Toshio Furukawa
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Acting · Born 1946-07-16 · age 80 · Tochigi, Japan
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.
Titles
Attack on Titan
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
One Piece
Dragon Ball Super
Dragon Ball Z
Dragon Ball
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Hunter x Hunter
Dragon Ball GT
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
One Piece: Stampede
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Dragon Ball DAIMA
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
Metropolis
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
PLUTO
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
The Rose of Versailles
One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends
Fist of the North Star
Patlabor: The Movie
Uzumaki
Ushio and Tora
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Dr. Slump
Fist of the North Star
Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World
Scarlet
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Mobile Suit Gundam I
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Appleseed
Mobile Suit Gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Eureka Seven
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
One Piece Episode of East Blue