Toshio Furukawa
Acting
🎂 1946-07-16
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.
Cast credits(199)
Piccolo (voice)
1989
Ataru Moroboshi
1981
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
1999
Nezumi Otoko
2018
Hideo Oboshi (voice)
1977
Piccolo (voices)
2015
Satotz (voice)
2011
Aobouzu
2007
Yoshiharu Kubo
1993
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
1982
Ataru's Dad (voice)
2022
Uri Reiss (voice)
2013
Piccolo (voice)
2024
Yamanmoto (voice)
2015
Alphonne (voice)
1997
Picollo (voice)
2018
Ochanomizu (voice)
2023
Narrator
2004
Harabote Muscle (voice)
2024
Hantengu (voice)
2019
Kai Shiden
1985
Kenichi Ohyama
1980
AKI Manabu (voice)
1982
Kai Shiden (voice)
1979
円条寺大作
1983
Piccolo (voice)
2009
Bulme (voice)
1982
Shiro Saeki
2003
Sakamoto
1986
ライオ / Raio
2004
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1979
Tatsuo (voice)
1986
Ogura
1983
Shin
1984
Takeru
1976
Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)
2023
2020
Popuko (voice)
2018
Branch Chief (voice)
2024
Date Boo Masamune (voice)
2020
Inumaru Yomota
1989
Yasuo Goshima (voice)
2024
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
1984
Kento Tate (voice)
1979
Ginga (voice)
1980
Amamori's Computer
1981
Spirit of the Bread
1980
Mephisto Jr.
1989
Hantengu (voice)
2024
Leon McNichol (voice)
1987
Baleter
1977
Uchuuta Kamie
1977
Shingo
1977
Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)
1988
Domenico (voice)
1979
Thanatos (voice)
2002
Heihachi (voice)
2012
2005
エドワード・ミト
1981
Piccolo (voice)
2022
Akakage (voice)
1987
1986
Piccolo Jr. (voice)
1986
Piccolo (voice)
1996
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1988
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1989
Piccolo (voice)
2013
Piccolo (voice)
2008
Piccolo (voice)
2015
Piccolo (voice)
1991
Piccolo (voice)
1992
Piccolo (voice)
1991
Piccolo (voice)
2013
Piccolo (voice)
1989
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1990
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2014
Leon (voice)
1990
Blue (voice)
1988
Misao Yamamura (voice)
2009
Leon McNichol
1991
Piccolo (voice)
1990
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Piccolo (voice)
1990
Berenike (voice)
1988
Mois (voice)
1989
Piccolo (voice)
1992
General/Skunk (voice)
2001
堀田三吉
1978
Misao Yamamura (voice)
2012
Lupin II (voice)
2022
Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
2005
Shin (voice)
1986
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2019
Kai Shiden (voice)
2022
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1989
Kai Shiden (voice)
1981
2010
Piccolo
1992
Bill Myers
2003
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2017
Kai Shiden (voice)
2016
1995
Nyago (voice)
2004
Piccolo (voice)
2018
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
1987
Kai Shiden (voice)
2018
Kai Shiden (voice)
1981
Calon Mautholos (voice)
1988
Fritz (voice)
1987
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1993
Bill Myers (voice)
2003
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1991
Yakuza B
1987
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2015
Ranmaru Mori (voice)
1994
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1983
Kai Shiden (voice)
2006
Kai Shiden (voice)
1982
A Mysterious Boy (voice)
2023
Akira Tsukuba
1985
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1984
Shigeru Sakamoto
1979
Chinpo (voice)
1996
Sakamoto
1988
Narrator
2024
Wiseman (voice)
2012
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Kai Shiden (voice)
2005
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1985
Piccolo (voice)
2017
Olivier Poplin
1988
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1988
Adam
1987
OX-11 (voice)
1986
Prince Croyler (voice)
1987
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1986
Ultraman (voice)
1974
Akanemaru (voice)
1986
Kai Shiden
1988
Takuya Gorozu (voice)
1987
Kai Shiden (voice
2017
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1984
Inumaru Yomota (voice)
1990
Lindo (voice)
1981
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1982
Piccolo (voice)
2016
Akihiko
1983
1987
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
2002
Shin
1991
Perrault (voice)
1981
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
1984
Ataru (Voice)
1988
Narrator (voice)
2024
Doricas Soldam IV
1986
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1986
1988
Toru Enriques (voice)
2000
Ataru (voice)
1989
Christopher Chris
1983
Tarou
1983
Sally
1984
1989
Narrator (voice)
2004
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1992
Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
1988
Ataru (voice)
1988
Narrator
2015
Celc Burton (voice)
1991
Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
2003
Ataru (voice)
1991
Ataru (voice)
1989
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1994
1990
Ataru (voice)
1989
Suzuki(voice)
1988
Ataru (voice)
1985
Maon's Father
2015
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
1984
1980
1987
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1991
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1989
Tarou Soramame (voice)
2007
Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)
1986
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981
1983
Pauze
1981
Ataru Morobishi (voice)
2008
1982
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1990
Piccolo (voice) (archive footage)
2024
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
2008
1992
1989
Shin (voice)
1986
Kentarou Minami (voice)
1990