Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai (中井 和哉) is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He is credited for his roles as young Jonathan Joestar in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood PS2 game and Illuso in.

Nakai is well known for a wide variety of roles in other works, including Roronoa Zoro in ', Toshiro Hijikata in ', Mugen in ', Masamune Date in ', Dian Wei in ', Zapp Renfro in ', Ryuji Suguro in ', Shinjiro Aragaki in ', Wakka in ', Gaomon in ', Angoramon in ', Shigure Rangetsu in ', and Jin Sakai in .

Biography
Kazuya Nakai was born on November 25, 1967. He always wanted to be a voice actor, but thought there was no way he could become one. After turning 25, he thought he shouldn't give up without trying anything, so he started working as a. On the weekends when he didn't have work, he went to Aoni Juku Osaka School, which is 's private voice acting school. He graduated from their 11th batch of students.

Nakai made his debut in 1995 playing a minor role as Sai in episode 33 of the  anime. After his debut, he voiced Witz Sou in  in 1996. When he read , Nakai really wanted to play Roronoa Zoro and passed his audition in 1999. Since then, Zoro remains as his biggest and longest-lasting role.

Nakai is now primarily known for voicing swordsmen and samurai characters in various different anime and video games, but wants to try voicing different kinds of characters that he has never done before.