Toshio Furukawa
Acting
- Born:
- 1946-07-16
- Place of birth:
- Tochigi, Japan
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Scarlet
One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga
Dragon Ball DAIMA
Uzumaki
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger with Tombo Ohger
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
Harimaware! Koinu
The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe
Akuma Kun
PLUTO
LUPIN ZERO
Urusei Yatsura
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
One Piece: Stampede
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet
GeGeGe no Kitaro
Pop Team Epic
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V – Clash at Loum
One Piece Episode of East Blue
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny
Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 Years After
One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will
Dragon Ball Super
Ushio and Tora
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends
Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!!
Attack on Titan
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker
Tsuritama
Hunter x Hunter
Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday
Cackling Kitarou
Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars
Eureka Seven
Beet the Vandel Buster
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger THE MOVIE: Full Blast Action
Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold!
Parasite Dolls
Parasite Dolls
Air Master
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Patlabor WXIII the Movie
Metropolis
The Aurora
One Piece
Cutie Honey Flash
Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast
Crayon Shinchan the Movie: The Great Adventure in Henderland
Dragon Ball GT
Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School
Ghost Sweeper Mikami
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory
Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans
Patlabor 2: The Movie
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles
Bubblegum Crash
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
Wizardry
Patlabor: The New Files
MoMoKo
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
A.D. Police Files
Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
MAROKO
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest
Devil Boy: Welcome to Devil Land!!
Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga
Patlabor: The TV Series
Urusei Yatsura: I Howl at the Moon
Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1
Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
Patlabor: The Movie
Devil Boy
Dragon Ball Z
Akuma-kun
Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle
Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé
Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
Crying Freeman
Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter
Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure
Antique Heart
Patlabor: Early Days
Appleseed
Mobile Suit SD Gundam
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars
Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
Demon of Steel: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts
Twilight of the Cockroaches
Winning Pitcher
Kamen no Ninja Akakage
Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
Space Fantasia 2001 Nights
The Golden Bird
Bubblegum Crisis
The Red Spectacles
Phoenix: Karma Chapter
They Were Eleven
Urusei Yatsura: Memorial Album
Nayuta
Gall Force: Eternal Story
The SuperGal
Animated Classics of Japanese Literature
Maison Ikkoku
Fist of the North Star
Dragon Ball
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 1 - Yuria, Forever... and Farewell Shin!!
Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party
Odin: Starlight Mutiny
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle
Fist of the North Star
Galactic Patrol Lensman
The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story
Lensman
Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident
Nana the Supergirl
Lightspeed Electroid Albegas
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World
Urusei Yatsura: Only You
I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life
Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
The♥Kabocha Wine
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
Combat Mecha Xabungle
Urusei Yatsura
Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
Queen Millennia
Dr. Slump
Glorious Number 3
The Door Into Summer
Mobile Suit Gundam I
Run Melos!
Robot King Daioja
Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck
X-Bomber
The Legend of Marine Snow
Trider G7
Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey
Space Carrier Blue Noah
The Rose of Versailles
Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage
Mobile Suit Gundam
Future Robot Daltanious
The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army
Highschool Baseball Ninja
Invincible Super Man Zambot 3
Planet Robot Danguard Ace
Magnet Robot Gakeen