじ
Born	Yoshitaka Satō; April 20, 1935; Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Died	June 28, 2007 (aged 72); Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Actor; voice actor; narrator;
Years active	1958–2007
Agent	Aoni Production
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Spouse	Michiko Hirai

Yoshitaka Satō (佐藤さとう良孝よしたか, Satō Yoshitaka, April 20, 1935 — June 28, 2007), known by the stage name Shinji Nakae (中江なかえ真司しんじ, Nakae Shinji), was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and narrator from Kōtō, Tokyo.^[2] He graduated from Kamakura Gakuen Senior High School, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death. He was married with fellow voice actress Michiko Hirai, until her death.

Nakae narrated numerous Nintendo commercials during 2006. He retired in 2007 due to his failing health; Hitoshi Kubota took over his role as the narrator of the Nintendo commercials, and Ryūzaburō Ōtomo took over his role as the narrator of the Hey! Spring of Trivia game show.

Shinji Nakae died of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Koganei hospital on June 28, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. He was 72 years old.

Filmography

Television animation

Cromartie High School (2003) (Narrator)
Fruits Basket (2001) (Narrator)
Kiniro no Corda ~primo passo~ (xxxx) (Nakata)
Kiteretsu Daihyakka ((xxxx) Yashiro, Honma)
Marmalade Boy (xxxx) (Principal)
One Piece (2003) (Shandia Chief)
Tetsujin 28-Go FX (xxxx) (Commander)
Oh My Goddess! (xxxx) (TV Narrator)
Tekkaman: The Space Knight (xxxx) (Narrator)
Tomorrow's Joe (xxxx) (Hurricane)
Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu (2005) (Doctor Wong)
Glass Mask (2005) (Narrator, Genzō)

OVA

Blazing Transfer Student (xxxx) (Narrator)
Doki Doki School Hours (xxxx) (Narrator)
Labyrinth of Flames (xxxx) (Narrator)

Film

Prophecies of Nostradamus (xxxx) (Narrator)
The War in Space (xxxx) (Narrator)

Video games

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (xxxx) (Lyndon B. Johnson)
Tales of Fandom Vol.2 (xxxx) (Count Steinmetz)
Super Tokusatsu Wars 2001 (2001) (Narrator)
Ace Combat 6 (xxxx) (Narrator, System Voice)

Tokusatsu

Kamen Rider Series (Narrator)
Dai Sentai Goggle V (Goggle Robo)
Ultraseven (Alien Metron and Alien Annon)

References

^ Mainichi Shinbun (in Japanese). Japan: Mainichi Shinbun. July 1984. p. 99.
^ 明治めいじ～平成へいせい, 新撰しんせん芸能人げいのうじん物ぶつ事典じてん. "中江なかえ真司しんじ(ナカエシンジ)とは？意味いみや使つかい方かた". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-26.

External links

Official agency profile (in Japanese)
Shinji Nakae at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[1] Mainichi Shinbun (in Japanese). Japan: Mainichi Shinbun. July 1984. p. 99.

[2] 明治めいじ～平成へいせい, 新撰しんせん芸能人げいのうじん物ぶつ事典じてん. "中江なかえ真司しんじ(ナカエシンジ)とは？意味いみや使つかい方かた". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-26.

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