Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio, born July 16, 1946 in Tochigi^[2]) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actor Shino Kakinuma.^[3]

Toshio Furukawa
古川 登志夫
Furukawa in 2012
Born	(1946-07-16) July 16, 1946 (age 76) Ōhira, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Actor voice actor narrator
Years active	1972–present^[1]
Agent	Aoni Production
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse	Shino Kakinuma

Career

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), Portgas D. Ace (One Piece), and Jann Lee (Dead or Alive). 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).^[4]

Furukawa owns a pet dog named Asuma (遊馬), a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor.^[5] 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.^[6]

Filmography

Television animation

Year	Title	Role
1975	Brave Raideen	Soldier B
1976	Magne Robo Gakeen	Houjou Takeru
1977	Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace	Hideto Oboshi
1979	Future Robo Daltanius	Kento Tate
	King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	Pellinore
	Mobile Suit Gundam	Kai Shiden
	Space Carrier Blue Noah	Leader Zytel and Domenico
1980	Trider G7	Genichi Ooyama
1981	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan	Taro Soramame, The Sun, Narration, etc.
	Urusei Yatsura (1981)	Ataru Moroboshi
	Saikyo Robo Daioja	Prince Mito
1982	Armored Fleet Dairugger XV	Aki Manabu
	Combat Mecha Xabungle	Blume
1983	Lightspeed ElectroGod Albegas	Daisaku Enjouji
1984	Galactic Patrol Lensman	Kimball Kinnison^[7]
	Hokuto no Ken	Shin
	The Kabocha Wine	Shunsuke Aoba
1985	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam	Kai Shiden
1986	Anmitsu Hime	Dracula Jr.
	Dragon Ball	General Blue, Piccolo
	Maison Ikkoku	Sakamoto
1989	Dragon Ball Z	Piccolo
	Patlabor	Asuma Shinohara^[8]
1993	Aoki Densetsu Shoot	Yoshiharu Kubo
1995	Sailor Moon Super S	Hawk's Eye
1996	Dragon Ball GT	Piccolo, Announcer
1997	Cutie Honey Flash	Alphonne
	Kindaichi Case Files	Hiroaki Sakurada
1998	Detective Conan	Misao Yamamura
1999	The Big O	Eugene Grant
	One Piece	Portgas D. Ace
2000	Shinzo	Deathcrow
2001	PaRappa the Rapper	Teacher Bunny
2002	Kinnikuman Nisei Series	Suguru Kinniku
2004	Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple	Charles
	Beet the Vandel Buster	Laio, Frausky
	Keroro Gunso	Kagege
	Samurai Champloo	Kagemaru
2005	Eureka Seven	William B. Baxter
	The Law of Ueki	Mūnin
	Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle	Gitsune
2006	xxxHolic
2007	Tetsuko no Tabi	Hideki Egami
2008	Soul Eater	Asura/Kishin
	Bleach	Kageroza Inaba
2009	Dragon Ball Kai	Piccolo
2011	Hunter × Hunter	Satotz
2012	Saint Seiya Omega	Southern Cross Kazuma
	Shirokuma Cafe	Tree Kangaroo
	Tsuritama	Narrator
2014	Mushishi: The Next Chapter	Kaoru
	Space Dandy	Ukuleleman
2015	World Trigger	Enedora
	Dragon Ball Super	Piccolo
	Ushio and Tora	Yamanmoto
2016	Mr. Osomatsu	Play-by-play announcer
2018	GeGeGe no Kitarō	Nezumi-Otoko
	Pop Team Epic	Popuko (Episode 2-B)
	Attack on Titan Season 3	Uri Reiss
	Karakuri Circus	Bai Jin, Faceless, Sadayoshi Saiga
2020	Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga	Date Boo Masamune
2022	Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai	Myst
	Urusei Yatsura (2022)	Ataru's dad^[9]
2023	Akuma-kun	Mephisto II^[10]
TBA	Uzumaki	Kirie's father^[11]

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)
• 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)
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2016–18) (Kai Shiden)

Original net animation (ONA)

• Lupin Zero (2022) (Lupin II)^[12]

Theatrical animation

Year	Title	Role
1981	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island	Taro Soramame
	Mobile Suit Gundam	Kai Shiden
	Mobile Suit Gundam: Soldiers of Sorrow	Kai Shiden
	Natsu e no Tobira	Lindo
1982	Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space	Kai Shiden
	Dr. Slump: "Hoyoyo!" Space Adventure	Taro Soramame
1983	Urusei Yatsura: Only You	Ataru Moroboshi
	Combat Mecha Xabungle	Burume
	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo, Great Round-the-World Race	Taro Soramame
1984	Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer	Ataru Moroboshi
	Lensman: Secret of The Lens	Kimball Kinnison
	The Kabocha Wine: Nita no Aijou Monogatari	Shunsuke Aoba
	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle	Taro Soramame
1985	Urusei Yatsura 3: Remember My Love	Ataru Moroboshi
	Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! Dream Capital Mechapolis	Taro Soramame
	Odin: Photon Sailer Starlight	Akira Tsukuba
1986	Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever	Ataru Moroboshi
	They Were Eleven	Doricas Soldam IV
	High School! Kimengumi	Jaki'ichi En
	The Phoenix: Chapter of Ho-o	Yamato no Akanemaru
1988	Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter	Ataru Moroboshi
	Legend of Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars	Olivier Poplan
	Saint Seiya: The Legend of Crimson Youth	Coma Berenices
	Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure	General Blue
	Maison Ikkoku Final Chapter	Sakamoto
1989	Akuma-kun	Mesphisto II
	Patlabor: The Movie	Asuma Shinohara
	Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle	Thrones Mois
	Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone	Piccolo
1990	Akuma-kun: Yōkoso Akuma-Land e!!	Mesphisto II
	Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest	Piccolo
	MAROKO	Inumaru Yomota
	Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might	Piccolo
1991	Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling	Ataru Moroboshi
	Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug	Piccolo
	Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge	Piccolo
1992	Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler	Piccolo
	Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!	Piccolo
1993	Patlabor 2: The Movie	Asuma Shinohara
	Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan	Piccolo
	Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound	Piccolo
1994	Ghost Sweeper Mikami	Mori Ranmaru
1995	Slam Dunk: Shohoku's Greatest Challenge! Burning Hanamichi Sakuragi	Michael Okita
1996	Crayon Shin-chan: Adventure in Henderland	Su Noman Pa
	Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast	Chinpo
2001	Metropolis	General Kusai Skunk
2002	WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3	Asuma Shinohara
2004	Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey	Nyago
2005	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Heirs To The Stars	Kai Shiden
2006	Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III - Love is the Pulse of the Stars	Kai Shiden
2007	Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan	Taro Soramame
2008	GeGeGe no Kitarō: Japan Explodes!!	Aobōzu
2009	Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser	Misao Yamamura
2012	Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker	Misao Yamamura
2013	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Piccolo
2015	Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'	Piccolo
2018	Dragon Ball Super: Broly	Piccolo^[13]
2022	Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero	Piccolo
2022	Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island	Kai Shiden^[14]

Video games

Year	Title	Role
1996	Tobal No. 1	Emperor Udan^[8]
1996	Dead or Alive	Jann Lee
1999	Dead or Alive 2	Jann Lee
2001	Dead or Alive 3	Jann Lee
2004	Kinnikuman Generations	Suguru Kinniku
2004	Everybody's Golf Portable	Jean
2005	Namco × Capcom	Taizo Hori, Joker^[8]
2005	Dead or Alive 4	Jann Lee
2006	Battle Stadium D.O.N	Piccolo
2006	Everybody's Tennis	Kaito
2006	Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops	Roy Campbell^[8]
2007	Shining Force EXA	Adam, Bornay
2007	Everybody's Golf Portable 2	Jean
2009	Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo	Shin^[8]
2012	Project X Zone	Eins Belanos^[15]
2019	Jump Force	Piccolo^[8]
2022	SD Gundam Battle Alliance	Kai Shiden^[16]

• 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)^[17]

Live-action television

• Shin Heike Monogatari (1972)^[1]

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Billy Crystal
  • City Slickers (TV Tokyo edition) (Mitch Robbins)^[18]
  • Forget Paris (Mickey Gordon)^[18]
  • Analyze This (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Ben Sobel M.D.)^[18]
  • Parental Guidance (Artie Decker)^[19]
  • Small Apartments (Burt Walnut)^[20]
• Aliens (2003 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))^[21]
• Alien 3 (2005 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))^[22]
• Back to the Future (1989 TV Asahi edition) (George McFly (Crispin Glover))^[23]
• CHiPs (Ponch (Erik Estrada))^[18]
• Dave (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline))^[18]
• Fargo (2002 TV Tokyo edition) (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))^[24]
• Ghost World (Seymour (Steve Buscemi))^[25]
• The Ice Storm (Ben Hood (Kevin Kline))^[18]
• Independence Day (1999 TV Asahi edition) (U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman))^[18]
• Killing Eve (Paul (Steve Pemberton))^[26]
• Little House on the Prairie (Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler))^[18]
• Monty Python (Terry Gilliam)^[27]
• Mr. Vampire (Man-choi (Ricky Hui))^[28]
• Out of Africa (Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford))^[29]
• Speed (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels))^[30]
• The World Is Not Enough (2003 TV Asahi edition) (Victor "Renard" Zokas (Robert Carlyle))^[31]

Animation

• Antz (Z)^[32]
• Disney's House of Mouse (Panchito Pistoles)^[33]
• Legend of the Three Caballeros (Panchito Gonzalez)^[34]
• Robots (Herb Copperbottom)^[35]
• The Three Caballeros (1994 dub ver) (Panchito Pistoles)^[34]
• Watership Down (Hazel)^[36]

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Notable character	Result
1982	5th Anime Grand Prix	Most Popular Voice Actor of the Year	Ataru Moroboshi	Won

References

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External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Official agency profile (in Japanese)
• Toshio Furukawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Toshio Furukawa at IMDb
• Toshio Furukawa at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)