Person Details

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Aliases: 古川 登志夫 , Toshio Yoshikawa , Furukawa Toshio

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan

Homepage: http://www.topio.jp/

Movie Involvements: 82

TV Involvements: 43


Most Famous Work

Biography

Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio, born July 16, 1946 in what is now part of the city of Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (Keroro Gunso), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura) and Portgas D. Ace (One Piece). His debut voice role is a soldier in Brave Raideen. Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from comedians like Ataru of Urusei Yatsura and Inumaru of Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, to calm, serious ones like Shin from Fist of the North Star and Piccolo of the Dragon Ball series. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice" and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of Saikyō Robo Daiōja and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius. He performed in the band Slapstick (スラップスティック) with Toru Furuya, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yūji Mitsuya and Akio Nojima. In 2007, Slapstick got together to pay tribute to former band members, Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kazuyuki Sogabe (guitar). Furukawa owns a pet dog named Asuma (遊馬), a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor. His former pet was Ataru (あたる), which was named after Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura. Ataru died in 2008 at age fifteen and was also a Shih Tzu. Tribute pages were made for both pets.

Most Famous Work

Attack on Titan
Average
9

Attack on Titan

(2013) Uri Reiss (voice)
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Average
7

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

(1988) Blue (voice)
Dragon Ball Z
Average
8

Dragon Ball Z

(1989) Piccolo
Hunter x Hunter
Average
9

Hunter x Hunter

(2011) Satotz (voice)
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Average
8

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

(2018) Picollo (voice)
PLUTO
Average
8

PLUTO

(2023) Ocanomizu (voice)
Dragon Ball Super
Average
8

Dragon Ball Super

(2015) Piccolo (voices)
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
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8

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

(2022) Piccolo (voice)

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Narrator (voice)
Narrator
Hantengu (voice)
Branch Chief (voice)
2023 A Mysterious Boy (voice)
Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)
Ochanomizu (voice)
2022 Lupin II (voice)
Ataru's Dad (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Kai Shiden (voice)
2021 Junior
2020 N/A
Date Boo Masamune (voice)
2019 Hantengu (voice)
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2018 Piccolo (voice)
Picollo (voice)
Kai Shiden (voice)
Nezumi Otoko
Popuko (voice)
2017 Kai Shiden (voice
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
2016 Kai Shiden (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
2015 Maon's Father
Narrator
Portgas D. Ace
Piccolo (voices)
Yamanmoto (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
2014 Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2013 Uri Reiss (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
2012 Wiseman (voice)
Misao Yamamura (voice)
Heihachi (voice)
2011 Satotz (voice)
2009 Misao Yamamura (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
2008 Ataru Morobishi (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
撮影スタッフ
2007 Aobouzu
Tarou Soramame (voice)
2006 Kai Shinden (voice)
2005 Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
N/A
2004 Raio
Narrator (voice)
Nyago (voice)
2003 Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
Bill Myers
Bill Myers (voice)
Shiro Saeki
2002 Thanatos (voice)
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
2001 General/Skunk (voice)
2000 Toru Enriques (voice)
1999 Portgas D. Ace (voice)
1997 Alphonne (voice)
1996 Chinpo (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
1995 N/A
1994 Ranmaru Mori (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1993 Yoshiharu Kubo
Piccolo (voice)
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
1992 Yo Hinomura (voice)
Piccolo
Piccolo (voice)
N/A
Piccolo (voice)
1991 Celc Burton (voice)
Yo Hinomura (voice)
Ataru Moroboshi
Piccolo (voice)
Ataru (voice)
Leon McNichol
Piccolo (voice)
Shin
1990 Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Kentarou Minami (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Leon (voice)
Yo Hinomura (voice)
Inumaru Yomota (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
1989 Ataru (voice)
Ataru (voice)
N/A
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Ataru (voice)
Inumaru Yomota
Yo Hinomura (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Piccolo (voice)
Mephisto Jr.
Mois (voice)
1988 Ataru (voice)
Ataru (Voice)
Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)
Sakamoto
Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
Berenike (voice)
Blue (voice)
Suzuki(voice)
N/A
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Calon Mautholos (voice)
Kai Shiden
Olivier Poplin
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1987 Arsène Lupin III (voice)
Takuya Gorozu (voice)
Fritz (voice)
N/A
Akakage (voice)
N/A
Adam
Prince Croyler (voice)
Leon McNichol (voice)
Yakuza B
1986 Akanemaru (voice)
Doricas Soldam IV
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
OX-11 (voice)
Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)
Tatsuo (voice)
Sakamoto
Shin
N/A
Piccolo Jr. (voice)
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
Shin (voice)
1985 Ataru (voice)
Akira Tsukuba
Kai Shiden
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1984 Tarou Soramame (voice)
Piccolo JR
Shin
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
Sally
Ataru Moroboshi
1983 Akihiko
Ogura
円条寺大作
Tarou
Christopher Chris
Ataru Moroboshi
N/A
1982 Tarou Soramame (voice)
Shunsuke Aoba
Kai Shiden (voice)
AKI Manabu (voice)
Bulme (voice)
1981 Ataru Moroboshi
Tarou Soramame (voice)
Kai Shiden (voice)
Amamori's Computer
Tarou Soramame (voice)
Lindo (voice)
Kai Shiden (voice)
Pauze
エドワード・ミト
Perrault (voice)
1980 Ginga (voice)
N/A
Kenichi Ohyama
Spirit of the Bread
1979 Domenico (voice)
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Shigeru Sakamoto
Kai Shiden (voice)
Kento Tate (voice)
1978 堀田三吉
1977 Baleter
Shingo
Uchuuta Kamie
Hideo Oboshi (voice)
1976 Takeru
Kirie's Dad (voice)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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