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(202)
Piccolo (voice)
1989
Satotz (voice)
2011
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
1999
Uri Reiss (voice)
2013
Hantengu (voice)
2019
Piccolo (voice)
2024
Hantengu (voice)
2024
Piccolo (voices)
2015
Picollo (voice)
2018
Piccolo (voice)
2009
Shin
1984
Ataru's Dad (voice)
2022
Thanatos (voice)
2002
Ataru Moroboshi
1981
2005
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Game Master (voice)
2020
Aobouzu
2007
Ochanomizu (voice)
2023
Harabote Muscle (voice)
2024
Piccolo (voice)
2022
Piccolo (voice)
2013
Popuko (voice)
2018
Piccolo (voice)
2015
Sakamoto
1986
Kai Shiden (voice)
1979
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
1979
Yamanmoto (voice)
2015
Nezumi Otoko
2018
Kai Shiden
1985
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981
Piccolo (voice)
1991
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Narrator
2004
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2014
Piccolo (voice)
2008
Piccolo (voice)
1992
1995
Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)
2023
Piccolo (voice)
1992
Blue (voice)
1988
Misao Yamamura (voice)
2012
Berenike (voice)
1988
Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
2005
Piccolo (voice)
1989
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1989
Piccolo (voice)
1990
Spirit of the Bread
1980
Piccolo (voice)
1991
Piccolo (voice)
2013
1989
Mois (voice)
1989
Piccolo (voice)
1990
Misao Yamamura (voice)
2009
Leon McNichol (voice)
1987
Kenichi Ohyama
1980
Date Boo Masamune (voice)
2020
General/Skunk (voice)
2001
Yasuo Goshima (voice)
2024
Yoshiharu Kubo
1993
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2019
Alphonne (voice)
1997
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1988
Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)
1988
2010
Leon (voice)
1990
1981
A Mysterious Boy (voice)
2023
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1991
Piccolo
1992
Lupin II (voice)
2022
Ranmaru Mori (voice)
1994
ライオ / Raio
2004
Kai Shiden (voice)
2022
Shiro Saeki
2003
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1990
Shin (voice)
1986
Bill Myers
2003
Bill Myers (voice)
2003
Akira Tsukuba
1985
Perrault (voice)
1981
Amamori's Computer
1981
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1989
堀田三吉
1978
Yakuza B
1987
Nyago (voice)
2004
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2017
Chinpo (voice)
1996
Inumaru Yomota (voice)
1990
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1984
Suzuki(voice)
1988
2020
Calon Mautholos (voice)
1988
Fritz (voice)
1987
Ataru (voice)
1991
1986
Piccolo Jr. (voice)
1986
Doricas Soldam IV
1986
Ryotaro (voice)
1986
Sakamoto
1988
エドワード・ミト
1981
Kai Shiden (voice)
2018
Narrator
2024
Mephisto Jr.
1989
AKI Manabu (voice)
1982
Branch Chief (voice)
2024
Ataru (voice)
1989
Shin
1991
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1988
Bulme (voice)
1982
Heihachi (voice)
2012
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1983
Inumaru Yomota
1989
Tatsuo (voice)
1986
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
1993
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1984
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981
Kai Shiden (voice)
1981
Adam
1987
Kai Shiden (voice)
1981
Piccolo (voice)
2018
1989
Takuya Gorozu (voice)
1987
Shigeru Sakamoto
1979
Kai Shiden (voice)
2006
Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2015
Kai Shiden (voice)
1982
Hideo Oboshi (voice)
1977
Narrator (voice)
2004
Olivier Poplin
1988
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1986
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1985
Kai Shiden
1988
Kai Shiden (voice
2017
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1982
Domenico (voice)
1979
Akakage (voice)
1987
Kai Shiden (voice)
2005
Arsène Lupin III (voice)
1987
Shingo
1977
Baleter
1977
Uchuuta Kamie
1977
Prince Croyler (voice)
1987
Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
2003
Ginga (voice)
1980
Ataru (voice)
1988
Maon's Father
2015
Kento Tate (voice)
1979
Takeru (voice)
1976
Akihiko
1983
Asuma Shinohara (voice)
2002
円条寺大作
1983
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
1982
Ogura
1983
Wiseman (voice)
2012
Ataru (Voice)
1988
Piccolo (voice)
1996
Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
1988
1990
Leon McNichol
1991
Akanemaru (voice)
1986
1987
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
1984
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1991
Kai Shiden (voice)
2016
OX-11 (voice)
1986
Pauze
1981
Piccolo (voice)
1993
Ataru (voice)
1989
Shin (voice)
1986
Christopher Chris
1983
Tarou
1983
1992
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1994
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1992
Narrator
2015
1987
Narrator (voice)
2024
1988
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
1986
1980
Ataru (voice)
1989
Ataru (voice)
1985
Piccolo (voice) (archive footage)
2024
Ultraman (voice)
1974
1983
1982
Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
1984
Tarou Soramame (voice)
2007
Piccolo (voice)
2017
Kimball Kinnison (voice)
1984
Sally
1984
Lindo (voice)
1981
Toru Enriques (voice)
2000
Celc Burton (voice)
1991
Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)
1986
Ataru Morobishi (voice)
2008
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1989
Yo Hinomura (voice)
1990
Piccolo (voice)
2016
Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
2008
Kentarou Minami (voice)
1990