Toshio Furukawa
Template:Short description Template:Cleanup bare URLs Template:Expand Japanese Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Template:Nihongo is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
CareerEdit
He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (Sgt. Frog), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura), Portgas D. Ace (One Piece), Jann Lee (Dead or Alive) and Misao Yamamura (Detective Conan). 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 Template:Ill and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius.
He performed in the band Template:Nihongo with Tōru 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).<ref>ja:スラップスティック (バンド)</ref>
Furukawa owns a pet dog named Template:Nihongo, a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor.<ref>http://www.topio.jp/30-asuma.htm</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.topio.jp/30-ataru.htm</ref>
FilmographyEdit
Television animationEdit
Original video animation (OVA)Edit
- Urusei Yatsura (1985–2008) (Ataru Moroboshi)
- Lupin III: The Plot of the Fuma Clan (1987) (Arsène Lupin III)
- Bubblegum Crisis (1987–1991) (Leon McNichol)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Appleseed (1988) (Calon)
- Crying Freeman (1988–1994) (Hinomura Yō a.k.a.Crying Freeman)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988–2000) (Olivier Poplin)
- Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! (1989) (Inumaru Yomota)
- Saint Seiya: Elysion Hen (2008) (Thanatos)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2012–14) (Kai Shiden)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (2016–18) (Kai Shiden)
Original net animation (ONA)Edit
- Lupin Zero (2022) (Lupin II)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Pluto (2023) (Professor Ochanomizu)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Theatrical animationEdit
Video gamesEdit
| Year | Title | Role | |
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| Template:Dts | Waku Waku Sonic Patrol Car | Sonic | |
| Template:Dts | Tobal No. 1 | Emperor Udan<ref name="btva"/> | |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive | Jann Lee | |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 2 | Jann Lee | |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 3 | Jann Lee | |
| Template:Dts | Kinnikuman Generations | Suguru Kinniku | |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Golf Portable | Jean | |
| Template:Dts | Namco × Capcom | Taizo Hori, Joker<ref name="btva"/> | |
| Template:Dts | Dead or Alive 4 | Jann Lee | |
| Template:Dts | Battle Stadium D.O.N | Piccolo | |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Tennis | Kaito | |
| Template:Dts | Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops | Roy Campbell<ref name="btva"/> | |
| Template:Dts | Shining Force EXA | Adam, Bornay | |
| Template:Dts | Everybody's Golf Portable 2 | Jean | |
| Template:Dts | Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo | Shin<ref name="btva"/> | |
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| Template:Dts | Jump Force | Piccolo<ref name="btva"/> | |
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- Dragon Ball series (1993–present) (Piccolo, General Blue)
- Mr. Driller series (1999–present) (Taizo Hori, Ataru Hori)
TokusatsuEdit
- Jumborg Ace (1974) (Worker (Actor), Dump Kong (Suit Actor))
- X-Bomber (1980) (Shiro Ginga)
- Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack (1998) (Takkard)
- Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! Movie (2003) (Dimensional Drifter Galvidi)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (2004) (Narrator)
- Kamen Rider Wizard (2012) (Wiseman (Carbuncle (Ep. 8 - 47 (Ep. 48 Voice by Narushi Ikeda)))
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie War Ultimatum (2012) (Wiseman)
Live-action filmEdit
- The Red Spectacles (1987)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Live-action televisionEdit
- Shin Heike Monogatari (1972)<ref name=topio/>
Dubbing rolesEdit
Live-actionEdit
- Billy Crystal
- City Slickers (TV Tokyo edition) (Mitch Robbins)<ref name=aoni>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Forget Paris (Mickey Gordon)<ref name=aoni/>
- Analyze This (2001 TV Asahi edition) (Ben Sobel M.D.)<ref name=aoni/>
- Parental Guidance (Artie Decker)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Small Apartments (Burt Walnut)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Aliens (2003 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Alien 3 (2005 Ultimate Edition) (Bishop (Lance Henriksen))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Back to the Future (1989 TV Asahi edition) (George McFly (Crispin Glover))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- CHiPs (Ponch (Erik Estrada))<ref name=aoni/>
- Dave (1997 TV Asahi edition) (Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline))<ref name=aoni/>
- Fargo (2002 TV Tokyo edition) (Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ghost World (Seymour (Steve Buscemi))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Ice Storm (Ben Hood (Kevin Kline))<ref name=aoni/>
- Independence Day (1999 TV Asahi edition) (U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman))<ref name=aoni/>
- Killing Eve (Paul (Steve Pemberton))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Last Emperor (1989 TV Asahi edition) (Camp Interrogator (Ric Young))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Little House on the Prairie (Almanzo Wilder (Dean Butler))<ref name=aoni/>
- Monty Python (Terry Gilliam)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Mr. Vampire (Man-choi (Ricky Hui))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Out of Africa (2012 DVD and Blu-ray editions) (Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Speed (1998 TV Asahi edition) (Harry Temple (Jeff Daniels))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The World Is Not Enough (2003 TV Asahi edition) (Victor "Renard" Zokas (Robert Carlyle))<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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AnimationEdit
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- House of Mouse (Panchito Pistoles)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Legend of the Three Caballeros (Panchito Gonzalez)<ref name=3kishi>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Robots (Herb Copperbottom)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- The Three Caballeros (1994 dub ver) (Panchito Pistoles)<ref name=3kishi/>
- Watership Down (Hazel)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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AwardsEdit
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. | |
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| 1982 | 5th Anime Grand Prix | Most Popular Voice Actor of the Year | Template:Won | citation | CitationClass=web
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| 2024 | 18th Seiyu Awards | Merit Award | Honored | citation | CitationClass=web
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ReferencesEdit
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