Kankurō Nakamura

Description
Kankurō Nakamura is a Japanese actor and voice actor, born on October 31, 1981, in Tokyo. He is a sixth-generation Kabuki actor in the Nakamura family, a renowned name in the traditional Japanese performing art, and his given name is Masayuki Namino. While his primary career is in Kabuki and stage performance, he has also appeared in film and television.

His acting work includes a role in the 2009 film Zen. He gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Kondo Isao in the live-action film adaptations of the popular manga and anime series Gintama, starting in 2017. His television credits include the 2019 Taiga drama Idaten: Tokyo Olympic Story and the 2023 Taiga drama What Will You Do, Ieyasu?.

Nakamura's career in voice acting is notable for a single, prominent role. He provided the Japanese voice for the character Dada, a Mythical Pokémon named Zarude, in the 2020 animated film Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle. In the film, this character is the adoptive father of the human boy Koko. The film was initially scheduled for a July 2020 release but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and ultimately premiered in Japanese theaters on December 25, 2020. This performance marks his sole credited voice acting role to date in animation.
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