Tōru Furuya

(born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan), also known as , is a veteran narrator and voice actor.
==Biography==
===Career===
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.
He voiced Yamcha in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super, Saibaman, and Puck in the TV special Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy. From 1977 to 1986, he was a member of the Japanese band , on drums, with the other voice actors Toshio Furukawa (rhythm guitar), Yūji Mitsuya (keyboards; replaced by Hirotaka Suzuoki in 1984), Akira Kamiya (bass), Kazuyuki Sogabe (lead guitar), and Akio Nojima (Saga in Saint Seiya and KITT in Knight Rider). In 2007, SLAPSTICK got together to pay tribute to former band members Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kazuyuki Sogabe.
Ryō Horikawa has described Tōru Furuya as a good friend, and said they went out to lunch on several occasions.
==Personal life==
On May 22, 2024, Furuya posted a public apology to Twitter (X), confirming a recent report and interview in Shūkan Bunshun magazine in which it was reported that he had an extramarital affair with a female fan 37 years his junior for around four and a half years, until September 2023. He admitted to striking her once, as well as pressuring her into having an abortion. Because of this, his SHOWROOM program was abruptly cancelled and was dropped from Metaphor ReFantazio with all of his characters getting recast. On June 22, 2024, Furuya announced that he would step down from his roles in Detective Conan and One Piece. His role as Yamcha was replaced by Ryōta Suzuki.
==Filmography==
===Anime===
*21 Emon - Count Wantonack
*Akai Tori no Kokoro - Yoshikichi
*Akū Daisakusen Srungle - Jet
*Andes Shōnen Pepero no Bōken - Additional Voices (ep 25), Parun (ep 25)
*Angel Heart - Yoshiki Natsume (eps 27-28)
*Animation Kikō Marco Polo no Bōken - Additional Voices
*Arcade Gamer Fubuki - Mr. Mystery
*Arcadia of My Youth: Endless Orbit SSX - Fader Zone
*Ashita no Joe 2 - juvenile delinquent (ep 32)
*Attack No. 1 - boy
*Balatack - Jun Katou
*Belle and Sebastian - Jean
*Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story- - Reiya Amuro
*Black Jack - Dr. Daigo Ooedo (Karte 24)
*Bleach - Shuren
*Bomber Man & Bidaman Bakugaiden V - Belebon (ep 22), Tarzanbon (ep 22)
*Case Closed - Akimoto Hiroshi (ep 143), Tohru Amuro
*Casshern Sins - Casshern
*Cooking Papa - Toshio Nekota
*Cyborg 009 (1979) - boy A (ep 32), Oscar (ep 29), Takeshi Hayami (ep 12)
*D4DJ All Mix - Ryujin Kofune (eps 4, 12)
*D4DJ First Mix - Ryūjin Kofune
*Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanzawa - Tōru Amuro/Rei Furuya (ep 9)
*Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time - Tōru Amuro
*Dr. Slump (1997) - Sourman
*Dr. Slump & Arale-chan - Saijō
*Dragon Ball - Yamcha, Baby Gamera, Bavaro (ep 128)
*Dragon Ball GT - Yamcha, Puck
*Dragon Ball Super - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z Kai - Yamcha
*Dragon Warrior - Abel
*ESPer Mami - Additional Voices
*F - Kishida
*Fluffy Paradise - Dale
*Gaki Deka - Saijou Yoshio
*Galaxy Express 999 - Zeeder (48-49)
*Ganbare Genki - Takeru Hiyama
*GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018) - Ibukimaru
*Gegege no Kitarō (1985) - Additional Voices
*Gegege no Kitarō (1996) - Additional Voices
*Ghost Sweeper Mikami - Erito Kanenaruki (ep 32)
*Gintama' (2011) - Elizabeth (Eren)
*Go-Q-Choji Ikkiman - Sun Tenku
*Groizer X - Joe Kaisaka
*GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka - Mokuba Shirai (eps 37, 41), Suguru Teshigawara
*Gundam vs. Hello Kitty (promo TV) - Amuro Ray
*Hai Step Jun - Reinoshin Tachibana
*Hana no Ko Lunlun - Claude
*Hello Kitty's Paradise - Doctor PC
*High School! Kimengumi - Don Harumage
*Highspeed Étoile - Narrator
*Hyōga Senshi Gaislugger - Shiki Ken
*Ikkyū-san (1975) - Shinsuke
*InuYasha: The Final Act - Shikon no tama (eps 25-26)
*Ippatsu Kanta-kun - Akira (ep 14)
*Judo Sanka - student (ep 9)
*Jump Out! Machine Hiryu - Riki Kazama (eps 9-21)
*Junjō Romantica 3 - Zen Kirishima
*Kaitō Kiramekiman - Jikokenoo (ep 20)
*Kaizoku Ōji - Kid (debut)
*Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne - Additional Voices (ep 9), Subaru Toudaiji (ep 36), Yasushi Saegusa (ep 9)
*Kasumin - Rodorigesu (ep 6)
*Katry, the Cow Girl - Martti
*Kimagure Orange Road - Kyosuke Kasuga
*Kotetsu Jeeg - Hiroshi Shiba
*Kyojin no Hoshi - Hyūma Hoshi
*A Little Princess Sara - Jim
*Maeterlinck's Blue Bird - Tyltyl
*Magical Angel Creamy Mami - Takahiro (ep 46)
*Magical Fairy Persia - Gouken Muroi (young, ep 14)
*Majokko Tickle - Akira
*Manga Aesop Monogatari - Additional Voices
*Manga Mito Kōmon - Additional Voices
*Marco - From the Apennines to the Andes - Manuel (eps 45-46)
*Marmalade Boy - Shin'ichi Namura
*Meitantei Conan Keisatsu Gakkō Hen Wild Police Story - Rei Furuya
*Miyuki - Shinichi Nakajou (ep 32)
*Mobile Suit Gundam - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - Narrator, Ribbons Almark 
*Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096 - Additional Voices (ep 21)
*Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ - Amuro Ray (ep 1)
*Mobile Suit Gundam-san - Narration
*Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin: Advent of the Red Comet - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam - Amuro Ray
*Moby Dick Five - Poporo
*Mōryō no Hako - Mysterious Man
*Nanako SOS - Hiroshi Iidabashi
*New Maple Town Stories - Elliot
*Nobody's Boy Remi - Bob (eps 42, 44-48)
*Ochamegami Monogatari Korokoro Poron - Cycnus (ep 21), Glaucus, Narcissus
*One Piece - Daddy Masterson / Daddy the Father (ep 50), Sabo (Adult)
*Patalliro! - Arthur Hewitt (ep 44), Char (ep 9), Robbie (ep 19), Tamanegi
*Paul no Miracle Daisakusen - prince Carl (eps 36-37), prince of Daiyakuni (ep 18)
*Plawres Sanshiro - Shinogu Narita
*Pokémon: Black and White - Arty (2 episodes)
*Pokémon: Black and White: Rival Destinies - Artie (ep 103)
*Porfy no Nagai Tabi - Jack Balbattsua
*Powered Armor Dorvack - Masato Mugen
*Queen Millennia - Daisuke Yamori (La Els Milieu)
*Raccoon Rascal - Tom Thurman
*Rainbow - Nisha Rokubō no Shichinin - Tanaka (ep 20)
*Reign: The Conqueror - Philippos
*Requiem from the Darkness - Kichibee (ep 2)
*Robot King Daioja - Ryan (ep 8)
*Sailor Moon - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen, Prince Endymion, Tsukikage no Knight
*Saint Seiya - Pegasus Seiya
*Saint Seiya Omega - Narration, Sagittarius Seiya
*Samurai Giants - Sensaku Ōzutsu
*Samurai Pizza Cats - Pochi Puma (ep 18)
*Sands of Destruction - Toppy Topuran
*Sengoku Basara - Samurai Kings - Oyamada Nobushige
*Sgt. Frog - Serious Narrator (ep 229)
*Shin Kyojin no Hoshi - Hyuma Hoshi
*Sket Dance - Enta Hinohara (ep 9)
*Song of Baseball Enthusiasts - Eiji Yamai
*Soreike! Anpanman - Chocolateman (ep 69)
*Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars - Tasuke Tokugawa
*Stop! Hibari-kun - Kōsaku Sakamoto
*Swiss Family Robinson - Franz Robinson
*Tank Knights Portriss - Machet (ep 30)
*Tantei Gakuen Q - Hitoshi Shinoda (ep 1)
*Tao Tao Ehonkan - Beaver
*Teppei - Yoshiyuki Uesugi
*Tesla Note - Mr. D
*The Big O - Bonnie Frazier
*The Gutsy Frog - Additional Voices (ep 2)
*The Kabocha Wine - Toshiyuki Hayakawa (ep 15)
*Time Bokan - Moon Prince
*Tohai Densetu Akagi -Yamini Maiorita Tensai- - Narrator
*Toshi Gordian - Ryōma Okamoto
*Tsuide ni Tonchinkan - Tonkichi
*Twin Hawks - Sawatari Taka
*Uchu Kubo Blue Noah - Shin Kusaka
*UFO Robo Grendizer - Cain
*Ultimate Girls - UFO-Man
*Un-Go - Jirou Shimada (ep 5)
*Urusei Yatsura (1981) - Shingo, Toshi-chan
*Video Warrior Laserion - Takashi Katori
*Welcome to Irabu's Office - Hideo Tsuda (eps 6, 10-11)
*Yatterman - Ani (ep 51), Frog Prince (ep 51), Shimon Prince
*Yoroshiku Mechadock - Additional Voices
*Zendarman - Chousuke (eps 17, 50), Jimmy
===Anime Films===
*11 Piki no Neko to Ahoudori - Leader cat
*Alexander: The Movie - Philippos
*Be Forever Yamato - Tasuke Tokugawa
*Bleach the Movie: Hell Verse - Shuren
*Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer - Bourbon/Tōru Amuro/Rei Furuya
*Detective Conan: Kurogane no Submarine - Bourbon/Tōru Amuro/Rei Furuya
*Detective Conan: The Bride of Halloween - Tōru Amuro
*Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare - Tōru Amuro/Rei Furuya
*Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem - Suehiko Itou
*Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Hoyoyo!! Tasuketa Same ni Tsurerarete. . . - Sourman
*Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Penguin Mura wa Hare no chi Hare - Sourman
*Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Penguin Mura yori Ai o Komete - Sun, Sourman
*Dr. Slump & Arale-chan Ncha! Wakuwaku Hot Natsu Yasumi - Sourman
*Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball: Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball: The Path to Power - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound - Yamucha
*Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might - Yamucha
*Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution - Adrock Thurston
*Expelled from Paradise - Alonzo Percy
*Final Yamato - Tasuke Tokugawa
*Gegege no Kitarō: Daikaijū - Akatama
*Gundam Neo Experience 0087 - Green Divers - Zeta Gundam Pilot
*Gundam Stand at Jaburo - Amuro Ray
*Haguregumo - Hyōgo Ichimonji
*Harmagedon - Jō Azuma
*High School! Kimengumi - Don Harumage
*Hokkyoku no Mūshika Miishika - Swan
*Katsuren Omoro Sōshi - Amawari, Hinukan
*Kennosuke-sama - Shinobimaru
*Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibōken: Fushigi na Mame no Ki - Athos (cat)
*Keroro Gunsō - Mangaka
*Kiki to Lala no Aoi Tori - Tylo the dog
*Kim no Jūjika - Jae-ha
*Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie - Kyosuke Kasuga
*Kyojin no Hoshi (movie 1982) - Hyūma Hoshi
*Kyojin no Hoshi: Chizome no Kesshōsen - Hyūma Hoshi
*Kyojin no Hoshi: Dai League Ball - Hyūma Hoshi
*Kyojin no Hoshi: Ike Ike Hyūma - Hyūma Hoshi
*Kyojin no Hoshi: Shukumei no Taiketsu - Hyūma Hoshi
*Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Collision - Flegel (eps 26-27)
*Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Second - Flegel
*Lupin III: Dead or Alive - Prince Panish
*Make Up! Sailor Guardians - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen, Prince Endymion
*Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer - E. A. Ray
*Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan's Island - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam Festival - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam's Counterattack - Amuro Ray, Musha Gundam (SD Sengokuden)
*Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation - Amuro Ray
*New Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning - Kyosuke Kasuga
*Nine - Katsuya Niimi
*Odin - Starlight Mutiny - Jiro Ishige
*Once Upon a Time - Izu
*One Piece Film Gold - Sabo
*One Piece Stampede - Sabo
*Paprika - Dr. Kosaku Tokita
*Pataliro! Stardust Program - Tamanegi
*Pokémon: The First Movie - Sorao
*Queen Millennia Movie - Daisuke Yamori
*Sailor Moon R: The Movie - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen
*Sailor Moon S: The Movie - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen
*Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen
*Saint Seiya Tenkai-hen - Pegasus Seiya
*Saint Seiya: Evil Goddess Eris - Pegasus Seiya
*Saint Seiya: Legend of Crimson Youth - Pegasus Seiya
*Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods - Pegasus Seiya
*Saint Seiya: Warriors of the Final Holy Battle - Pegasus Seiya
*Santa Company: Manatsu no Merry Christmas - Edison
*Sea Prince and the Fire Child - Sirius (Sea Prince)
*Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Propose-hen - Zen Kirishima 
*Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Valentine-hen - Zen Kirishima 
*Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai - Zen Kirishima 
*Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji - Prince
*Soreike! Anpanman: Dokin-chan no Dokidoki Calendar - Chocolateman, Kororin
*Space Battleship Yamato Resurrection - Tasuke Tokugawa
*Space Battleship Yamato: The New Voyage - Tasuke Tokugawa
*Super Mario Brothers: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Daisakusen - Mario
*Tenguri, the Boy of the Plains - Additional Voices
*Tenjōhen - Utsunomiko - Utsunomiko
*The Door into Summer - Jack
*The Journey - Aus
*The Relative Worlds - Narrator
*Toward the Terra - Tony
*Ultraman: The Adventure Begins - Scott Masterson
*Utsunomiko - Utsunomiko
===ONAs===
*Baki - Narrator
*Baki Hanma - Narrator
*Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura - Narrator
*Dragon Ball: The Return of Son Goku and Friends! - Yamcha
*Gundam Build Fighters: Battlogue - Amuro Ray (ep 1), Ribbons Almark (ep 1) 
*Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Revealed Chronicle - Narrator
*Mobile Suit Gundam G40 - Amuro Ray
*Super Dragon Ball Heroes - Yamcha
*Xam'd: Lost Memories - Kage Douji (eps 12, 17, 26), Shadow Child (eps 18-19)
===OVAs===
*Amada Anime Series: Super Mario - Mario
*Bavi Stock - Bavi Stock
*Black Jack - Leslie Harris (ep 5)
*Condition Green - Caster Bennet
*Debutante Detective Corps - Nomura Keiji
*Fujiko F Fujio no SF Tanpen Theater - Salk (OVA 6)
*Gundam Evolve - Amuro Ray / White Unicorn (Evolve 1, 5, 9, 15)
*Hana no Asuka-gumi! 2: Lonely Cats Battle Royale - Yasuhiro
*Hana no Asuka-gumi! Shin Kabukichō Story - Yasuhiro
*Kimagure Orange Road - Kyosuke Kasuga
*Kyōfu Shinbun - Rei Kigata
*Kyūkyoku Chōjin R - Gō Magaki
*Mobile Suit Gundam UC - Amuro Ray (ep 7)
*Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam (OAV/movie) - Amuro Ray, Gundam (ep 1)
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II - Amuro Ray
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam The Movie: Musha Knight Command: SD Gundam Scramble (OAV/movie) - Commando Gundam
*Mobile Suit SD Gundam: SD Gundam Legend - Amuro the Knight
*One Pound Gospel - Kōsaku Hatanaka
*Paradox Dimensional Romanesque Samy - missing'99 - Bit
*Prefectural Earth Defense Force - Hiroaki Morita
*Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter - Sanctuary - Pegasus Seiya
*Shōnan Bakusōzoku - Seiji (ep 4)
*Super Dimensional Fortress Macross II: The Movie - Feff
*Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen - Mario
*Super Mario no Shōbōtai - Mario
*The Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Andrew Fork
*Urusei Yatsura OVA Series - Shingo (ep 6)
*Utsunomiko: Heaven Chapter - Utsunomiko
===Specials===
*Andromeda Stories - Jimsa
*Dr. Slump - Sourman
*Dragon Ball GT: A Hero's Legacy - Puck
*Goku's Fire Brigade - Yamcha
*Goku's Traffic Safety - Yamcha
*Kindaichi Shōnen no Jikenbo: Operaza Kan Saigo no Satsujin - Eiji Kiryū
*Marine Snow no Densetsu - Hiroshi Umino
*Nine - Katsuya Niimi
*Nine 2: Koibito Sengen - Katsuya Niimi
*Nine: Kanketsuhen - Katsuya Niimi
*One Piece Episode of Sabo - Sabo
*Sailor Moon SuperS - Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Kamen
*Sailor Moon SuperS Plus - Ami's First Love - Mamoru Chiba
*Saint Elmo - Hikari no Raihousha - Issei Yuuki
*Seito Shokun! - Hajime Iwasaki
===Video Games===
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2 - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 - Yamcha
*Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi - Yamcha
==Trivia==
*Furuya, along with Vic Mignogna, who voiced Sabo in One Piece, also had similar controversies. Mignogna was terminated by Funimation in 2019 due to sexual misconduct.
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*Tōru FURUYA (seiyū) - Anime News Network
*Tôru Furuya - IMDb
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