Jouji Nakata

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Jouji Nakata (中田 譲治, Nakata Jōji?), sometimes anglicized to George Nakata, is a Japanese voice actor who voices both Sol Badguy and Order-Sol in the Guilty Gear series starting with Guilty Gear 2 -Overture- in 2007, taking over the role from Daisuke Ishiwatari.[1]

Biography

Jouji Nakata was born on April 22, 1954. He studied at the Toho College of Drama and Music. Nakata was doing both theater and live-action drama work when Michiko Nomura suggested that he should become a voice actor. According to an interview, Nakata switched to being a full-time voice actor after comparing pay for the roles. Since then, Nakata has had many major voice acting roles in video games, anime, and dubbing for shows and films, such as the film 300.[1]

Other Major Roles

Jouji Nakata has had many major voice roles in both games and anime, which include: Alucard in Hellsing, Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil series, Naobitp Ze'in in Jujutsu Kaisen, Diethard Ried in Code Geass, and Kazuya Mishima in the first and second tag installments of the Tekken series.[1]

Credits

Voice Roles
Game Role Year
Guilty Gear 2 -Overture- Sol Badguy 2007
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R Sol Badguy, Order-Sol (Voice option alongside Daisuke Ishiwatari. Credited as George Nakata in English) 2012
Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- Sol Badguy 2014
Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- Sol Badguy 2015
Guilty Gear Xrd Rev2 Sol Badguy 2017
Guilty Gear -Strive- Sol Badguy 2021
River City Girls 2 Sol Badguy (cameo) 2022
Voice Roles
Anime Role Year
Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Sol Badguy 2025

Comments

Secret Voice

XX Accent Core Plus

The following is a transcript of Nakata's "Secret Voice" message found in Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R (fan translated)[2][3]

  • Huh? What is this piece of paper? What?
  • “We need you to record some bonus voice content, please. ” And it needs to be improvised?
  • What a drag… Guess I have no choice. I’ll do it however I want to do it, though. *Clear his throat*
  • Eh~, Hello everyone. I’m Jouji Nakata, 18 years old, the person inside Sol Badguy.
  • Oops, who am I kidding here~?. Hm~, there might’ve been someone who said exactly the same thing before, but anyway…
  • Ah, since Guilty Gear 2 has been released before this Guilty Gear Accent Core, for those who played that game first, that was the first appearance of Sol Badguy that I played…
  • Ah~ that was such a confusing way to put it…
  • Ah, let me put it this way. Guilty Gear 2 was my first Sol Badguy.
  • How did you like it? Hope you enjoyed it.
  • Alright, I wanna start answering questions now.
  • First question is “What was it like to play Sol?”
  • What was it like, huh… Well, Sol is the main character. It’s such a great role, you know.
  • He’s all in red with the hair looking like that. And, he also got these washboard abs, and bulging muscles.
  • It was the best, I gotta say. Playing that role was a really interesting experience, and a lot of fun, too.
  • Alright, let’s move on to the next question. “Any comments for the Sol fans all over the world?”
  • Hm~ that’s a tough one. You know, Sol is in the head of everyone, including Director Ishiwatari, all the time.
  • There are all the kinds of Sols, and each one of us has our own version of Sol.
  • It was so hard to play a character like that, but I did my version of Sol based on my understanding and impression when I looked at drawings of him, so if you enjoy my version of Sol, I couldn’t be happier.
  • For all the fans of Guilty Gear series, I hope you enjoy the new world, the world of Guilty Gear.
  • Did we have another question? Hm?


(From Kikuko Inoue)

  • Ah, my favorite food is ramen, so do you happen to know any good ramen restaurants?
  • If you don’t know… Then please just disregard this question LOL.
  • But if you do know any, please tell me. Ahhhh I don’t even know if Jouji likes ramen or not, and yet this is the question for him… I’m sorry. I hope he likes ramen too.


  • Oh, ok… Ramen… Let’s see.
  • You know, since I lived in foreign countries for a long time, so I prefer pasta (with foreign accent).
  • Ah, that was such an obvious lie (laugh). Of course I love ramen!!
  • I often exchange information on ramen restaurants with Mr. Hiyama, and actually visit those restaurants.
  • I’ve been to ramen restaurants from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu and Okinawa in the south, but I think it’s always best to enjoy ramens that are specialty of the area you’re in.
  • When I was in Sapporo, my friends and I were like “Ooooh, it’s freezing! Are there any good ramen places around here?
  • I can’t forget the taste of the ramen in the restaurant we finally found there.
  • You should enjoy Sapporo miso ramen in Hokkaido because it’s the specialty of Hokkaido. It can’t taste any better.
  • And you know those ramen stalls in Kyushu? It’s so good to have ramen at one of those stalls in Nakasu.
  • I wonder why is it so good to eat at those stalls…
  • Hygienically speaking, they’re sometimes questionable, but the taste of their ramen is the best, without a doubt.
  • One of the reasons for that is because you eat it in Nakasu. Because you eat with bunch of your friends! It’s as simple as that.
  • Huh? That didn’t answer the question? Oops.
  • Since I used to live on those instant noodles, I think my ultimate ramen is my home-made salt ramen!
  • You wouldn’t believe how good it is. I sometimes add some vegetables, but most of the time, I just add an egg.
  • It’s nice and simple, but it tastes great. Sometimes, I sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds on top.
  • Kikuko-san, I’ll satisfy your taste buds to a climax with my ultimate salt ramen. <3
  • That’s it from me. This is Jouji Nakata. I’ll see you all in the… next title, I guess?
  • I hope to see you all there! Until then, good bye~.
  • Ooooops, my baaaaad. I totally forgot about this relay thing. Who should I relay it to?
  • Hm, alright. I guess the next person is that blue frog who tends to be forgotten.
  • Eh~ here is my question to you, Kusao-san.
  • I often go practice golfing with Kusao-san and we were talking about going on a golf course, but since it’s winter now, I once asked him if he wanted to go play pool sometime.
  • I’ve always wondered which games he liked though. There’s nine ball, and what was it, four ball? Oh, four ball is baseball (lagh).
  • Anyways, the one with four balls. If there’s a particular game you like, I’d love to be your match, so please tell me what your favorite game is. And finally…
  • Cut the crap and just play with me already! I’ll hear you out after that.
  • Alright~ for all the Sol fans out there, try your best not to let anybody beat you!
  • Once again, this was Jouji Nakata, the person inside Sol Badguy. I’ll see you all in the next title!

Xrd

The following is a transcript of Nakata's "Secret Voice" message found in Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- and Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2[4].

Arcade
  • Hey! Not bad you made it here, it's Sol Badguy's Joji Nakata. How's everyone doing!? Man... Those graphics are just amazing, huh?
  • What do you guys think? Hm? Yes, well... I suppose it took you guys a lot of effort to make it this far, too.
  • I guess you could call yourself an amateur solider or whatever. But the path to mastery is still a long ways away.
  • Keep playing different characters, and explore everything this game has to offer.
  • Hm? Music? Oh yeah, it rocks, doesn't it. You see, I'm not good at fighting games because my reflexes are just not fast enough. Hm? Yeaaaah, I didn't buy it.
  • Which happens sometimes, but... All you kids can react like no one's business, so yes... Keep playing different characters and have fun!
Consumer
  • Hello Everyone. I'm the guy inside of Sol Badguy, Joji Nakata.
  • I hope everyone enjoyed REVELATOR, now available on the PlayStation®4 system and PlayStation®3 system.
  • I do hope everyone enjoys it because it's... Well, it has quite a big of volume, and with the additional story and 3 characters...
  • What can I say? I had a blast performing the voices, and I think everyone can agree when they see the ending, "Man, that was a good story!"
  • And his arch nemesis, That Man shows up, and boy... all the secrets revealed. I mean, when Ky was like "Whaaa-!?"
  • We can't talk about this! And, all the little nuances that went into the story, as well.
  • Now all this talking is... "Gettin' on my nerves." Heh, see you next time!

Dual Rulers

  • English
    English
What a surprise...!! I'm sure you all felt the same, but I didn't expect an anime was on the way after thinking Sol's story came to an end in Strive! And with the original members, too! The anime production' s in the hands of Sanzigen, who made that awesome music video. I'm excited to see what the story's about. There's sure to be a lot of news in store as we approach the anime airing, so keep an eye out! Thanks for your support! Let's Rock!

  • Japanese
    Japanese
ビックリしたーーー!!
皆さんもそうでしょうが、 ストライヴで一応ソルの物語は完結したかと思っていたのでまさかアニメ化するとは! しかもオリジナルメンバーで!
アニメ制作は、以前カッコいいPVを作ってくださったサンジゲンさん。
どんなストーリーになるのやら楽しみです。
これからもオンエアに向けて新情報が出てくるでしょうから是非楽しみに待っていてくださいね! 応援よろしくお願いします!
Let's Rock !


External Links

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jouji Nakata on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ https://www.scribd.com/document/86625095/GGXXACPlus-Secret-Interviews
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J4Fu52Pt14
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1Y7N9WNEQ
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