Person Details
Birthday: 1953-07-31 12:18:24
Aliases: Tohru Furuya , Tôru Furuya , 古谷彻 , Toru Furuya , Noboru Sogetsu , Tooru Furuya
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Isogo-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Homepage: http://www.torushome.com/
Movie Involvements: 78
TV Involvements: 44
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tōru 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
(1989) YamchaKaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
(2011) AkaRed (voice)Nobody's Boy: Remi
(1977) BobMarmalade Boy
(1994) Shin'ichi Namura (voice)Baki Hanma
(2021) Narrator (voice)Mission Outer Space Srungle
(1983) Jet (voice)Mobile Suit Gundam 00
(2007) Ribbons AlmarkSaint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
(2002) Pegasus Seiya (voice)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2024 | 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 | Adrock Thurston (voice) | |
Narrator (voice) | ||
Aus (voice) | ||
Amuro (voice) | ||
Edison (voice) | ||
2020 | Ryūjin Kofune (voice) | |
Zen Kirishima (voice) | ||
Amuro Ray | ||
2019 | Amuro Ray | |
Sabo (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Amuro Ray | ||
Narrator (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 | ||
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 | |
Aka Red (voice) | ||
2006 | Kosaku Tokita (voice) | |
Suehiko Itou (voice) | ||
Amuro Ray (voice) | ||
2005 | Narrator (voice) | |
N/A | ||
2004 | Pegasus Seiya (voice) | |
2003 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
2002 | Pegasus Seiya (voice) | |
Mr. Mystery (voice) | ||
2001 | N/A | |
Ray Amuro | ||
N/A | ||
2000 | Philippos | |
1999 | N/A | |
1998 | Sorao (voice) | |
1997 | Pakku (voice) | |
1996 | Kyosuke Kasuga (voice) | |
Akatama (voice) | ||
Prince Panish (voice) | ||
Nomura Keiji (voice) | ||
Yamcha | ||
1995 | Mamoru Chiba | |
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) | ||
Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (voice) | ||
1994 | Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) | |
Suppaman (voice) | ||
Shin'ichi Namura (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1993 | Leslie Harris (voice) | |
Tuxedo Mask/ Mamoru Chiba | ||
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) | ||
Narrator (voice) | ||
1992 | Feff | |
Feff (voice) | ||
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) | ||
1991 | Caster Bennet (voice) | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
1990 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Shinobimaru (voice) | ||
1989 | Abel (voice) | |
Mario (voice) | ||
Mario | ||
Amuro Ray / Musha Gundam (voice) | ||
Amuro Ray | ||
Yamcha | ||
Seiya (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Mario | ||
1988 | Kousaku Hatanaka | |
Kyosuke Kasuga (voice) | ||
Seiya (voice) | ||
Yamcha (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Amuro Ray (voice) | ||
Seiya (voice) | ||
Amuro Ray / Gundam | ||
1987 | Yamucha (voice) | |
Seiya (voice) | ||
Kyosuke Kasuga | ||
1986 | Yamucha (voice) | |
Bavi Stock (voice) | ||
Seiya | ||
Mario (voice) | ||
Izu (voice) | ||
Beat (voice) | ||
Hiroaki Morita (voice) | ||
N/A | ||
Yamcha (voice) | ||
岩崎祝 | ||
1985 | Bavi Stock (voice) | |
N/A | ||
Jiro Ishige | ||
Amuro Ray | ||
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 | Hyūma Hoshi (voice) | |
Jimsa (voice) | ||
Hyogo Ichimonji (voice) | ||
Daisuke Yamori / La Els Milyu (voice) | ||
Amuro Ray (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 | |
義行 | ||
N/A | ||
Jun Katou (voice) | ||
ケン | ||
Fourth Prince (voice) | ||
1975 | Hiroshi Shiba | |
Cain | ||
Kane | ||
1970 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1969 | Hyuma Hoshi (voice) | |
N/A | ||
1968 | 星飛雄馬 | |
1967 | N/A | |
1966 | Kid | |
Narration (voice) | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |