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Toru Furuya

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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!.

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Toru Furuya

Biography

Films Featuring Toru Furuya

Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive

Paprika

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars

The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal

Detective Conan: Amuro Secret Call

Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Memorial

Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach

Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween

Sea Prince and the Fire Child

Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose

Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train

Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack

Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle

Mobile Suit Gundam I

Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow

Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space

Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection

Windaria

Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III: Return The World

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II: End of World

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I: Celestial Being

Ultraman Regulos: First Mission

Macross II: Lovers Again

Sailor Moon S: Kotaete Moon Call (Answer the Moon Call!)

Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: Missing 99

Neko Ramen Taisho

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

The Legend of Marine Snow

Star of the Giants - Big League Ball

Star of the Giants - Fateful Showdown

The Wild Swans

Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

Zoku izuko e

Sailor Moon SuperS: Special

Harmagedon

Star of the Giants - Go, Go, Hyuma

Adventures of the Polar Cubs

GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai

New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning

Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem

Final Yamato

Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

Seito Shokun! Kokoro ni Midori no Neckerchief wo

Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

Dragon Ball: The Path to Power

Star of the Giants - Bloody Final

Pokémon: The First Movie

Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy

Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami's First Love

Keroppi and the Beanstalk

Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine

Dragon Ball: Goku & Traffic Safety

Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Clear Skies Over Penguin Village

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Valentine-hen

Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare

Papa Mama Bye Bye

Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle

Gundam Evolve

Goku's Fire Brigade

Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice

Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris

Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie

One Piece Film: GOLD

Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse

Mobile Suit SD Gundam

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II

Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer

The Ultimate Esper R

One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will

One Pound Gospel

Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack

Bavi Stock I: Fated to Be A Target

Odin: Starlight Mutiny