Toshio Furukawa
- Acting
- July 16, 1946 · 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 · Innkeeper (Voice)
- One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga · Portgas D. Ace
- Dragon Ball DAIMA · Piccolo (Voice)
- Uzumaki · Yasuo Goshima (Voice)
- Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc · Harabote Muscle (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai · Piccolo (voice) (archive footage)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger with Tombo Ohger · Narrator (Voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster · Narrator
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- · Hantengu (Voice)
- Harimaware! Koinu · Branch Chief (Voice)
- The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe · A Mysterious Boy (Voice)
- Akuma Kun · Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (Voice)
- PLUTO · Ocanomizu (Voice)
- LUPIN ZERO · Lupin II (Voice)
- Urusei Yatsura · Ataru's Dad (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero · Piccolo (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- I'm Standing on a Million Lives · Game Master (Voice)
- Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
- Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga · Date Boo Masamune (Voice)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba · Hantengu (Voice)
- One Piece: Stampede · Portgas D. Ace (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly · Piccolo (Voice)
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes · Picollo (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- GeGeGe no Kitaro · Nezumi Otoko
- Pop Team Epic · Popuko (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V – Clash at Loum · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- One Piece Episode of East Blue · Portgas D. Ace (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai · Piccolo (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D · Piccolo (Voice)
- Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare · Maon's Father (Voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 Years After · Narrator
- One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will · Portgas D. Ace (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Super · Piccolo (Voice)
- Ushio and Tora · Yamanmoto (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' · Piccolo (Voice)
- One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends · Portgas D. Ace (Voice)
- Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! · Piccolo (Voice)
- Attack on Titan · Uri Reiss (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods · Piccolo (Voice)
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum · Wiseman (Voice)
- Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker · Misao Yamamura (Voice)
- Tsuritama · Heihachi (Voice)
- Hunter x Hunter · Satotz (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Plan to Eradicate the Super Saiyans
- Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser · Misao Yamamura (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai · Piccolo (Voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura · Ataru Morobishi (Voice)
- Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! · Piccolo (Voice)
- It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday · Ataru Moroboshi (Voice)
- Cackling Kitarou · Aobouzu
- Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan · Tarou Soramame (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa · Erik Jan Hanussen (Voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars · Kai Shiden (Voice)
- Eureka Seven
- Beet the Vandel Buster · ライオ / Raio
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger THE MOVIE: Full Blast Action · Narrator (Voice)
- Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey · Nyago (Voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger · Narrator
- Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! · Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
- Parasite Dolls · Bill Myers (Voice)
- Parasite Dolls · Bill Myers
- Air Master · Shiro Saeki
- Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter · Thanatos (Voice)
- Patlabor WXIII the Movie · Asuma Shinohara (Voice)
- Metropolis · General/Skunk (Voice)
- The Aurora · Toru Enriques (Voice)
- One Piece · Portgas D. Ace (Voice)
- Cutie Honey Flash · Alphonne (Voice)
- Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast · Chinpo (Voice)
- Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure In Henderland · S. Nowman (Voice)
- Dragon Ball GT · Piccolo (Voice)
- Slam Dunk 3: Crisis of Shohoku School · Michael Okita (Voice)
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami · Ranmaru Mori (Voice)
- Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory · Yo Hinomura (Voice)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot! · Yoshiharu Kubo (Voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans · Piccolo (Voice)