Tōru Furuya

Tōru Furuya

Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹 Furuya Tōru?) is a veteran narrator and seiyū (voice actor) born on July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari,[2] a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.[1][2]

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!.

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Filmography

Anime

TV

Leading roles in bold

OVA

Movies

Video games

Live action

  • Tokyo Defense Command: The Guardman (episode 90, ransom delivery boy)

Tokusatsu

Radio

  • Akai Pegasus (Ken Akaba)
  • ENEOS Diamond Super Station
  • Radio Drama Meltylancer (Kanpachi-sensei)
  • Shōnen no Machi ZF (Kenji)

CD

  • Inferious Wakusei Senshi Gaiden: Condition Green (Custer Bennett)
  • Koei CD Drama Sangokushi series (Ryūgentoku)
  • Rusuden Message Show: Anime Star Hen (CD with answering machine messages on it)
  • Slapstick CD Box (PCCG-00744)

Other works

  • Car Graphic TV (Narration)
  • Hokuriki Denryoku (Commercial Narration)
  • Jichael Mackson (TV Narration)
  • Nissan Motors Homepage (Narration for presentation in one section)

Dub roles

References

External links and references


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