Toru Furuya
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 31, 1953 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Toru Furuya
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.
Known For

One Piece
1999

Dragon Ball Z
1989

Dragon Ball
1986

Paprika
2006

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
2013

Pokémon: The First Movie
1998

Saint Seiya
1986

BAKI
2018

Sailor Moon
1992

Dragon Ball Z Kai
2009

One Piece: Stampede
2019

Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
1990

Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
2008

Baki Hanma
2021

One Piece Film: GOLD
2016


