Gorô Naya was born on 17 November 1929 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He was an actor, known for Rupan sansei: Kariosutoro no shiro (1979), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Rupan sansei: Honô no kioku Tokyo Crisis (1998). He was previously married to Kachiko Hino. He died on 5 March 2013 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan.