Koji Nakamura

Koji Nakamura
Born	September 22, 1967 (age 57) Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Occupation	Actor, suit actor
Years Active	1990 - present
Profile	Kurata Promotion
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Koji Nakamura is a Japanese actor and suit actor, known for being one of the suit actors to portray the titular Ultras of Ultraman Tiga, Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Gaia.

Roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Ultraman Tiga	Ultraman Tiga	Suit Multi Type, Power Type, Glitter Tiga
1997		Evil Tiga	Suit Episode 44 "Inheritance of Shadows"
		TPC Member	Episode 52 "To the Shining Ones" Uncredited
	Ultraman Dyna	Ultraman Dyna	Suit Flash Type and Strong Type
		Clarkov NF-3000 Member	Episode 6 "The Land's Ultimate Monster"
1998		Space Pirate	Episode 42 "Ephemeral Dream" Uncredited
		Terranoid	Suit
	Ultraman Gaia	Takanobu Kuwabara
		Ultraman Gaia	Suit Supreme Version
1999		Mammoth Taigo	Episode 34 "Crash of Souls!"
	Booska! Booska!!	Detective Chirio Hayato
2000	Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey	Ultraman Tiga	Suit Tiga Tornado
		Darramb	Suit
2001	Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant	Ultraman Tiga	Suit Multi Type, Power Type, Sky Type
		Oro-chi
	Ultraman Dyna: The Return of Hanejiro	Ultraman Dyna	Suit
	Ultraman Gaia: Gaia Again	Ultraman Gaia
2002	Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet	Makabe
2003	Ultraman Cosmos vs. Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle
2022	Ultraman Decker	Gregore Grace	Human form and voice Episode 9 "Standing Tall for Someone Special"
2023	Ultraman Decker Finale: Journey to Beyond		Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Super Hero Generation	Metal Dopant	Voice

Other Roles

• Kamen Rider W - Gozo Domoto/Metal Dopant
• Kamen Rider Fourze - Man at Kickboxing Gym
• Kamen Rider Revice: Battle Familia - Hakim

Gallery

Nakamura as a TPC Member in Ultraman Tiga

Nakamura as a Clarkov NF-3000 Member in Ultraman Dyna

Nakamura as a Space Pirate in Ultraman Dyna

Nakamura as Takanobu Kuwabara in Ultraman Gaia

Nakamura as Mammoth Taigo in Ultraman Gaia

Nakamura as Oro-chi in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden: Revival of the Ancient Giant

Nakamura as Makabe in Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet

Nakamura as Gregore Grace in Ultraman Decker

Miscellaneous

Nakamura and other Ultraman Gaia actors participate in Ultraman Gaia 25th: Mission Name: Gaia XIG Fighters, Get glory! at TSUBURAYA CONVENTION 2023.

Trivia

• As part of his suit acting, Nakamura also received the suit for Tiga's Sky Type made to his body size. The suit never saw its use for the series' filming, save for the initial opening scene.
• As part of Shinya Hashimoto's guest role in Ultraman Gaia, it was the late Hirochika Muraishi who suggested Nakamura to held a sparring match with the real life wrestler himself prior to the recording of the actual filming.
• The final two episodes of Tiga were recorded at the same time when filming for the first episode of Ultraman Dyna took place. Because of this, Nakamura was the only suit actor to present in Tiga, as Shunsuke Gondo was busy filming for Dyna at that time.
• Koji Nakamura mentioned that his most favorite role in the suit acting was Evil Tiga. This was due to the fact that the evil Ultra was intended to be Tiga's opposite, hence he was given a lot of liberty in terms of body movements. Nakamura in particular chooses a certain Hong Kong film that was popular at that time as inspirations for the evil Ultra's fighting style.
• Nakamura was a posing supervisor for Ultraman Gaia Super Supreme Version's debut at Ultra Heroes EXPO 2023 Summer Festival.