   is a japanese narrator and voice actor. 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 most known for the roles of amuro ray (both in the original mobile suit gundam and its following gundam sequels), hyÅ«ma hoshi (star of the giants), pegasus seiya (saint seiya), yamcha (dragon ball), kyÅsuke kasuga (kimagure orange road), and mamoru chiba/tuxedo mask (sailor moon). he considers these roles as his most important roles. he also used a pseudonym  in the cast of mobile suit gundam 00 for ribbons almark's role (but used his real name in the narration role). both the narration role and ribbons almark were furuya's first role in a non-universal century gundam series. shuichi ikeda who played char had his earlier with gilbert durandal in gundam seed destiny. ==filmography==  ===anime=== ====tv==== *21-emon (wantonaku kÅshaku) *akagi (narration) *akÅ«dai taisakusen scramble (jet) *black jack (dr. daigo Åedo) *casshern sins (casshern) *cooking papa (toshio nekkota) *detective academy q (hitoshi shinoda) *detective conan (tohru amuro/bourbon/rei furuya) *dragon ball (yamcha, kogamera) *dragon ball gt (puck) *dragon ball z kai (yamcha, saibaman) *dragon ball z (ya
1953_births Japanese_voice_actors Living_people Meiji_University_alumni People_from_Yokohama