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Aliases: Tohru Furuya , Toru Furuya , Noboru Sogetsu , Tooru Furuya , 古谷徹 , 古谷彻 , Tôru Furuya , تورو فورویا

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Homepage: http://www.torushome.com/

Movie Involvements: 82

TV Involvements: 45


Most Famous Work

Biography

Toru Furuya (古谷 徹 Furuya Tōru) is a veteran narrator and seiyū (voice actor) born on July 31, 1953 in 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. 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 Z), Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon). He is also the first and only seiyu who has provided a Japanese voice for Mario. He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月 昇 Sōgetsu Noboru) in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almark's role (but used his real name in the narration role). Both the narration role and Ribbons mark Furuya's first role in a non-Universal Century Gundam series. Shuichi Ikeda who played Char had his earlier with Gilbert Durandal in Gundam SEED Destiny. He was a best friend of the late Hirotaka Suzuoki and is noted to be friends with Ikeda. He was at one time married to fellow seiyuu Mami Koyama but amicably divorced in 1983. He later married seiyuu Satomi Majima, who was the other main character of Stop!! Hibari-kun!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tōru Furuya, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Dragon Ball Z
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8

Dragon Ball Z

(1989) Yamcha (voice)
Baki Hanma
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8

Baki Hanma

(2021) Narrator (voice)
Saint Seiya
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9

Saint Seiya

(1986) Seiya (voice)
Belle and Sebastian
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8
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
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8

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

(2002) Pegasus Seiya (voice)
BAKI
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8

BAKI

(2018) Narrator
Star of the Giants
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8

Star of the Giants

(1968) 星飛雄馬
Twin Hawks
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6

Twin Hawks

(1984) 沢渡鷹

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
Narration (voice)
Dale (voice)
2023 Bourbon / Toru Amuro (voice)
Bourbon (voice)
2022 Ultraman Scott (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
N/A
Rei Furuya (voice)
Reiya Amuro (voice)
Rei Furuya / Toru Amuro (voice)
2021 Narrator (voice)
Aus (voice)
Amuro (voice)
Edison (voice)
2020 Ryūjin Kofune (voice)
Zen Kirishima (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
2019 Amuro Ray
N/A
Amuro Ray (voice)
Amuro Ray
Narrator (voice)
Sabo (voice)
2018 Rei Furuya (voice)
Narrator
Amuro Ray (voice)
Toru Amuro / Rei Furuya (voice)
2017 Adrock Thurston (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
2016 Amuro Ray (voice)
AkaRed (Voice)
Sabo (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
Rei Furuya (voice)
2015 Amuro Ray (voice)
Sabo
2014 Alonzo Percy (voice)
Narrator
N/A
Kirishima Zen (voice)
2013 Yamcha (voice)
2012 Prism Ace (voice)
Sagittarius Seiya (voice)
2011 AkaRed (voice)
2010 Shuren (voice)
Ribbons Almark (voice)
2009 Ribbons Almark (voice)
Tasuke Tokugawa
Ribbons Almark (voice)
2008 Jefferson II (Shogun)(voice)
Casshern (voice)
Yamcha (voice)
Toppy Topuran
2007 Ribbons Almark (voice)
Aka Red (voice)
2006 Kosaku Tokita (voice)
Suehiko Itou (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
2005 Narrator (voice)
N/A
2004 Pegasus Seiya (voice)
2003 Kichibee (voice)
N/A
N/A
2002 Pegasus Seiya (voice)
Mr. Mystery (voice)
2001 N/A
Ray Amuro
2000 Philippos
1999 Sabo (voice)
N/A
1998 Sorao (voice)
1997 Pakku (voice)
1996 Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)
Akatama (voice)
Prince Panish (voice)
Nomura Keiji (voice)
Yamcha (voice)
1995 Mamoru Chiba
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (voice)
1994 Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Suppaman (voice)
N/A
Shin'ichi Namura (voice)
(voice)
1993 Leslie Harris (voice)
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Tuxedo Mask/ Mamoru Chiba
Suppaman (voice)
Narrator (voice)
1992 Feff
Feff (voice)
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
1991 Caster Bennet (voice)
N/A
N/A
1990 N/A
Athos (voice)
(voice)
Shinobimaru (voice)
1989 Abel (voice)
Mario (voice)
Mario
Amuro Ray / Musha Gundam (voice)
Amuro Ray
Yamcha (voice)
Seiya (voice)
N/A
Mario
1988 Kousaku Hatanaka
Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)
Seiya (voice)
Yamcha (voice)
Yamcha
N/A
Amuro Ray (voice)
Seiya (voice)
Amuro Ray / Gundam
1987 Yamucha (voice)
Seiya (voice)
Kyosuke Kasuga
1986 Yamcha (voice)
Bavi Stock (voice)
Seiya (voice)
Mario (voice)
Izu (voice)
Beat (voice)
Issei Yuuki (voice)
Hiroaki Morita (voice)
N/A
Yamcha (voice)
岩崎祝
1985 Bavi Stock (voice)
N/A
Jiro Ishige
Amuro Ray (voice)
N/A
Jim
1984 沢渡鷹
Katsuya Niimi (voice)
Older brother (voice)
Takashi Katori
Beaver (voice)
Martti Halmich (voice)
1983 Katsuya Niimi (voice)
Katsuya Niimi (voice)
Masato Mugen
Kosaku Sakamoto (voice)
Shuuichi Iidabashi
Tasuke Tokugawa
Jô Azuma (voice)
Jet (voice)
1982 Jimsa (voice)
Hyūma Hoshi (voice)
Hyogo Ichimonji (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
Daisuke Yamori / La Els Milyu (voice)
1981 Sirius (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
Daisuke Yamori
Jean
Jacques (voice)
Amuro Ray (voice)
Fritz Robinson
1980 N/A
Tasuke Tokugawa (voice)
Takashi Kazan
Tony (voice)
Tyltyl (voice)
1979 Shin Kusaka (voice)
Ryouma Okamoto (voice)
Tasuke Tokugawa
N/A
Amuro Ray (voice)
Claude (voice)
1978 司幸司
Akira
1977 Bob (voice)
Yoshiyuki Uesugi (voice)
Jun Katou (voice)
ケン
Fourth Prince (voice)
1975 Hiroshi Shiba
Kane
Cain
1970 N/A
N/A
1969 Hyuma Hoshi (voice)
N/A
1968 星飛雄馬
1967 N/A
1966 Kid
Year Character Movie/Tv

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