Arata Nagai
Description
Arata Nagai is a Japanese voice actor born on October 3, 1997, in Hyogo Prefecture. He is a graduate of the Mausu Promotion Actor Training Center. At the start of his career, he used the reading Shin Nagai for his name, but officially changed the reading to Arata Nagai upon joining the talent agency M&I on January 1, 2021.
Nagai's early career consisted of minor and background roles in various anime series. His first credited roles include appearances in 2016 in the television anime Game King Arc-V, where he voiced multiple minor characters such as Academy Soldiers, and in Active Raid -机动强袭室第八系-. In 2018, he provided the voice for a goblin in the series Goblin Slayer. He also had an uncredited role in the 2020 series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!.
His career advanced significantly in 2021 when he landed his first main role as Kimihiko Kimizuka in the anime adaptation of The Detective Is Already Dead. This role marked his debut as a lead character. His performance as the protagonist and assistant to the detective Siesta brought him wider recognition. He is confirmed to reprise this role for the anime's second season, scheduled to premiere in July 2026.
In the same year, Nagai continued to take on more prominent supporting roles, including voicing the character Child in the series Shadows House and荒木贤治 in The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made. He later returned to the role of荒木贤治 in the 2023 sequel, The True Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made. Also in 2023, he voiced a goblin in Goblin Slayer II.
Beyond anime, Nagai has contributed his voice to video games and other media. His game credits include the角色文屋康秀 in the 2019 game In the World of Sunset Colors, You Sing and the角色アガメムノン in Destiny Child. He was also part of the mixed media project神酒ノ尊-ミキノミコト- in 2020, voicing the character松八宵-緑.
Information about recurring collaborations with specific directors or fellow voice actors is not readily available, and his career to date has not been documented as having received major individual awards.
Nagai's early career consisted of minor and background roles in various anime series. His first credited roles include appearances in 2016 in the television anime Game King Arc-V, where he voiced multiple minor characters such as Academy Soldiers, and in Active Raid -机动强袭室第八系-. In 2018, he provided the voice for a goblin in the series Goblin Slayer. He also had an uncredited role in the 2020 series Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!.
His career advanced significantly in 2021 when he landed his first main role as Kimihiko Kimizuka in the anime adaptation of The Detective Is Already Dead. This role marked his debut as a lead character. His performance as the protagonist and assistant to the detective Siesta brought him wider recognition. He is confirmed to reprise this role for the anime's second season, scheduled to premiere in July 2026.
In the same year, Nagai continued to take on more prominent supporting roles, including voicing the character Child in the series Shadows House and荒木贤治 in The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made. He later returned to the role of荒木贤治 in the 2023 sequel, The True Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made. Also in 2023, he voiced a goblin in Goblin Slayer II.
Beyond anime, Nagai has contributed his voice to video games and other media. His game credits include the角色文屋康秀 in the 2019 game In the World of Sunset Colors, You Sing and the角色アガメムノン in Destiny Child. He was also part of the mixed media project神酒ノ尊-ミキノミコト- in 2020, voicing the character松八宵-緑.
Information about recurring collaborations with specific directors or fellow voice actors is not readily available, and his career to date has not been documented as having received major individual awards.
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- JapaneseAnime overview: The Detective Is Already Dead