Toru Furuya
Known For
Acting
Born
1953-07-31 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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 Known For
Dragon Ball Z
as Yamcha (voice)
One Piece
as Sabo (voice)
Saint Seiya
as Seiya (voice)
Sailor Moon
as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
Saint Seiya Omega
as Sagittarius Seiya (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
as Amuro Ray (voice)
BAKI
as Narrator (voice)
Star of the Giants
as 星飛雄馬
Baki Hanma
as Narrator (voice)
Dragon Ball Z Kai
as Yamcha (voice)
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
as Pegasus Seiya (voice)
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie
as Kirishima Zen (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam
as Amuro Ray (voice)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
as Amuro Ray (voice)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
as (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
as Ribbons Almark (voice)
Marmalade Boy
Marmalade Boy
as Shin'ichi Namura (voice)
Kimagure Orange Road
as Kyosuke Kasuga