Ichirō Nagai

Ichirō Nagai (永井 一郎 Nagai Ichirō, May 10, 1931 – January 27, 2014) was a Japanese voice actor from Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture. With over 40 years of voice work under his belt, Nagai was a veteran seiyuu along the likes of Chikao Ōtsuka, Takeshi Aono and Kenji Utsumi.

Some of his most notable works include the Narrator in Mobile Suit Gundam, Dyce in Future Boy Conan, Mito in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, General Muoro in Laputa: The Castle in the Sky, Cherry in Urusei Yatsura, Korin in the Dragon Ball franchise, Happosai in Ranma ½ and Dr. Nanba in Pokémon.

He was previously affiliated by Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, and was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death.

On January 27, 2014, while recording narration for a program in Hiroshima, Nagai suffered a heart attack and was later found by a hotel employee. He was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead; Nagai was 82 years old at the time of his death. His ongoing role as Isaac Netero in Hunter x Hunter was passed on to Banjō Ginga.