Tōru Furuya
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Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹 Furuya Tōru?) is a veteran narrator and seiyū (voice actor) born on July 31, 1953 in Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. He was a best friend of the late Hirotaka Suzuoki. He was at one time married to fellow seiyuu Mami Koyama but amicably divorced in 1983. He later married seiyuu Satomi Majima.
Furuya is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray (both in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels), Hyouma Hoshi (Kyojin no Hoshi), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya), Yamcha (Dragon Ball), Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon).
He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月 昇 Sōgetsu Noboru) in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almack's role (but used his real name in the narration role), perhaps because Ribbons is a villain within the story and he wanted fans to distinguish Ribbons from Amuro Ray, the Gundam protagonist. Both the narration role and Ribbons mark Furuya's first role in a Gundam series after the originals. Shuuichi Ikeda who played Char had his earlier with Gilbert Durandal in Gundam SEED Destiny.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Anime
[edit] TV
- 21-emon (Wantonaku Kōshaku)
- AKAGI (Narration)
- Akūdai Taisakusen Scramble (Jet)
- Black Jack (Dr. Daigo Ōedo)
- Cooking Papa (Toshio Nekkota)
- Detective Academy Q (Hitoshi Shinoda)
- Dragon Ball (Yamcha, Kogamera)
- Dragon Ball GT (Bakku)
- Dragon Ball Z (Yamcha)
- Dragon Quest (Abel)
- Dr. Slump (Suppaman)
- Groizar X (Jō Umisaka)
- GTO (Suguru Teshigawara)
- Highschool! Kimen-gumi (Harumage Don)
- Hyōga Senshi Gaisragger (Ken Shiki)
- Kaizoku Ōji (Kid)
- Katri, Girl of the Meadows (Matti)
- Kimagure Orange Road (Kyōsuke Kasuga)
- Kyojin no Hoshi (Hyōma Hoshi)
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (Tyltyl)
- Marine Snow no Densetsu (Hiro Umino)
- Marmalade Boy (Shin'ichi Namura)
- Mobile Suit Gundam (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Narration, Ribbons Almark)
- Nine (Katsuya Niimi)
- Nanako SOS (Shūichi Iidabashi)
- One Piece (Daddy the Father)
- Plawres Sanshiro (Shingu Narita)
- Sailor Moon (Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen/Endymion)
- Saint Seiya (Pegasus Seiya)
- Shin Taketori Monogatari: 1000-nen Joō (Daisuke Yomori)
- Space Battleship Yamato III (Daisuke Tokugawa)
- Space Carrier Blue Noah (Shin Himoto)
- Steel Jeeg (Hiroshi Shiba)
- Stop!! Hibari-kun (Kōsaku Sakamoto)
- Kazoku Robinson Hyōryūki Fushigi na Shima no Furōne (Franz Robinson)
- Tokusō Kihei Dorvack (Mugen Shinjin)
- Tōshi Gōdean (Ryōma Okamoto)
- Twin Hawks (ふたり鷹) (Taka Sawatari)
- Ultimate Girl (UFOman)
- Urusei Yatsura (Shingo Oniwaban) and (Tobimaro Mizukonoji)
- Video Senshi Laserion (Takashi Katori)
- Yakyūkyō no Uta (Yamai)
[edit] OVA
- Arcade Gamer Fubuki (Mysterious Person)
- Black Jack (Leslie (young))
- Kimagure Orange Road (Kyōsuke Kasuga)
- Kyōfu Shinbun (Rei Onigata)
- Kyūkyoku Chōjin R (Tsuyoshi)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Andrew Fork)
- One Pound Gospel (Kosaku Hatanaka)
- Prefectural Earth Defense Force (Hiroaki Narita)
- Sailor Moon series (Mamoru Chiba)
- Saint Seiya: Meiō Hades Jūnikyūhen (Pegasus Seiya)
- Sūpā Mario Burazāzu: Pīchi-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (Mario)
- Sūpā Mario's Snow White, Sūpā Mario's Momotaro, and Sūpā Mario's Issun-bōshi, all three by the Amada Printing and Processing Company (Mario)
- Urusei Yatsura series (Shingo Oniwaban)
- Utsunomiko: Tenjōhen (Utsunomiko)
[edit] Movies
- Be Forever Yamato (Daisuke Tokugawa)
- Dragon Ball series (Yamcha)
- Dragon Ball Z series (Yamcha)
- Final Yamato (Daisuke Tokugawa)
- Genma Taisen (Jō Azuma)
- The Legend of Sirius (Sirius)
- Lupin III: Dead or Alive (Panishu)
- Kyojin no Hoshi series (Hyōma Hoshi)
- Mobile Suit Gundam I (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Gundam II: Ai · Senshi Hen (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Gundam III: Meguriai Uchū Hen (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Heirs to the Stars (Amuro Ray)
- Mobile Suit Z Gundam II: Lovers (Amuro Ray)
- Nine (Katsuya Niimi)
- Paprika (Dr. Kosaku Tokita)
- Pokémon: The First Movie (Sorao)
- Queen Millenia (Daisuke Yomori)
- Sailor Moon series (Mamoru Chiba)
- Saint Seiya series (Pegasus Seiya)
- Toward the Terra (Tony)
- Ultraman USA (Scott Masterson/Ultraman Scott)
[edit] Video games
- Another Century's Episode series (Amuro Ray)
- Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness (Jin Saotome)
- Dragon Shadow Spell (Suihi)
- Kessen II (Ryūgentoku)
- Menkyo wo Torō! series (Yūichi Amano)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Series(Amuro Ray)
- Overdrivin' DX (Vehicle Commentary Narration)
- Sega Rally 2 (Narration)
- Ski Jumping Pairs: Reloaded
- Super Robot Wars series (Amuro Ray, Hiroshi Shiba)
- "Dragon Shadow Spell" (Suihi)
[edit] Live action
- Tokyo Defense Command: The Guardman (episode 90, ransom delivery boy)
[edit] Tokusatsu
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai (voice of AkaRed)
[edit] Radio
- Akai Pegasus (Ken Akaba)
- ENEOS Diamond Super Station
- Radio Drama Meltylancer (Kanpachi-sensei)
- Shōnen no Machi ZF (Kenji)
[edit] CD
- Inferious Wakusei Senshi Gaiden: Condition Green (Custer Bennett)
- Koei CD Drama Sangokushi series (Ryūgentoku)
- Rusuden Message Show: Anime Star Hen (CD with answering machine messages on it)
- Slapstick CD Box (PCCG-00744)
[edit] Other works
- Car Graphic TV (Narration)
- Hokuriki Denryoku (Commercial Narration)
- Jichael Mackson (TV Narration)
- Nissan Motors Homepage (Narration for presentation in one section)
[edit] Dub Roles
[edit] External links and references
- Toru's Home (official site, in Japanese)
- Official ARTSVISION Profile
- Furuya Tōru @ WWW Seiyuu database
- Furuya Tōru @ Anime News Network