Tooru Nara is a Japanese voice actor born on May 7, 1980, in Shiraoka, Saitama Prefecture. He is affiliated with the talent management firm Kenyu Office and has been active in the industry since the early 2000s.

Nara's path to voice acting began after he encountered a magazine advertisement seeking aspiring voice actors. He subsequently trained at the Japan Narration Acting Institute and participated in workshops led by veteran voice actor Kenyu Horiuchi, making his debut in 2002.

He is known for his distinctive husky voice and has built a prolific career characterized by a wide range of roles in anime, video games, and foreign-language dubbing. In anime, he is frequently cast in supporting and character roles, often providing voices for reliable friends, quirky side characters, or antagonists. Some of his most notable and long-running anime roles include Rikido Sato in My Hero Academia, Gorota "Kuma" Kumashima and various other characters in the Yo-kai Watch franchise, Naoki Ishida in Cardfight!! Vanguard, Yuusei Nishida in Chihayafuru, and Masashi Yahari in Ace Attorney. His filmography also includes roles such as Gabriel in Insect Land, Kenji Amano in Salaryman's Club, Caviar in Zoids Wild, Notetsu in We Rent Tsukumogami, Ise in Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka, Shira in Blade of the Immortal, Strata in Bakugan: Geogan Rising, Shinta Ookoba in Zombie Land Saga Revenge, Seimei Usami in Cap Kakumei Bottleman DX, Louis Machungo in Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision, Takumi Nishimura in Mix: Meisei Story, Gai in BeyWarriors: Cyborg, Hiroshige Ushijima in Corpse Princess, and Falsetto in Suite Precure. Beyond these, he has also appeared in major productions such as Hunter x Hunter (2011), Attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Dorohedoro, and Delicious in Dungeon.

In addition to his anime work, Nara is very active in dubbing foreign films and television series into Japanese. He is particularly known as the regular voice actor for American actors Zach Galifianakis and Jonah Hill, having dubbed their performances in films such as The Hangover trilogy and.