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Toshio Furukawa

1946-07-16

The 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.

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Movies

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Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

6.8 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan

7.2 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

6.8 average rating
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Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

7.898 average rating
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Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure

6.7 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

6.5 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

7 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

7.128 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest

6.5 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

6.5 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone

6.7 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

6.9 average rating
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One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends

7.1 average rating
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Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might

6.497 average rating
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Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth

7.6 average rating
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser

7.3 average rating
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Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa

7.268 average rating
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Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle

7.333 average rating
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Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!

6.4 average rating
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Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker

6.903 average rating