Tōru Furuya

Tōru Furuya (古谷 徹, Furuya Tōru, born July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. 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), Hyūma Hoshi (Star of the Giants), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya), Yamcha (Dragon Ball), Kyōsuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon). He considers these roles as his most important roles.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 Almark were Furuya's first role in a non-Universal Century Gundam series. 2Filmography 3Television animation 1960sKaizoku Ōji (1966), Kid Star of the Giants (1968), Hyūma Hoshi1970sSteel Jeeg (1975), Hiroshi Shiba Groizer X (1976), Jō Umisaka Hyōga Senshi Gaisragger (1977), Ken Shiki Yakyūkyō no Uta (1977), Yamai Gordian Warrior (1979), Ryōma Okamoto Mobile Suit Gundam (1979), Amuro Ray Space Battleship Yamato III (1979), Daisuke Tokugawa Space Carrier Blue Noah (1979), Shin Himoto1980sMaeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980), Tyltyl Marine Snow no Densetsu (1980), Hiro Umino Queen Millennia (1981), Daisuke Yomori The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (1981), Franz Robinson Akūdai Taisakusen Scramble (1983), Jet Nanako SOS (1983), Shūichi Iidabashi Nine (1983), Katsuya Niimi Plawres Sanshiro (1983), Shingu Narita Special Armored Battalion Dorvack (1983), Masato Mugen Stop!! Hibari-kun! (1983), Kōsaku Sakamoto Katri, Girl of the Meadows (1984), Martti Twin Hawks (1984), Taka Sawatari Video Warrior Laserion (1984), Takashi Katori Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985), Amuro Ray Urusei Yatsura (1985), Shingo Oniwaban and Tobimaro Mizukonoji Dragon Ball (1986), Yamcha, Kogamera Highschool! Kimen-gumi (1986), Harumage Don Saint Seiya (1986), Pegasus Seiya Kimagure Orange Road (1987), Kyōsuke Kasuga Dragon Ball Z (1989), Yamcha, Saibaiman Dragon Quest (1989), Abel1990s21-emon (1991), Wantonaku Kōshaku Cooking Papa (1992), Toshio Nekkota Sailor Moon (1992), Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask/King Endymion Marmalade Boy (1994), Shinichi Namura Dr. Slump (1997), Suppaman Dragon Ball GT (1997), Puck The Big O (1999), Bonnie Fraser Detective Conan (1996), Hiroshi Akimoto/Tohru Amuro/Bourbon/Rei Furuya GTO (1999), Suguru Teshigawara2000sDetective School Q (2003), Hitoshi Shinoda Akagi (2005), Narration Black Jack (2005), D