Toru Furuya
Acting · Born 1953-07-31 · age 72 · Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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.
Titles
One Piece
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball
Paprika
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Pokémon: The First Movie
Saint Seiya
Sailor Moon
Dragon Ball Z Kai
One Piece: Stampede
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
One Piece Film: GOLD
Dragon Ball: The Path to Power
Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Saint Seiya Omega
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse
Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose
Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem
Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice
Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole
Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway
Nobody's Boy: Remi
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine
Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare
Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach
Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween
Expelled from Paradise
Mobile Suit Gundam I
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Steel Jeeg
UFO Robot Grendizer
Flower Angel
Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Queen Millennia
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive
Princess Sarah
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Mobile Suit SD Gundam
One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will
Casshern Sins
Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet