Toru Nara (奈良 徹, Nara Tōru) is a Japanese actor and voice actor who voices Nukesaku in the second season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation, Stardust Crusaders, and Thunder McQueen in the fifth season, Stone Ocean. He also voiced Bruford in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood film.
Toru Nara is also known for voicing both Rikido Sato and Snipe in My Hero Academia, Masashi Yahari in Ace Attorney, and Naoki Ishida in Cardfight!! Vanguard: Link Joker.
Biography
Toru Nara was born on May 7,[1] in Shiraoka, Saitama, Japan. As a child, Nara was influenced by Mobile Suit Gundam and Star Trek, and was into space, sci-fi and dinosaurs. He trained and achieved third dan in kendo and sixth dan in calligraphy, and also achieved level 2 in the Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination. He originally wanted to teach earth science and kendo, but eventually decided on becoming a voice actor when he entered university.[4]
After finishing his studies at the Japan Narration Actor Institute in 2002, Naru joined the Kenyu Office. His first roles were in Saiyuki, where he voiced multiple minor characters. The first main character he voiced was Yuji Sakurai in Beck.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Phantom Blood | Movie | 2007 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stardust Crusaders | Anime | 2015 |
| Stardust Shooters | Video Game | 2019 |
| JoJo's Pitter-Patter Pop! | Video Game | 2019 |
| All-Star Battle R | Video Game | 2022 |
| Title | Media | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Stone Ocean | Anime | 2021 |
| ORAORAdio S | Radio | 2022 |
| Monster Strike | Video Game | 2022 |
Gallery
For Ultra Jump #1 2007, PB Movie Promo (Upper Left, third person)
PB Movie Guide, Cast Comment (Bottom Right)
ORAORAdio S #7 with Fairouz Ai
