Gorô Naya was born on November 17, 1929 in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. He is known for Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and Lupin III: Burning Memory - Tokyo Crisis (1998). He was married to Kachiko Hino. He died on March 5, 2013 in Chiba, Chiba, Japan.