Toshio Furukawa
Acting
Born: 1946-07-16 in 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
Hunter x Hunter
Satotz (voice)
Dragon Ball Z
Piccolo (voice)
One Piece
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
Dr. Slump
Tarou Soramame (voice)
Attack on Titan
Uri Reiss (voice)
Fist of the North Star
Shin
Super Dragon Ball Heroes
Picollo (voice)
Dragon Ball DAIMA
Piccolo (voice)
Urusei Yatsura
Ataru Moroboshi
Dragon Ball Super
Piccolo (voice)
Urusei Yatsura
Ataru's Dad (voice)
PLUTO
Ocanomizu (voice)
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
Thanatos (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Hantengu (voice)
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Kai Shiden
Eureka Seven
Dragon Ball Z Kai
Piccolo (voice)
The♥Kabocha Wine
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
Mobile Suit Gundam
Kai Shiden (voice)
X-Bomber
Ginga (voice)
Maison Ikkoku
Sakamoto (voice)
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger
Narrator
Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
AKI Manabu (voice)
I'm Standing on a Million Lives
Game Master (voice)
Ushio and Tora
Yamanmoto (voice)
The Rose of Versailles
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
Piccolo (voice)
Patlabor: The TV Series
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
Hantengu (voice)
Planet Robot Danguard Ace
Hideo Oboshi (voice)
Scarlet
Innkeeper (voice)
GeGeGe no Kitaro
Nezumi Otoko
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
Misao Yamamura (voice)
Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc
Harabote Muscle (voice)
Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
Cackling Kitarou
Aobouzu
Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan
Piccolo (voice)
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
Piccolo (voice)
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Piccolo (voice)
Nana the Supergirl
Ogura