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{{quote| ''[[Hellsing|Releasing control art restrictions level 3. Level 2. Level 1. The Cromwell approval is now in effect. Hold release until target is silenced. Now... I WILL SHOW YOU HOW THE ''REAL'' JOJI NAKATA DOES BATTLE!!!]]''}}
 
''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight|Rejoice, troper. Joji Nakata will be described here.]]''
 
The other (and newer) go-to guy for deep voiced villains. '''Joji Nakata''', often called ''[[Gratuitous English|George]]'' Nakata, is a man gifted with a [[Evil Sounds Deep|deep, astringent voice]], which lands him veteran roles. And, as we mentioned, villains. In fact, he has become so known for it that it is often easy to identify a person as evil just ''because'' [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|Joji Nakata is voicing him.]] If he is playing heroes, you can be sure that the hero is either old, or at least an [[Anti -Hero]]. Either way, they also tend to hold mentor roles for other characters because his voice also lends itself well to exposition, explanations and [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectures]]s.
 
He first made himself known in the English language fandom as [[Hellsing|Alucard]], but wasn't quite prominent as [[Superlative Dubbing|fans preferred Alucard's English version done by]] [[Crispin Freeman]], it wasn't until later when he became quite prominent on his own.
 
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=== Notable roles by Joji Nakata: ===
* Alucard in ''[[Hellsing]]'' (Type V [[Anti -Hero]]/outright [[Villain Protagonist]].)
* Corporal Giroro in ''[[Keroro Gunsou (Manga)|Keroro Gunsou]]'' ([[Only Sane Man]].)
** Notably [[Throw It In|ad-libbed a ''300'' reference into one episode]], regarding which see below.
* Sol Badguy in ''[[Guilty Gear (Video Game)|Guilty Gear]] 2 Overture and Accent Core+'' (including Holy Order-Sol. [[Anti -Hero]].)
* Edmond "The Count of Monte Cristo" Dantes in ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' ([[Byronic Hero]] par excellence.)
* Goodman in ''[[Neo Geo]] [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover|Battle Coliseum]]'' (Villain.)
* Has voiced a prominent villain in all adaptations of [[Type Moon|Nasuverse]] works, including:
** Kirei Kotomine in ''[[Fate/stay Stay Nightnight]]'' and ''[[Fate /Zero]]'' (Villain in the former, had his [[Start of Darkness]] in the latter.)
** Nrvnsqr "Nero" Chaos in ''[[Melty Blood]]'' (Villain.)
** Souren Araya in ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:]]'' (Villain.)
** Neko-Arc Chaos in ''[[Melty Blood]]'' (Parody of Nrvnsqr Chaos, [[Lethal Joke Character]])
*** The crossover manga ''All Around Type-Moon'' makes Nakata the manager of the cafe the crossover is set in. "George" is apparently able to channel the spirits of all three villains, and everybody is terrified of him.
* Van Grants in ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' (Mentor. {{spoiler|Also, villain.}})
* Diethard Reid in ''[[Code Geass]]'' (Villain''ous''.)
* Uesugi Kenshin (On the opposing side of the force that has the poster boy (Yukimura), overall, kinda of an [[Anti -Hero]]) & [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] (Actually good, but used to be a [[Smug Snake]], is the poster boy's final archenemy, and so many wants a piece of him in the second game) in ''[[Samurai Warriors]]''
* Leonidas ([[Gerard Butler]]) in the Japanese dub of ''[[Three Hundred|300]]'' ('''[[ThisPunctuated! IsFor! SpartaEmphasis!|THIS IS! SPARTA'S STYLE!!]]''', he then corrected it later in ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'')
* Algol in ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur IV]]'' (Antagonistic. More [[Blood Knight]] than villain.)
* Several villain roles in [[Super Sentai]]. To wit: [[Choushinsei Flashman|Sir Cowler]], [[Choujuu Sentai Liveman|Grand Professor Bias]] (Villains.)
* [[Dracula]] in ''[[Castlevania]] Judgment'' (One of the only cases where [[Norio Wakamoto]] did not voice Dracula. Also, Villain.)
* Kageyama in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' (Villain.)
* Bandou in ''[[Elfen Lied]]''. (Villain/ Type V [[Anti -Hero]].)
* Folken in ''[[Vision of Escaflowne]]''. (Villain, or better said, borderline [[Byronic Hero]]. {{spoiler|He gets better. [[Redemption Equals Death|And then he dies]].}})
** And in [[The Movie]], where he's just a villain period.
* Benkei in ''Kurozuka''. (Villain.)
* Kunugi in ''[[Rah XephonRahXephon]]''. (Antagonistic. {{spoiler|He gets better. Not a villain.}} In-universe [[Memetic Badass]] [see: cherry trees].)
* Gallon in ''[[Odin Sphere]]''. (Villain, albeit unwillingly.)
* Weiss in ''[[Dirge of Cerberus]]''. (Villain.)
* Kazuya Mishima in ''[[Tekken]]'' 1, 2 and Tag Tournament. ([[Villain Protagonist]].)
* Baki in ''[[Naruto]]''. (Antagonistic. {{spoiler|He gets better, as a [[Team Dad]] to the former resident [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].}})
* James "Jack" Bukhar in ''[[Yukikaze]]'' (A complete anomaly in Nakata's resumé, as he's not only a thoroughly positive character, but at 34-36 he's quite young as well.)
* Roy Revant in [[Solty Rei]] (Protagonist... WHA? Still an [[Anti -Hero]], though.)
* Gouto in the ''[[Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army|Raidou Kuzunoha]]'' Drama CD (Non-villain mentor.)
* Taxi driver in ''[[Canaan]]''. ([[Crazy Awesome]] [[Heroic Bystander]].)
* MPU in ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''. ([[AIA.I. Is a Crapshoot|Renegade AI]]. Episode antagonist. {{spoiler|Completely non-malicious, and surprisingly chipper on top of it.}})
* Federico Czariano in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam MSIGLOOMS (Anime)IGLOO|Mobile Suit Gundam MSIGLOO]]''. ([[Black and Gray Morality|Depends on whose side you're on.]])
* Edmond Du Clos in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam SEED]] Stargazer''. (Neutral.)
* Shiyu Kusanagi in [[X 1999]] (Played him in [[The Movie]] and in the CD Dramas.)
* Shamon in ''[[Amatsuki]]'' (All-around pleasant fellow. Crazy, innit?)
* King Kashew in the [[Record of Lodoss War]] TV series, replacing [[Shuichi Ikeda]]. (Not only he's a good guy, but a [[Supporting Leader]] and [[Authority Equals Asskicking|The King]]!)
* Jinkuro in ''[[Muramasa: theThe Demon Blade]]'' ([[Villain Protagonist]].)
* "Mr. Smith" in ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'''s second season (Villain.)
* Vladimir Putin in ''[[The Legend of Koizumi]]'' (Villain turned [[The Lancer]].)
* Tokino's singing voice in ''[[Kujibiki Unbalance]]'' ([[Dreadful Musician|Shattered windows, killed birds, downed a plane]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Scored 120 percent.]])
* Kuma in ''[[Sketchbook]] ~[[full color'S~]]'' (A cat. A [[Large Ham|very hammy]] cat.)
* Maryuo Gaav in ''[[Slayers]] Next'' (Villain.)
* Hyougo Otoo in ''[[Working (Manga)!!|WORKING!!]]'' (A really nice restaurant manager, gets threatened a lot by a girl...)
* Peterhausen in ''[[Ichiban Ushiro no DaimaouDai Maou]]'' (Draconic Mentor and servant of the demon king. Villain by the standards of the world, if not the protagonist).
* The narrator in ''[[Amagami]] SS'''s [[Stealth Pun|Nakata arc]] (Narrating a love story. [[Lemony Narrator|Very smarmy]] towards [[This Loser Is You|the protagonist]]. The other arcs don't even have a narrator.)
* Soichiro Takagi in ''[[Highschool of the Dead]]'' (Extremely scary japanese [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyoku_dantai:Uyoku dantai|right-winger]], though this is mostly glossed over in the anime. Non-villain.)
* Luxord in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts II]]'' (Villain.)
* The narrator/voice of the Birth Driver of ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' (Disembodied voice with no affiliation beyond episode recaps.)
* The [[Ace Pilot]] Joshua O'Brien in ''[[Armored Core (Video Game)|Armored Core]] 4''. (Heroic example {{spoiler|except in the end, when he becomes a [[Tragic Monster]]}}.)
* [[Resident Evil|Albert Wesker]] in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom]] 3''. (Villain.)
* Chaser John Doe in ''[[Yumekui Merry]]'' (Mysterious, but definitely antagonistic.)
* Dufarge in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' ([[Reasonable Authority Figure]]. Not a villain.)
* Paya-tan in ''[[Dai Mahou Touge]]'' (The villainous side at least.)
* Momoko in ''[[Shangri-La]]'' ([[Camp Gay]] Protagonist, turned [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]], turned protagonist again.)
* Hody Jones in ''[[One Piece]]'' (Villain.)
* [[Actor Allusion|Reverend Lovejoy]] in the Japanese-dubbed version of ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' ([[The Other Darrin|only in the theatrical release of this movie.]])
* Master Megatron/Master Galvatron in ''[[Transformers Cybertron (Anime)|Transformers Cybertron]]'' (Villain)
* E-102 Gamma from ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]]'' (Sympathetic villain [[Heel Face Turn|who becomes a good guy]]) and Dark Oak from ''[[Sonic X (Anime)|Sonic X]]'' (Villain)
* Baofu in ''[[Persona 2]]'' ([[Anti -Hero]])
* Sorean in ''[[Xenoblade (Video Game)|Xenoblade]]'' (a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]])
 
Western Equivalent: Either [[Jamieson Price]] or [[Crispin Freeman]].
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