Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 16, 1946
Place of Birth:
Tochigi, Japan
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Toshio Furukawa
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
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Harimaware! Koinu | Branch Chief (voice) |
| 2024 | Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc | Harabote Muscle (voice) |
| 2024 | Uzumaki | Yasuo Goshima (voice) |
| 2024 | Dragon Ball DAIMA | Piccolo (voice) |
| 2023 | Akuma Kun | Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice) |
| 2023 | PLUTO | Ochanomizu (voice) |
| 2022 | Urusei Yatsura | Ataru's Dad (voice) |
| 2022 | LUPIN ZERO | Lupin II (voice) |
| 2020 | Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga | Date Boo Masamune (voice) |
| 2020 | Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori | |
| 2019 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Hantengu (voice) |
| 2018 | Super Dragon Ball Heroes | Picollo (voice) |
| 2018 | Pop Team Epic | Popuko (voice) |
| 2018 | GeGeGe no Kitaro | Nezumi Otoko |
| 2015 | Ushio and Tora | Yamanmoto (voice) |
| 2015 | Dragon Ball Super | Piccolo (voices) |
| 2013 | Attack on Titan | Uri Reiss (voice) |
| 2012 | Tsuritama | Heihachi (voice) |
| 2011 | Hunter x Hunter | Satotz (voice) |
| 2009 | Dragon Ball Z Kai | Piccolo (voice) |
| 2007 | Cackling Kitarou | Aobouzu |
| 2005 | Eureka Seven | |
| 2004 | Beet the Vandel Buster | ライオ / Raio |
| 2004 | Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger | Narrator |
| 2003 | Air Master | Shiro Saeki |
| 2003 | Parasite Dolls | Bill Myers |
| 2002 | Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter | Thanatos (voice) |
| 1999 | One Piece | Portgas D. Ace (voice) |
| 1997 | Cutie Honey Flash | Alphonne (voice) |
| 1996 | Dragon Ball GT | Piccolo (voice) |
| 1993 | Aoki Densetsu Shoot! | Yoshiharu Kubo |
| 1991 | Bubblegum Crash | Leon McNichol |
| 1990 | Patlabor: The New Files | Asuma Shinohara (voice) |
| 1990 | MoMoKo | Kentarou Minami (voice) |
| 1990 | A.D. Police Files | Leon (voice) |
| 1989 | Dragon Ball Z | Piccolo (voice) |
| 1989 | Akuma-kun | Mephisto Jr. |
| 1989 | Patlabor: The TV Series | Asuma Shinohara (voice) |
| 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Inumaru Yomota |
| 1988 | Patlabor: The Mobile Police | Asuma Shinohara (voice) |
| 1988 | Crying Freeman | Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice) |
| 1987 | Kamen no Ninja Akakage | Akakage (voice) |
| 1987 | Bubblegum Crisis | Leon McNichol (voice) |
| 1986 | Dragon Ball | |
| 1986 | Maison Ikkoku | Sakamoto |
| 1986 | Animated Classics of Japanese Literature | Tatsuo (voice) |
| 1986 | Dragon Ball | Piccolo Jr. (voice) |
| 1985 | Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam | Kai Shiden |
| 1984 | Fist of the North Star | Shin |
| 1984 | Galactic Patrol Lensman | Kimball Kinnison (voice) |
| 1983 | Nana the Supergirl | Ogura |
| 1983 | Lightspeed Electroid Albegas | 円条寺大作 |
| 1982 | Armored Fleet Dairugger XV | AKI Manabu (voice) |
| 1982 | The♥Kabocha Wine | Shunsuke Aoba (voice) |
| 1982 | Combat Mecha Xabungle | Bulme (voice) |
| 1981 | Queen Millennia | Amamori's Computer |
| 1981 | Urusei Yatsura | Ataru Moroboshi |
| 1981 | Robot King Daioja | エドワード・ミト |
| 1981 | Dr. Slump | Tarou Soramame (voice) |
| 1980 | Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey | Spirit of the Bread |
| 1980 | Trider G7 | Kenichi Ohyama |
| 1980 | X-Bomber | Ginga (voice) |
| 1979 | Mobile Suit Gundam | Kai Shiden (voice) |
| 1979 | The Rose of Versailles | Louis Antoine de Saint-Just |
| 1979 | Future Robot Daltanious | Kento Tate (voice) |
| 1979 | Space Carrier Blue Noah | Domenico (voice) |
| 1978 | Highschool Baseball Ninja | 堀田三吉 |
| 1977 | Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 | Shingo |
| 1977 | Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 | Baleter |
| 1977 | Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 | Uchuuta Kamie |
| 1977 | Planet Robot Danguard Ace | Hideo Oboshi (voice) |
| 1976 | Magnos the Robot | Takeru |