Toru Furuya
Born 1953
Known for Saint Seiya, Paprika, Dragon Ball.
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!.
Movie Credits
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)
The Journey (2021)
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture (2004)
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989)
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (1988)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988)
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988)
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987)
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (1986)
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)
Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose (1993)
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1 (2017)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (2017)
One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will (2015)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005)
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996)
Paprika (2006)
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990)
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (2018)
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987)
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986)
Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009)
Toward the Terra (1980)
Some Days Are Better Than Others (2010)
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997)
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole (1995)
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)
Adventures of the Polar Cubs (1979)
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996)
Final Yamato (1983)
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016)
Expelled from Paradise (2014)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
The Relative Worlds (2019)
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010)
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994)
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion (2016)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
The Wild Swans (1977)
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow (2015)
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
One Piece: Stampede (2019)
Pokémon: The First Movie (1998)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny (2016)
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II: End of World (2009)
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006)
