Toshio Furukawa
Born 1946
Known for Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Dragon Ball.
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.
Movie Credits
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug (1991)
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy (1987)
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever (1986)
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love (1985)
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer (1984)
Urusei Yatsura: Only You (1983)
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)
Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler (1992)
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge (1991)
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990)
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (1989)
Patlabor: The Movie (1989)
Phoenix: Karma Chapter (1986)
Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985)
Appleseed (1988)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022)
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (2017)
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans (1993)
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound (1993)
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! (1992)
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990)
Fist of the North Star (1986)
FemDom Ass Worship 3 (2010)
Parasite Dolls (2003)
Patlabor WXIII The Movie (2001)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993)
Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981)
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981)
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie (1981)
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989)
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988)
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982)
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! (2013)
One Piece Episode of East Blue (2017)
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- (2024)
Metropolis (2001)
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988)
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter (1988)
One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will (2015)
Gunjal (2023)
Scarlet (2025)
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny (2016)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018)
One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends (2014)
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (2005)
