| Toshio Furukawa | |
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| Born | July 16, 1946 Ohira, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture |
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| Occupation | Seiyū, actor, narrator, playwright, guitarist |
| Spouse(s) | Shino Kakinuma |
Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫 Furukawa Toshio) is a veteran seiyū who was born on July 16, 1946 in Tochigi. He works at Aoni Production and is married to fellow seiyū Shino Kakinuma.
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Profile
- Bloodtype: B[1]
- Height: 164 cm[1]
- Weight: 56 kg[1]
- Hobbies: Fishing, diorama, reading, movies[1]
- Debut Voice role: A soldier in Brave Raideen [2]
- Pet: Asuma (遊馬), a Shih Tzu. Named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor[1]
- Band: SLAPSTICK (スラップスティック) with Toru Furuya, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yuji Mitsuya and Akio Nojima.[3]
- Special Ability: Tate (殺陣) or stage combat[1]
- Currently Affiliated with Aoni Production
Career/Personal
- Popular roles of Toshio are Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura), Kagege (Keroro Gunso), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), and Piccolo (Dragon Ball Z).[2]
- Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from calm men such as Piccolo of the Dragonball series and Shin from Fist of the North Star, to comedians like Ataru of Urusei Yatsura and Inumaru of Gosenzosama Banbanzai. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice"[2] and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of Saikyo robo Daioja and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius
- In 2007, SLAPSTICK got together to pay tribute to former band members Kazuyuki Sogabe and Kazuyuki Sogabe (guitar).[3]
Voice roles
Lead or regular roles are in bold
Television animation
- Lightspeed ElectroGod Albegas (Daisaku Enjouji)
- Trider G7 (Genichi Ooyama)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot (Yoshiharu Kubo)
- Keroro Gunso (Kagege)
- Future Robo Daltanius (Kento Tate)
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (Charles)
- Anmitsu Hime (Dracula Jr.)
- The Law of Ueki (Mūnin)
- The Big O (Eugene Grant)
- Urusei Yatsura (Ataru Moroboshi)
- Saikyo Robo Daioja (Prince Mito)
- King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Pellinore)
- Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV (Aki Manabu)
- Patlabor (Asuma Shinohara)
- Magnerobo Ga-Keen (Houjou Takeru)
- The Three Caballeros & House of Mouse (Panchito Pistoles)
- Mobile Suit Gundam (Kai Shiden)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (Kai Shiden)
- Kindaichi Case Files (Hiroaki Sakurada)
- Kinnikuman Nisei Series (Suguru Kinniku)
- Eureka Seven (William B. Baxter)
- Combat Mecha Xabungle (Blume)
- Cutey Honey Flash (Alphonne)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan (Tarou Soramame, The Sun, Narration, etc.)
- Dragon Ball (General Blue, Piccolo Jr.)
- Dragon Ball Z (Piccolo Jr.)
- Dragon Ball GT (Piccolo Jr., Announcer)
- Sailor Moon Super S (Hawk's Eye)
- Beet the Vandel Buster (Laio, Frausky)
- Hokuto no Ken (Shin)
- xxxHolic and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (Gitsune)
- Shinzo (Desukurou)
- Maison Ikkoku (Sakamoto)
- Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace (Hideto Oboshi)
- One Piece (Portgas D. Ace)
- Tetsuko no Tabi (Hideki Egami)
- Kabocha Wine (Shunsuke Aoba)
- Soul Eater (Asura/Kishin)
- Sonic X - Power The Cat Ep 46-48
OVA
- Gosenzosama Banbanzai (Inumaru Yomota)
- Appleseed (Calon)
- Urusei Yatsura (Ataru Moroboshi)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Olivier Poplin)
- Bubblegum Crisis (Leon McNichol)
- Lupin III: The Fuma Conspiracy (Arsène Lupin III)
- Saint Seiya: Elysion Hen (Thanatos)
Theater animation
- Urusei Yatsura series (Ataru Moroboshi)
- Mobile Suit Gundam series (Kai Shiden)
- Slam Dunk (Michael)
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa (Eric)
Video games
- Dead or Alive series (Jann Lee)
- Namco × Capcom (Taizo Hori, Joka)
- Mr. Driller (Taizo Hori)
- Hot Shots Golf series (John)
- Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (Young Roy Campbell)
- Kinnikuman Generations (Suguru Kinniku)
Dubbing roles
- CHiPs (Ponch)
- Monty Python (Terry Gilliam)
- Little House on the Prairie (Almanzo Wilder)
- Back to the Future (George McFly)
- Independence Day (U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore) *TV version*
- Robots (Herb Copperbottom)
- Scooby Doo (Shaggy Rogers, ((Casey Kasem)
Tokusatsu
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (Narrator)
See also
- Shino Kakinuma (wife)
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Topio: Official Website" (in Japanese). toshio furukawa. toshio. May 09, 2009. http://www.topio.jp/.
- ^ a b c "古川登志夫" (in Japanese). ja.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. May 09, 2009. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E5%B7%9D%E7%99%BB%E5%BF%97%E5%A4%AB.
- ^ a b "スラップスティック" (in Japanese). ja.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. May 09, 2009. http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89).
External links
- Toshio Furukawa (people) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Topio: Official Website
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