Shūsei Nakamura | |
Native Name: | 仲村 秀生 |
Native Name Lang: | ja |
Birth Name: | Hideo Nakamura |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1935 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Years Active: | 1956–2012 |
Height: | 165 cm |
was a Japanese actor and voice actor. Throughout his career he was represented by 81 Produce and later Production Baobab. He has referred to both Tokyo and Nagano Prefecture as his hometown.
He was most known for the roles of Tōru Rikiishi (Ashita no Joe) and Daisuke Shima (Space Battleship Yamato). After his retirement, Hideyuki Tanaka took up the role of Daisuke Shima for the PS2 Yamato game series. The role had previously been taken over for the film Final Yamato by Isao Sasaki, but this was before Nakamura's retirement.
Nakamura died on July 30, 2014, at a Tokyo hospital.[1]