Toshio Furukawa
Born: 1946-07-16 in Tochigi, Japan
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Scarlet as Innkeeper (voice)
2024
- Dragon Ball DAIMA as Piccolo (voice)
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- as Hantengu (voice)
- Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc as Harabote Muscle (voice)
- Uzumaki as Yasuo Goshima (voice)
- Harimaware! Koinu as Branch Chief (voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger 20th: Fireball Booster as Narrator
- Dragon Ball Z Kai as Piccolo (voice) (archive footage)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger with Tombo Ohger as Narrator (voice)
2023
- PLUTO as Ocanomizu (voice)
- Akuma Kun as Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)
- The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe as A Mysterious Boy (voice)
2022
- Urusei Yatsura as Ataru's Dad (voice)
- Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero as Piccolo (voice)
- LUPIN ZERO as Lupin II (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island as Kai Shiden (voice)
2020
- I'm Standing on a Million Lives as Game Master (voice)
- Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga as Date Boo Masamune (voice)
- Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori
2019
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as Hantengu (voice)
- One Piece: Stampede as Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2018
- Super Dragon Ball Heroes as Picollo (voice)
- GeGeGe no Kitaro as Nezumi Otoko
- Pop Team Epic as Popuko (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet as Kai Shiden (voice)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly as Piccolo (voice)
2017
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum as Kai Shiden (voice)
- One Piece Episode of East Blue as Portgas D. Ace (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D at Super Tenkaichi Budokai as Piccolo (voice)
2016
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny as Kai Shiden (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D as Piccolo (voice)
2015
- Dragon Ball Super as Piccolo (voice)
- Ushio and Tora as Yamanmoto (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' as Piccolo (voice)
- One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will as Portgas D. Ace (voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: 10 Years After as Narrator
- Tamayura: Graduation Photo Part 3 - Akogare as Maon's Father (voice)
2014
- One Piece "3D2Y": Overcome Ace's Death! Luffy's Vow to his Friends as Portgas D. Ace (voice)
2013
- Attack on Titan as Uri Reiss (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods as Piccolo (voice)
- Dream 9 Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Collaboration Special!! as Piccolo (voice)
2012
- Tsuritama as Heihachi (voice)
- Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker as Misao Yamamura (voice)
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Wizard & Fourze: Movie Wars Ultimatum as Wiseman (voice)
2011
- Hunter x Hunter as Satotz (voice)
2009
- Dragon Ball Z Kai as Piccolo (voice)
- Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser as Misao Yamamura (voice)
2008
- Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! as Piccolo (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Obstacle Course Swim Meet, It's a Rumic World: Urusei Yatsura as Ataru Morobishi (voice)
- It's a Rumic World: 50th Anniversary Weekly★Shonen Sunday as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
2007
- Cackling Kitarou as Aobouzu
- Dr. Slump: Dr. Mashirito and Abale-chan as Tarou Soramame (voice)
2006
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars as Kai Shiden (voice)
2005
- Eureka Seven
- Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa as Erik Jan Hanussen (voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars as Kai Shiden (voice)
2004
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger as Narrator
- Beet the Vandel Buster as ライオ / Raio
- Doraemon: Nobita in the Wan-Nyan Spacetime Odyssey as Nyago (voice)
- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger THE MOVIE: Full Blast Action as Narrator (voice)
2003
- Air Master as Shiro Saeki
- Parasite Dolls as Bill Myers
- Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger DELUXE: Abare Summer is Freezing Cold! as Dimensionsal Drifter Galvidi
- Parasite Dolls as Bill Myers (voice)
2002
- Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter as Thanatos (voice)
- Patlabor WXIII the Movie as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
2001
- Metropolis as General/Skunk (voice)
2000
- The Aurora as Toru Enriques (voice)
1999
- One Piece as Portgas D. Ace (voice)
1997
- Cutie Honey Flash as Alphonne (voice)
1996
- Dragon Ball GT as Piccolo (voice)
- Crayon Shin-chan: Great Adventure In Henderland as S. Nowman (voice)
- Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast as Chinpo (voice)
1994
- Ghost Sweeper Mikami as Ranmaru Mori (voice)
- Crying Freeman 6: The Guiding Light of Memory as Yo Hinomura (voice)
1993
- Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound as Piccolo (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Broly - The Legendary Super Saiyan as Piccolo (voice)
- Aoki Densetsu Shoot! as Yoshiharu Kubo (voice)
- Patlabor 2: The Movie as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Side Story: Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans as Piccolo (voice)
1992
- Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler as Piccolo (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! as Piccolo (voice)
- Zôressha ga Yatte Kita
- Dragon Ball Z: Gather Together! Goku's World as Piccolo
- Crying Freeman 5: Abduction in Chinatown as Yo Hinomura (voice)
1991
- Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug as Piccolo (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge as Piccolo (voice)
- Bubblegum Crash as Leon McNichol (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green as Celc Burton (voice)
- Wizardry as Shin (voice)
- Crying Freeman 4: A Taste of Revenge as Yo Hinomura (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Terror of Girly-Eyes Measles as Ataru (voice)
1990
- Patlabor: The New Files as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might as Piccolo (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest as Piccolo (voice)
- A.D. Police Files as Leon (voice)
- MAROKO as Inumaru Yomota (voice)
- Crying Freeman 3: Shades of Death, Part 2 as Yo Hinomura (voice)
- Devil Boy: Welcome to Devil Land!!
- MoMoKo as Kentarou Minami (voice)
1989
- Dragon Ball Z as Piccolo (voice)
- Patlabor: The TV Series as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone as Piccolo (voice)
- Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! as Inumaru Yomota
- Akuma-kun as Mephisto Jr.
- Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle as Mois (voice)
- Patlabor: The Movie as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
- Crying Freeman 2: Shades of Death, Part 1 as Yo Hinomura (voice)
- Devil Boy
- Urusei Yatsura: I Howl at the Moon as Ataru (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Goat and Cheese as Ataru (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Catch the Heart as Ataru (voice)
- Hyper Psychic Geo Garaga
1988
- Crying Freeman as Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)
- Patlabor: Early Days as Asuma Shinohara (voice)
- Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth as Berenike (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure as Blue (voice)
- Appleseed as Calon Mautholos (voice)
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest Is the Sea of Stars as Olivier Poplin
- Maison Ikkoku: The Final Chapter as Sakamoto (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: The Final Chapter as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam as Kai Shiden
- Urusei Yatsura: Raging Sherbet as Ataru (Voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Nagisa's Fiancé as Ataru (voice)
- Crying Freeman 1: Portrait of a Killer as Yo Hinomura/Lóng Tài-Yáng/Crying Freeman
- Antique Heart as Suzuki(voice)
1987
- Bubblegum Crisis as Leon McNichol (voice)
- Kamen no Ninja Akakage as Akakage (voice)
- The Red Spectacles as Yakuza B
- Lupin the Third: The Fuma Conspiracy as Arsène Lupin III (voice)
- Demon of Steel: Battle of the Great Demon Beasts as Takuya Gorozu (voice)
- The Golden Bird as Prince Croyler (voice)
- Twilight of the Cockroaches as Fritz (voice)
- Space Fantasia 2001 Nights as Adam
- Urusei Yatsura: Inaba the Dreammaker
- Winning Pitcher
1986
- Maison Ikkoku as Sakamoto (voice)
- Dragon Ball
- Animated Classics of Japanese Literature as Tatsuo (voice)
- Fist of the North Star as Shin (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- They Were Eleven as Doricas Soldam IV
- The SuperGal as Shuryou Koganemaru (voice)
- Gall Force: Eternal Story as OX-11 (voice)
- Nayuta as Ryotaro (voice)
- Phoenix: Karma Chapter as Akanemaru (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Memorial Album as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Fist of the North Star - TV Compilation 1 - Yuria, Forever... and Farewell Shin!! as Shin (voice)
1985
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam as Kai Shiden
- Odin: Starlight Mutiny as Akira Tsukuba
- Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Ryoko's September Tea Party as Ataru (voice)
1984
- Fist of the North Star as Shin
- Galactic Patrol Lensman as Kimball Kinnison (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Lensman as Kimball Kinnison (voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Treasure of Nanaba Castle as Tarou Soramame (voice)
- Little Love Story: Chitchi and Sally, Four Seasons of First Love as Sally
- The Kabocha Wine - Nita's Love Story as Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
1983
- Nana the Supergirl as Ogura
- Lightspeed Electroid Albegas as 円条寺大作
- Urusei Yatsura: Only You as Ataru Moroboshi (voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo! The Great Race Around The World as Tarou
- The Red Shoes: Tokyo Rape Incident as Akihiko
- I Am A Dog: Don Matsugorou's Life
1982
- The♥Kabocha Wine as Shunsuke Aoba (voice)
- Armored Fleet Dairugger XV as AKI Manabu (voice)
- Combat Mecha Xabungle as Bulme (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space as Kai Shiden (voice)
- Dr. Slump: Hoyoyo! Space Adventure as Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981
- Dr. Slump as Tarou Soramame (voice)
- Urusei Yatsura as Ataru Moroboshi
- Queen Millennia as Amamori's Computer
- Mobile Suit Gundam I as Kai Shiden (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow as Kai Shiden (voice)
- Tomorrow's Joe 2: The Movie
- Run Melos! as Pauze
- Robot King Daioja as エドワード・ミト
- The Door Into Summer as Lindo (voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hello! Wonder Island as Tarou Soramame (voice)
- Call of the Wild: Howl, Buck as Perrault (voice)
- Glorious Number 3
1980
- X-Bomber as Ginga (voice)
- Trider G7 as Kenichi Ohyama
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey as Spirit of the Bread
- The Legend of Marine Snow
1979
- Mobile Suit Gundam as Kai Shiden (voice)
- The Rose of Versailles as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
- Future Robot Daltanious as Kento Tate (voice)
- Space Carrier Blue Noah as Domenico (voice)
- The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army as Ultraman (voice)
- Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage as Shigeru Sakamoto
1978
- Highschool Baseball Ninja as 堀田三吉
1977
- Planet Robot Danguard Ace as Hideo Oboshi (voice)
- Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 as Baleter
1976
- Magnet Robot Gakeen as Takeru (voice)