, known by the stage name , was a Japanese actor,

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, and

narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...

from Kōtō, Tokyo. He graduated from Kamakura Gakuen Senior High School, and was affiliated with

Aoni Production is a Japanese talent agency representing a fair number of Voice acting in Japan, voice actors and other Japanese entertainers. It was founded in 1969 by Susumu Kubo. Voice actors currently affiliated with Aoni All names are in Western order (g ...

at the time of his death. He was married with fellow voice actress

Michiko Hirai Michiko Hirai (平井道子, ''Hirai Michiko'', September 9, 1935 – July 3, 1984) was a Japanese actress and voice actress from Tokyo. She worked for Theater Echo. She is most known for originating the roles of Sally in ''Sally the Witch'', Sta ...

, until her death. Nakae narrated numerous

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commercials during 2006. He retired in 2007 due to his failing health; Hitoshi Kubota took over his role as the narrator of the Nintendo commercials, and

Ryūzaburō Ōtomo is a freelance Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator who was formerly affiliated with Aoni Production, 81 Produce and the Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society. Due to his deep voice, he often plays villainous characters like fellow ...

took over his role as the narrator of the

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game show. Shinji Nakae died of

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in a Koganei hospital on June 28, 2007, at 12:30 p.m. He was 72 years old.

Filmography

Television animation

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Cromartie High School is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from August 2000 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 18 volumes. It follows the everyd ...

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Fruits Basket , sometimes abbreviated , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese manga magazine , published by Hakusensha, from 1998 to 2006. The series' title comes from ...

'' (2001) (Narrator) *'' Kiniro no Corda'' ~primo passo~ (xxxx) (Nakata) *''

Kiteretsu Daihyakka is a Japanese manga series by , which ran in the children's magazine ''Chagurin, Kodomo no Hikari'' from April 1974 to July 1977. The manga was later made into an animated anthology television special which aired in 1987 on Fuji Television ...

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Marmalade Boy is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Wataru Yoshizumi. It was published in Shueisha's ''shōjo'' manga magazine ''Ribon'' from May 1992 to October 1995 and collected in eight ''tankōbon'' volumes. The series was adapt ...

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One Piece ''One Piece'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as he explores the Grand Line in search of the myt ...

'' (2003) (Shandia Chief) *'' Tetsujin 28-Go FX'' (xxxx) (Commander) *''

Oh My Goddess! , or ''Ah! My Goddess!'' in some releases, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kōsuke Fujishima. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ''Monthly Afternoon'' from September 1988 to April 2014, with its ...

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Tomorrow's Joe , also known as ''Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow'', is a Japanese boxing manga series written by Asao Takamori and illustrated by Tetsuya Chiba. It follows drifter Joe Yabuki, who discovers a passion for boxing in a juvenile prison ...

'' (xxxx) (Hurricane) *'' Gaiking: Legend of Daiku-Maryu'' (2005) (Doctor Wong) *''

Glass Mask is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Suzue Miuchi, serialized in ''Hana to Yume'' from January 1976, and collected in 49 tankōbon volumes as of October 2012. The story has also been adapted into anime and a liv ...

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OVA

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Doki Doki School Hours is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Tamami Momose. The manga was serialized in ''Manga Life'' and published by Takeshobo from 1997 to 2013. An anime television series adaptation was animated by J.C.Staff and aired on TV Tokyo from Ap ...

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Film

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Video games

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) *'' Tales of Fandom Vol.2'' (xxxx) (Count Steinmetz) *'' Super Tokusatsu Wars 2001'' (2001) (Narrator) *'' Ace Combat 6'' (xxxx) (Narrator, System Voice)

Tokusatsu

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Dai Sentai Goggle V is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It was the sixth installment in Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries of tokusatsu television dramas. It aired on TV Asahi from February 6, 1982, to January 29, 1983, replacing ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulca ...

(Goggle Robo) *

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(Alien Metron and Alien Annon)

References

External links

Official agency profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nakae, Shinji 1935 births 2007 deaths Aoni Production voice actors Japanese male video game actors Male voice actors from Tokyo People from Kōtō 20th-century Japanese male actors 21st-century Japanese male actors