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Toshio Furukawa

Name in Native Language: "古川登志夫" (Japanese/JA)
Actor / Voice Acting In Japan / Guitarist | * 07/16/1946 (77) | Tochigi (Japan)
Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio, born July 16, 1946 in Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actor Shino Kakinuma. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Science Fiction | Action

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Movies with Toshio Furukawa as Actor(105)

as A Mysterious Boy (voice)2023 The Birth of Kitarou: Mystery of GeGeGe
as Piccolo (voice)2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
as Portgas D. Ace (voice)2019 One Piece: Stampede
as Piccolo (voice)2018 Dragon Ball Super: Broly
as Piccolo (voice)2016 Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D
as Piccolo (voice)2015 Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'
as Piccolo (voice)2013 Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
as Misao Yamamura (voice)2009 Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser
as Tarou Soramame (voice)2007 Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan
as Bill Myers (voice)2004 Parasite Dolls
as Asuma Shinohara (voice)2002 WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3
as General/Skunk (voice)2001 Metropolis
as Toru Enriques (voice)2000 The Aurora
as Ranmaru Mori (voice)1994 Ghost Sweeper Mikami
as Asuma Shinohara (voice)1993 Patlabor 2: The Movie
as Piccolo (voice)1993 Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound
as Yo Hinomura (voice)1992 Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown
as Piccolo (voice)1992 Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!
as Shin1991 Wizardry
as Ataru Moroboshi1991 Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling
as Piccolo (voice)1991 Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge
as Yo Hinomura (voice)1991 Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge
as Piccolo (voice)1991 Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug
as Piccolo (voice)1990 Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might
as Inumaru Yomota (voice)1990 MAROKO
as Asuma Shinohara (voice)1989 Patlabor: The Movie
as Ataru (voice)1989 Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart
as Ataru (voice)1989 Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese
as Piccolo (voice)1989 Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone
as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)1988 Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter
as Calon Mautholos (voice)1988 Appleseed
as Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman1988 Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer
as Ataru (Voice)1988 Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet
as Berenike (voice)1988 Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth
as Yakuza B1987 The Red Spectacles
as Arsène Lupin III (voice)1987 Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy
as Fritz (voice)1987 Twilight of the Cockroaches
as Prince Croyler (voice)1987 The Golden Bird
as OX-11 (voice)1986 Gall Force: Eternal Story
as Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)1986 The SuperGal
as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)1986 Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
as Doricas Soldam IV1986 They Were Eleven
as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)1986 Urusei Yatsura: Memorial Album
as Akanemaru (voice)1986 The Phoenix: Karma Chapter
as Akira Tsukuba1985 Odin: Starlight Mutiny
as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)1985 Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
as Ataru Moroboshi1984 Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
as Kimball Kinnison (voice)1984 Lensman
as Ataru Moroboshi1983 Urusei Yatsura: Only You
as Tarou Soramame (voice)1982 Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure
as Kai Shiden (voice)1981 Mobile Suit Gundam I
as Pauze1981 Run Melos!
as Lindo (voice)1981 The Door Into Summer

TV Shows/Series with Toshio Furukawa as Actor(53)

as Yasuo Goshima (voice)2024 Uzumaki
as Mephisto II / Mephisto III (voice)2023 Akuma Kun
as Lupin II (voice)2022 LUPIN ZERO
as Ataru's Dad (voice)2022 Urusei Yatsura
as Hantengu (voice)2019 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
as Popuko (voice)2018 Pop Team Epic
as Nezumi Otoko2018 GeGeGe no Kitaro
as Yamanmoto2015 Ushio and Tora
as Piccolo (voices)2015 Dragon Ball Super
as Uri Reiss (voice)2013 Attack on Titan
as Heihachi (voice)2012 Tsuritama
as Piccolo (voice)2009 Dragon Ball Z Kai
as 撮影スタッフ2008 Fireball
as Aobouzu2007 Cackling Kitarou
as Thanatos (voice)2002 Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter
as Piccolo (voice)1996 Dragon Ball GT
as Yoshiharu Kubo1993 Aoki Densetsu Shoot!
as Leon McNichol1991 Bubblegum Crash
as Inumaru Yomota1989 Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
as Asuma Shinohara (voice)1989 Patlabor: The TV Series
as Piccolo1989 Dragon Ball Z
as Asuma Shinohara (voice)1988 Patlabor: The Mobile Police
as Leon McNichol (voice)1987 Bubblegum Crisis
as Piccolo Jr. (voice)1986 Dragon Ball
as Sakamoto1986 Maison Ikkoku
as Kai Shiden1985 Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
as Kimball Kinnison (voice)1984 Galactic Patrol Lensman
as Ogura1983 Nana the Supergirl
as 円条寺大作1983 Lightspeed Electroid Albegas
as AKI Manabu (voice)1982 Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
as Bulme (voice)1982 Combat Mecha Xabungle
as Shunsuke Aoba1982 The Kabocha Wine
as Amamori's Computer1981 Queen Millennia
as エドワード・ミト1981 Robot King Daioja
as Ataru Moroboshi1981 Urusei Yatsura
as Tarou Soramame (voice)1981 Dr. Slump
as Kenichi Ohyama1980 Trider G7
as Ginga (voice)1980 X-Bomber
as Kento Tate (voice)1979 Future Robot Daltanious
as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just1979 The Rose of Versailles
as Domenico (voice)1979 Space Carrier Blue Noah
as Kai Shiden (voice)1979 Mobile Suit Gundam
as Hideo Oboshi (voice)1977 Planet Robot Danguard Ace
as Uchuuta Kamie1977 Super Machine Zambot 3
as Baleter1977 Super Machine Zambot 3
as Takeru1976 Magnos The Robot

Additional Information

Official websites:
Full Name: Toshio Furukawa
Citizenship: Japan
Born: Tuesday, 07/16 1946 (July) in Tochigi (Japan) (current age: 77 years + 257 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: Japanese (JA)
Educated at: Nihon University
Spouses (current/former): Shino Kakinuma
Other names for Toshio Furukawa (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"古川 登志夫"
"Toshio Yoshikawa"
"Furukawa Toshio"
"ふるかわ としお" (Kana/Japanese)
Toshio Furukawa frequently works together with these people:
Shigeru Chiba (41x, Actor)
Masako Nozawa (32x, Actress)
Mayumi Tanaka (30x, Actress)
Ichiro Nagai (28x, Actor)
Akira Toriyama (24x, Crew)
Akira Kamiya (23x, Actor)
Ryou Horikawa (21x, Actor)
Toru Furuya (21x, Actor)
Hiromi Tsuru (19x, Actress)
Fumi Hirano (18x, Actress)
Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (17x, Crew)
Mamoru Oshii (14x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6036, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/18/2024