Gorō Naya

Gorō Naya (納谷悟朗 Naya Gorō, born November 17, 1929 – March 5, 2013) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Hakodate, Hokkaidō. He was connected to Theatre Echo at the time of his death. His younger brother Rokurō Naya was a fellow voice actor as well.

He is best known for providing the voice of Inspector Kōichi Zenigata in the Lupin III franchise and for dubbing over the voices of actors Clark Gable, Charlton Heston and John Wayne in the Japanese-language dubs of their films.

A lifelong smoker, Naya sadly passed away on March 5, 2013, due to chronic respiratory failure. He was 83 at the time of his death.