Toru Furuya
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
ActingBirthday
July 31, 1953Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
121Place of birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, JapanAlso known as
Tohru Furuya, Toru Furuya, Noboru Sogetsu, Tooru Furuya, 古谷徹, Tōru Furuya, 古谷彻, Tôru FuruyaCast credits
Paprika
Kosaku Tokita (voice)Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
Amuro Ray (voice)Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
Mario (voice)Sea Prince and the Fire Child
Sirius (voice)Sailor Moon R: The Movie
Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Amuro Ray (voice)Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
Yamcha (voice)Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Yamucha (voice)Mobile Suit Gundam I
Amuro Ray (voice)Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Amuro Ray (voice)Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Amuro Ray (voice)Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection
Tasuke TokugawaSpace Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Tasuke TokugawaWindaria
Izu (voice)Neko Ramen Taisho
Jefferson II (Shogun)(voice)Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Yamcha (voice)Space Battleship Yamato - Final Chapter
Tasuke TokugawaHarmagedon
Jô Azuma (voice)GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
Aka Red (voice)New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning
Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)