Toru Furuya
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Active Years
- 1966–2026 (61 Years)
- Total Credits
- 209 credits in database
Acting Born Jul 31, 1953 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 209 credits
Biography
Toru Furuya is a Japanese voice actor born on July 31, 1953, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is a member of the talent management firm Aoni Production and has been employed by the company. As a child, Furuya was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is known for his roles in various anime series, including Mobile Suit Gundam, Kyojin no Hoshi, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball Z, Kimagure Orange Road, and Sailor Moon. Furuya is also known for being the first and only seiyu to provide a Japanese voice for Mario. He has used the pseudonym Noboru Sōge and is also known by other names, including Tohru Furuya and Toru Furuya.
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Career overview
Toru Furuya is a veteran narrator and seiyū, born on July 31, 1953, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is currently employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production.
Furuya is known for his extensive work in voice acting, with a wide range of notable roles. He has provided voices for characters in various anime series, including Amuro Ray in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its sequels, Hyouma Hoshi in Kyojin no Hoshi, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, Yamcha in Dragon Ball Z, Kyosuke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road, and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon. He is also notable for being the first and only seiyu to have provided a Japanese voice for Mario.
With a career spanning multiple decades, Furuya has accumulated a significant number of credits, with over 206 known acting credits. He has worked with various talent management firms and has been a part of several notable anime series. As a legendary Japanese voice actor, Furuya continues to be recognized for his contributions to the industry.
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Frequent co-stars
Keiko Han
22 shared titles
Hirotaka Suzuoki
21 shared titles
Mami Koyama
19 shared titles
Toshio Furukawa
17 shared titles
Naoki Tatsuta
15 shared titles
Kenichi Ogata
15 shared titles
Daisuke Gori
13 shared titles
Hiromi Tsuru
13 shared titles
Masako Nozawa
12 shared titles
Naoko Watanabe
12 shared titles
Career timeline
聖闘士星矢
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Fluffy ParadiseMobile Suit Gundam: ALC ENCOUNTERHIGHSPEED Étoile
Detective Conan: Black Iron SubmarineDetective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery TrainPolice Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Furuya Rei
BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story-Case Closed: Zero's Tea TimeUltra Galaxy Fight: The Destined CrossroadDetective Conan: The Bride of HalloweenUltraman Regulos: First Mission
Baki HanmaMobile Suit Gundam HathawaySANTA COMPANY ~Midsummer Merry Christmas~Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined CrossroadThe Journey
D4DJThe World's Greatest First Love: ProposalMobile Suit Gundam G40
One Piece: StampedeMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red CometThe Relative WorldsMobile Suit Gundam: The Light of Life Chronicle U.C.Gundam vs Hello Kitty
BAKIMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red CometCase Closed: Zero the EnforcerDetective Conan: Amuro Secret Call
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at LoumEureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
One Piece Film: GOLDDetective Conan: The Darkest NightmareMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of RebellionMobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of DestinyDoubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: Super Animal War
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's SorrowOne Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Valentine-henSekaiichi Hatsukoi MovieBlue BlazesExpelled from Paradise
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods
Saint Seiya OmegaHikonin Sentai Akibaranger
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Bleach the Movie: Hell VerseMobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III: Return The World
Dragon Ball Z KaiMobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I: Celestial BeingSpace Battleship Yamato ResurrectionMobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II: End of World
Casshern SinsSands of DestructionDragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!Neko Ramen Taisho
Mobile Suit Gundam 00GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai
PaprikaDetective Conan: The Private Eyes' RequiemMobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars
AkagiMobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the StarsUltimate GirlsMobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers
Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture
Knights of the ZodiacDetective School QRequiem from the Darkness
Saint Seiya: The Hades ChapterArcade Gamer Fubuki
Gundam EvolveGundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers
Reign: The Conqueror Movie
One PieceSailor Moon Sailor Stars Memorial
Pokémon: The First Movie
Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy
Full Filmography
209 titles- 聖闘士星矢 (2026) as Seiya (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025) as (voice)
- Fluffy Paradise (2024) as Delrand (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: ALC ENCOUNTER (2024)
- HIGHSPEED Étoile (2024) as Narration (voice)
- Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023) as Bourbon / Toru Amuro (voice)
- Detective Conan: The Story of Ai Haibara: Black Iron Mystery Train (2023) as Bourbon (voice)
- Police Academy Arc Wild Police Story CASE. Furuya Rei (2023)
- BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story- (2022) as Reiya Amuro (voice)
- Case Closed: Zero's Tea Time (2022) as Rei Furuya / Toru Amuro (voice)
- Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (2022)
- Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022) as Rei Furuya (voice)
- Ultraman Regulos: First Mission (2022) as Ultraman Scott (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island (2022) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Baki Hanma (2021) as Narrator (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway (2021) as Amuro (voice)
- SANTA COMPANY ~Midsummer Merry Christmas~ (2021) as Edison (voice)
- Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad (2021) as Ultraman Scott
- The Journey (2021) as Aus (voice)
- 名探偵コナン「警察学校編 Wild Police Story」 (2021) Creator
- D4DJ (2020) as Ryūjin Kofune (voice)
- The World's Greatest First Love: Proposal (2020) as Zen Kirishima (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam G40 (2020) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- One Piece: Stampede (2019) as Sabo (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- The Relative Worlds (2019) as Narrator (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Light of Life Chronicle U.C. (2019) as Amuro Ray
- Gundam vs Hello Kitty (2019) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Making Gundam: The Inside Story (2019)
- BAKI (2018) as Narrator (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin VI – Rise of the Red Comet (2018) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer (2018) as Toru Amuro / Rei Furuya (voice)
- Detective Conan: Amuro Secret Call (2018) as Rei Furuya (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin V: Clash at Loum (2017) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1 (2017) as Adrock Thurston (voice)
- One Piece Film: GOLD (2016) as Sabo (voice)
- Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare (2016) as Rei Furuya (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin III - Dawn of Rebellion (2016) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin IV – Eve of Destiny (2016) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger: Super Animal War (2016) as AkaRed (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin II - Artesia's Sorrow (2015) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- One Piece Episode of Sabo: The Three Brothers' Bond - The Miraculous Reunion and the Inherited Will (2015) as Sabo (voice)
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Valentine-hen (2014)
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Movie (2014) as Kirishima Zen (voice)
- Blue Blazes (2014) as Narrator
- Expelled from Paradise (2014) as Alonzo Percy (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013) as Yamcha (voice)
- Saint Seiya Omega (2012) as Sagittarius Seiya (voice)
- Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012) as Prism Ace (voice)
- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (2011) as AkaRed (voice)
- Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse (2010) as Shuren (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III: Return The World (2010) as Ribbons Almark (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z Kai (2009) as Yamcha (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition I: Celestial Being (2009) as Ribbons Almark (voice)
- Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection (2009) as Tasuke Tokugawa (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition II: End of World (2009) as Ribbons Almark (voice)
- Casshern Sins (2008) as Casshern (voice)
- Sands of Destruction (2008) as Toppy Topuran
- Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!! (2008) as Yamcha (voice)
- Neko Ramen Taisho (2008) as Jefferson II (Shogun)(voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (2007) as Ribbons Almark (voice)
- GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai (2007) as Aka Red (voice)
- Paprika (2006) as Kosaku Tokita (voice)
- Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) as Suehiko Itou (voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation III: Love is the Pulse of the Stars (2006) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Akagi (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation I: Heirs to the Stars (2005) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Ultimate Girls (2005)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - A New Translation II: Lovers (2005) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Saint Seiya Heaven Chapter: Overture (2004) as Seiya (voice)
- Knights of the Zodiac (2003)
- Detective School Q (2003)
- Requiem from the Darkness (2003) as Kichibee (voice)
- Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (2002) as Pegasus Seiya (voice)
- Arcade Gamer Fubuki (2002) as Mr. Mystery (voice)
- Gundam Evolve (2001)
- Gundam Neo Experience 0087: Green Divers (2001) as Ray Amuro
- Reign: The Conqueror Movie (2000) as Philippos
- One Piece (1999) as Sabo (voice)
- Sailor Moon Sailor Stars Memorial (1999)
- Pokémon: The First Movie (1998) as Sorao (voice)
- Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy (1997) as Pakku (voice)
- Debutante Detective Corps (1996) as Nomura Keiji (voice)
- Dragon Ball: The Path to Power (1996) as Yamcha (voice)
- New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning (1996) as Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)
- Gegege no Kitaro: The Great Sea Beast (1996) as Akatama (voice)
- Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive (1996) as Prince Panish (voice)
- Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Black Dream Hole (1995) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Sailor Moon SuperS Plus: Ami's First Love (1995) as Mamoru Chiba (voice)
- Sailor Moon SuperS: Special (1995) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Marmalade Boy (1994)
- Marmalade Boy (1994) as Shin'ichi Namura (voice)
- Sailor Moon S the Movie: Hearts in Ice (1994) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: Hoyoyo!! Follow the Rescued Shark... (1994) as Suppaman(voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha!! Excited Heart of Summer Vacation (1994) as Suppaman (voice)
- Sailor Moon S: Kotaete Moon Call (Answer the Moon Call!) (1994) as (voice)
- Black Jack (1993) as Leslie Harris (voice)
- Today's Close-Up (1993) as Narrator (voice)
- Sailor Moon R: The Movie - The Promise of the Rose (1993) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan: N-cha! Clear Skies Over Penguin Village (1993) as Suppaman (voice)
- Sailor Moon: Make Up! Sailor Senshi (1993) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Sailor Moon (1992) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)
- Macross II: Lovers Again (1992) as Feff
- Macross II: Lovers Again (1992) as Feff (voice)
- Inferious Interplanetary War Chronicle - Condition Green (1991) as Caster Bennet (voice)
- The Ultimate Esper R (1991)
- Horror News (1991) as Rei Onigata
- Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi's Adventure Land (1991) as Mario (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) as Yamcha (voice)
- Heavenly Chronicles (1990)
- 君の十字架 (1990)
- Kennosuke-sama (1990) as Shinobimaru (voice)
- Tenjou Hen: Utsu no Miko (1990)
- Keroppi and the Beanstalk (1990) as Athos (voice)
- Kim's Cross (1990) as (voice)
- Dragon Ball Z (1989) as Yamcha (voice)
- Dragon Quest: Legend of the Hero Abel (1989) as Abel (voice)
- Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle (1989) as Seiya (voice)
- Super Mario Brothers: Amada Anime Series (1989) as Mario (voice)
- Super Mario Traffic Safety (1989) as Mario
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II (1989) as Amuro Ray
- Super Mario's Fire Brigade (1989) as Mario (voice)
- Utsu no Miko (1989)
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack (1989) as Amuro Ray / Musha Gundam (voice)
- Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth (1988) as Seiya (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) as Yamcha (voice)
- Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods (1988) as Seiya (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- One Pound Gospel (1988) as Kosaku Hatanaka (voice)
- Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day (1988) as Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Goku & Traffic Safety (1988) as Yamcha
- Mobile Suit SD Gundam (1988) as Amuro Ray / Gundam
- Goku's Fire Brigade (1988) as Yamcha (voice)
- Kimagure Orange Road (1987) as Kyosuke Kasuga
- Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris (1987) as Seiya (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle (1987) as Yamucha (voice)
- Saint Seiya (1986) as Seiya (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ (1986) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Dragon Ball (1986) as Yamcha (voice)
- Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) as Yamcha (voice)
- Superdimensional Romanesque Samy: Missing 99 (1986) as Beat (voice)
- Windaria (1986) as Izu (voice)
- Super Mario Brothers: Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach (1986) as Mario (voice)
- Saint Elmo - Apostle of Light (1986) as Issei Yuuki (voice)
- Prefectural Earth Defense Force (1986) as Hiroaki Morita (voice)
- Bavi Stock II: The Revenge of Eyesma -Beyond The Throbbing Love- (1986) as Bavi Stock (voice)
- Seito Shokun! Kokoro ni Midori no Neckerchief wo (1986) as (voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (1985)
- Princess Sarah (1985) as Jim
- Bavi Stock I: Fated to Be A Target (1985) as Bavi Stock (voice)
- Odin: Starlight Mutiny (1985) as Jiro Ishige
- Eleven Cats and an Albatross (1985)
- Katri: Girl of the Meadows (1984) as Martti Halmich (voice)
- Taotao (1984) as Beaver (voice)
- Twin Hawks (1984) as 沢渡鷹
- Video Warrior Laserion (1984) as Takashi Katori
- Papa Mama Bye Bye (1984) as Older brother (voice)
- Nine: Final (1984) as Katsuya Niimi (voice)
- Chiisana Tabi (1983) as Self - Letter Reader (voice)
- Mission Outer Space Srungle (1983) as Jet (voice)
- Nana the Supergirl (1983) as Shuuichi Iidabashi
- Special Armored Battalion Dorvack (1983) as Masato Mugen (voice)
- Stop!! Hibari-kun! (1983) as Kosaku Sakamoto (voice)
- Final Yamato (1983) as Tasuke Tokugawa
- Nine 2: Sweetheart Declaration (1983) as Katsuya Niimi (voice)
- Harmagedon (1983) as Jô Azuma (voice)
- Nine (1983) as Katsuya Niimi (voice)
- Queen Millennia (1982) as Daisuke Yamori / La Els Milyu (voice)
- Andromeda Stories (1982) as Jimsa (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Drifting Clouds (1982) as Hyogo Ichimonji (voice)
- Star of the Giants (1982) as Hyūma Hoshi (voice)
- Queen Millennia (1981) as Daisuke Yamori
- The Swiss Family Robinson: Flone of the Mysterious Island (1981) as Fritz Robinson - oldest brother (voice)
- Belle and Sebastian (1981) as Jean (voice)
- The Door Into Summer (1981) as Jacques (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981) as Sirius (voice)
- Do Your Best Genki (1980) as Takashi Kazan (voice)
- Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey (1980) as Tyltyl (voice)
- Be Forever Yamato (1980) as Tasuke Tokugawa (voice)
- Toward the Terra (1980) as Tony (voice)
- The Legend of Marine Snow (1980)
- Flower Angel (1979) as Claude (voice)
- Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) as Amuro Ray (voice)
- Gordian Warrior (1979) as Ryouma Okamoto (voice)
- Space Carrier Blue Noah (1979) as Shin Kusaka (voice)
- Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage (1979) as Tasuke Tokugawa
- Adventures of the Polar Cubs (1979)
- Witch Girl Tickle (1978) as Akira
- Highschool Baseball Ninja (1978) as 司幸司
- Nobody's Boy: Remi (1977) as Bob (voice)
- Chojin Sentai Barattack (1977) as Jun Katou (voice)
- Ore wa Teppei (1977) as Yoshiyuki Uesugi (voice)
- Glacier Warrior Gaislugger (1977) as ケン
- The Wild Swans (1977) as Fourth Prince (voice)
- UFO Robot Grendizer (1975) as Kane (voice)
- UFO Robot Grendizer (1975) as Cain
- Steel Jeeg (1975) as Hiroshi Shiba
- Star of the Giants - Big League Ball (1970)
- Star of the Giants - Fateful Showdown (1970)
- Star of the Giants - Go, Go, Hyuma (1969) as Hyuma Hoshi (voice)
- Star of the Giants - Bloody Final (1969)
- Star of the Giants (1968) as 星飛雄馬
- Zoku izuko e (1967)
- Pirate Prince (1966) as Kid
- Baki-Dou: Musashi Miyamoto as The Narrator
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Toru Furuya best known for?
Toru Furuya is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (2025), Días de cine (2007), Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023), BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls' Story- (2022).
When and where was Toru Furuya born?
Toru Furuya was born on July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
How many credits does Toru Furuya have?
Toru Furuya has accumulated over 209 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1966 to 2026.
What is Toru Furuya's background in cinema and television?
Toru Furuya is a Japanese voice actor born on July 31, 1953, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He is a member of the talent management firm Aoni Production and has been employed by the company. As a child, Furuya was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is known for his roles in various a...
Toru Furuya by the numbers
209credits
133films
76TV series
1966–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Chiisana Tabi (1983) as Self - Letter Reader (voice) — aged about 29
- One Piece (1999) as Sabo (voice) — aged about 45
- Saint Seiya (1986) as Seiya (voice) — aged about 32
- Queen Millennia (1981) as Daisuke Yamori — aged about 27
- Sailor Moon (1992) as Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice) — aged about 38
- Dragon Ball Z (1989) as Yamcha (voice) — aged about 35
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