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Yutaka Nakano

Yutaka Nakano

Actor · Born January 10, 1951 (75) · Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Nakano (仲野 裕, Nakano Yutaka, born January 10, 1951) is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 10, 1951 (75)
From
Tokyo, Japan
Works as
Actor
Titles
35 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 26% in 30 days

What are Yutaka Nakano's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
29%
Ideas
25%
Bonds
14%
Power
13%
Society
12%
Survival
5%
Morality
2%
Identity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeTechnology4 titles, browse their movies with this themeTruth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 6

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 4

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 5

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Contemplative
7
Melancholic
3
Thrilling
3
Romantic
1
Other
5

How their films linger

Thought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 6 with a twist

  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Yutaka Nakano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 28 of their 35 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Crunchyroll (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Yutaka Nakano's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

43 credits, 35 with a MovieCove page.

  • Dusk Beyond the End of the World(2025)

    Show 12 episodes · as Urus (voice)

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback(2025)

    as Eizo Funakubo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Lazarus(2025)

    Show 1 episode · as Claude (voice)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Kowloon Generic Romance(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as Wong (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Ninja Kamui(2024)

    Show 3 episodes · as Secretary of Energy (voice)

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom(2023)

    as Aziz (voice)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 - Sustainable War(2021)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045(2020)

    Show 24 episodes · as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows

  • The Demon Girl Next Door(2019)

    Show 3 episodes · as Messenger of Metatron (voice) · as Metako (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Quintessential Quintuplets(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Grandfather (voice)

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • The Rising of the Shield Hero(2019)

    Show 25 episodes · as Aultcray Melromarc XXXII (voice)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows

  • Hero Mask(2018)

    Show 24 episodes · as Richard Burner (voice)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows

  • Tsukumogami Kashimasu(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · as Tsukuyomi (voice)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Joker Game(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Major General Gunter Kites (voice)

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Dimension W(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Maura Aura Tibesti (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • The Laws of the Universe Part 0(2015)

    as Tokuo Yanase (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo Ghoul(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Yukinori Shinohara (voice)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Kingdom(2012)

    Show 142 episodes · as Chang Wen Jun (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Hunter X Hunter(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Zebro (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The Princess and the Pilot(2011)

    as Domingo Garcia (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Junod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Junod's Father (voice)

  • A Certain Scientific Railgun(2009)

    Show 5 episodes · as Frog-Faced Doctor (voice)

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all shows

  • Pattenrai!! - Minami no Shima no Mizu Monogatari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • A Certain Magical Index(2008)

    Show 13 episodes · as Frog-Faced Doctor (voice)

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows

  • Black Butler(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Heinrich

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society(2006)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven(2006)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man(2005)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Genesis of Aquarion(2005)

    Show 26 episodes · as Itou (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Emma: A Victorian Romance(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Watchmaker (voice)

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow(2004)

    as Kin / Buriken (voice)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Tweeny Witches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 5 episodes · as Tiana (voice)

  • Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence(2004)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Coffe Shop owner (voice)

  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex(2002)

    Show 52 episodes · as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Saikano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Staff (voice)

  • Please Teacher! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 12 episodes · as Principal Tendo

  • Zone of the Enders: Idolo(2001)

    as Lloyd (voice)

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Cowboy Bebop(1998)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bob (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Bakumatsu no Spasibo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Tarozaemon Egawa (voice)

  • Ghost in the Shell(1995)

    as Ishikawa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Devil's Island(1977)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mount Hakkoda (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Apprentice officer Inoue

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles from 1977 to 2025; peak year 2005.

Biggest box office

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

$10M worldwide

Highest rated

Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven (2006)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Film career

19772025

Peak 2005 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting43 of 43: 43 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1970s2 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s13 · acting2020s8 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 8 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Yutaka Nakano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 92nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

80thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 35 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th11
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 35 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved9
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

The Laws of the Universe Part 0 (2015)

97th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Hunter X Hunter (2011)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Yutaka Nakano's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 75 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 52 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Yutaka Nakano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Yutaka Nakano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Akio Ôtsuka shares the most, 8.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Akio Ôtsuka8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Akio Ôtsuka
  • Atsuko Tanaka8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Atsuko Tanaka
  • Kôichi Yamadera8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Kôichi Yamadera
  • Takashi Onozuka6 titles    See all 6 shared titles with Takashi Onozuka

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles