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Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Birthday: 1946-07-16 | Place of Birth: Tochigi, Japan

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island

as    Kai Shiden (voice)

2022
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

as    Piccolo (voice)

2021
Uzumaki

as    Yasuo Goshima (voice)

2019
Dragon Ball Super: Broly

as    Piccolo (voice)

2018
GeGeGe no Kitaro

as    Nezumi Otoko

2015
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'

as    Piccolo (voice)

2014
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

as    Piccolo (voice)

2009
Dragon Ball Z Kai

as    Piccolo (voice)

2003
WXIII: Patlabor The Movie 3

as    Asuma Shinohara (voice)

2003
Parasite Dolls

as    Bill Myers (voice)

2003
Air Master

as    Shiro Saeki

2002
Metropolis

as    General/Skunk (voice)

2002
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler

as    Piccolo (voice)

1996
Dragon Ball GT

as    Piccolo (voice)

1994
Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory

as    Yo Hinomura (voice)

1993
Patlabor 2: The Movie

as    Asuma Shinohara (voice)

1993
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound

as    Piccolo (voice)

1992
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13!

as    Piccolo (voice)

1992
Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown

as    Yo Hinomura (voice)

1991
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug

as    Piccolo (voice)

1991
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge

as    Piccolo (voice)

1991
Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge

as    Yo Hinomura (voice)