Toshio Furukawa
Template:Short description Template:Expand Japanese Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Career
He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (Sgt. Frog), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura), Portgas D. Ace (One Piece), Jann Lee (Dead or Alive) and Misao Yamamura (Detective Conan). 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 Template:Ill and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius.
He performed in the band Template:Nihongo with Tōru 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).<ref>ja:スラップスティック (バンド)</ref>
Furukawa owns a pet dog named Template:Nihongo, a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Filmography
Television animation
Original video animation (OVA)
- Urusei Yatsura (1985–2008) (Ataru Moroboshi)
- Lupin III: The Plot of the Fuma Clan (1987) (Arsène Lupin III)
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987–1991) (Leon McNichol)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Appleseed (1988) (Calon)
- Crying Freeman (1988–1994) (Hinomura Yō a.k.a.Crying Freeman)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–2000) (Olivier Poplin)
- Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) (Inumaru Yomota)
- Saint Seiya: Elysion Hen (2008) (Thanatos)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2012–14) (Kai Shiden)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2016–18) (Kai Shiden)
Original net animation (ONA)
- Lupin Zero (2022) (Lupin II)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Pluto (2023) (Professor Ochanomizu)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Theatrical animation
Video games
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Template:Dts | Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car | Sonic |
| Template:Dts | Tobal No. 1 | Emperor Udan<ref name="btva"/> |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive | Jann Lee |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 2 | Jann Lee |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 3 | Jann Lee |
| Template:Dts | Kinnikuman Generations | Suguru Kinniku |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Golf Portable | Jean |
| Template:Dts | Namco × Capcom | Taizo Hori, Joker<ref name="btva"/> |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 4 | Jann Lee |
| Template:Dts | Battle Stadium D.O.N | Piccolo |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Tennis | Kaito |
| Template:Dts | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | Roy Campbell<ref name="btva"/> |
| Template:Dts | Shining Force EXA | Adam, Bornay |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Golf Portable 2 | Jean |
| Template:Dts | Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo | Shin<ref name="btva"/> |
| Template:Dts | Project X Zone | Eins Belanos<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Dts | Jump Force | Piccolo<ref name="btva"/> |
| Template:Dts | SD Gundam Battle Alliance | Kai Shiden<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
- Dragon Ball series (1993–present) (Piccolo, General Blue)
- Mr. Driller series (1999–present) (Taizo Hori, Ataru Hori)
Tokusatsu
- Jumborg Ace (1974) (Worker (Actor), Dump Kong (Suit Actor))
- X-Bomber (1980) (Shiro Ginga)
- Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack (1998) (Takkard)
- Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! Movie (2003) (Dimensional Drifter Galvidi)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004) (Narrator)
- Kamen Rider Wizard (2012) (Wiseman (Carbuncle (Ep. 8 - 47 (Ep. 48 Voice by Narushi Ikeda)))
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum (2012) (Wiseman)
Live-action film
- The Red Spectacles (1987)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Live-action television
- Shin Heike Monogatari (1972)<ref name=topio/>
Dubbing roles
Live-action
- Billy Crystal
- City Slickers (TV Tokyo edition) (Mitch Robbins)<ref name=aoni>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Forget Paris (Mickey Gordon)<ref name=aoni/>
- Analyze This (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Ben Sobel M.D.)<ref name=aoni/>
- Parental Guidance (Artie Decker)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Small Apartments (Burt Walnut)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Aliens (2003 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Alien 3 (2005 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Back to the Future (1989 TV Asahi edition) (George McFly (Crispin Glover))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- CHiPs (Ponch (Erik Estrada))<ref name=aoni/>
- Dave (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline))<ref name=aoni/>
- Fargo (2002 TV Tokyo edition) (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ghost World (Seymour (Steve Buscemi))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Ice Storm (Ben Hood (Kevin Kline))<ref name=aoni/>
- Independence Day (1999 TV Asahi edition) (U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman))<ref name=aoni/>
- Killing Eve (Paul (Steve Pemberton))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Last Emperor (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Camp Interrogator (Ric Young))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Little House on the Prairie (Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler))<ref name=aoni/>
- Monty Python (Terry Gilliam)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Mr. Vampire (Man-choi (Ricky Hui))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Out of Africa (2012 DVD and Blu-ray editions) (Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Speed (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The World Is Not Enough (2003 TV Asahi edition) (Victor "Renard" Zokas (Robert Carlyle))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Animation
- Antz (Z)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- House of Mouse (Panchito Pistoles)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Legend of the Three Caballeros (Panchito Gonzalez)<ref name=3kishi>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Robots (Herb Copperbottom)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- The Three Caballeros (1994 dub ver) (Panchito Pistoles)<ref name=3kishi/>
- Watership Down (Hazel)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5th Anime Grand Prix | Most Popular Voice Actor of the Year | Template:Won | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2024 | 18th Seiyu Awards | Merit Award | Honored | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
References
External links
- 1946 births
- Living people
- Aoni Production voice actors
- Japanese dramatists and playwrights
- Japanese guitarists
- Japanese male video game actors
- Japanese male voice actors
- Male voice actors from Tochigi Prefecture
- Nihon University alumni
- 20th-century Japanese male actors
- 21st-century Japanese male actors
- Japanese Christians