Toshio Furukawa
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…
Acting
- 2024One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island SagaPortgas D. Ace21 ep.
- 2024Dragon Ball DAIMAPiccolo (voice)2 ep.
- 2024UzumakiYasuo Goshima (voice)4 ep.
- 2024Kinnikuman Perfect Origin ArcHarabote Muscle (voice)22 ep.
- 2024Harimaware! KoinuBranch Chief (voice)24 ep.
- 2023Akuma KunMephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)12 ep.
- 2023PLUTOOcanomizu (voice)7 ep.
- 2022LUPIN ZEROLupin II (voice)6 ep.
- 2022Urusei YatsuraAtaru's Dad (voice)15 ep.
- 2020I'm Standing on a Million LivesGame Master (voice)1 ep.
- 2020Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori25 ep.
- 2020Oda Cinnamon NobunagaDate Boo Masamune (voice)12 ep.
- 2019Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaHantengu (voice)6 ep.
- 2018Super Dragon Ball HeroesPicollo (voice)8 ep.
- 2018GeGeGe no KitaroNezumi Otoko97 ep.
- 2018Pop Team Epic12 ep.
- 2015Dragon Ball SuperPiccolo (voice)131 ep.
- 2015Ushio and ToraYamanmoto (voice)39 ep.
- 2013Attack on TitanUri Reiss (voice)2 ep.
- 2012TsuritamaHeihachi (voice)12 ep.
- 2011Hunter x HunterSatotz (voice)9 ep.
- 2009Dragon Ball Z KaiPiccolo (voice)158 ep.
- 2007Cackling KitarouAobouzu100 ep.
- 2005Eureka Seven1 ep.
- 2004Beet the Vandel Busterライオ / Raio77 ep.
- 2004Tokusou Sentai DekarangerNarrator50 ep.
- 2003Parasite DollsBill Myers3 ep.
- 2003Air MasterShiro Saeki27 ep.
- 2002Saint Seiya: The Hades ChapterThanatos (voice)3 ep.
- 1999One PiecePortgas D. Ace (voice)2 ep.
- 1997Cutie Honey FlashAlphonne (voice)39 ep.
- 1996Dragon Ball GTPiccolo (voice)64 ep.
- 1993Aoki Densetsu Shoot!Yoshiharu Kubo (voice)58 ep.
- 1991Bubblegum CrashLeon McNichol (voice)3 ep.
- 1990Patlabor: The New FilesAsuma Shinohara (voice)16 ep.
- 1990A.D. Police FilesLeon (voice)3 ep.
- 1989Patlabor: The TV SeriesAsuma Shinohara (voice)47 ep.
- 1989Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!Inumaru Yomota6 ep.
- 1989Dragon Ball ZPiccolo (voice)291 ep.
- 1989Akuma-kunMephisto Jr.42 ep.
- 1988Crying FreemanYo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)6 ep.
- 1988Patlabor: Early DaysAsuma Shinohara (voice)7 ep.
- 1987Kamen no Ninja AkakageAkakage (voice)23 ep.
- 1987Bubblegum CrisisLeon McNichol (voice)8 ep.
- 1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureTatsuo (voice)1 ep.
- 1986Maison IkkokuSakamoto (voice)96 ep.
- 1986Dragon BallPiccolo Jr. (voice)153 ep.
- 1984Fist of the North StarShin152 ep.
- 1984Galactic Patrol LensmanKimball Kinnison (voice)25 ep.
- 1983Nana the SupergirlOgura39 ep.
- 1983Lightspeed Electroid Albegas円条寺大作45 ep.
- 1982The♥Kabocha WineShunsuke Aoba (voice)95 ep.
- 1982Armored Fleet Dairugger XVAKI Manabu (voice)52 ep.
- 1982Combat Mecha XabungleBulme (voice)50 ep.
- 1981Urusei YatsuraAtaru Moroboshi218 ep.
- 1981Queen MillenniaAmamori's Computer42 ep.
- 1981Dr. SlumpTarou Soramame (voice)243 ep.
- 1981Robot King Daiojaエドワード・ミト50 ep.
- 1980X-BomberGinga (voice)25 ep.
- 1980Trider G7Kenichi Ohyama50 ep.
- 1980Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous JourneySpirit of the Bread26 ep.
- 1979Space Carrier Blue NoahDomenico (voice)27 ep.
- 1979The Rose of VersaillesLouis Antoine de Saint-Just40 ep.
- 1979Mobile Suit GundamKai Shiden (voice)43 ep.
- 1979Future Robot DaltaniousKento Tate (voice)47 ep.
- 1978Highschool Baseball Ninja堀田三吉26 ep.
- 1977Invincible Super Man Zambot 3Baleter23 ep.
- 1977Planet Robot Danguard AceHideo Oboshi (voice)56 ep.
- 1976Magnet Robot GakeenTakeru (voice)39 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2025Dragon Ball DAIMAPiccolo (voice)2 ep.
- 2022Urusei YatsuraAtaru's Dad (voice)15 ep.
- 2023PLUTOOcanomizu (voice)7 ep.
- 2023Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaHantengu (voice)6 ep.
- 2020I'm Standing on a Million LivesGame Master (voice)1 ep.
- 2019Super Dragon Ball HeroesPicollo (voice)8 ep.
- 2018Attack on TitanUri Reiss (voice)2 ep.
- 2018Pop Team EpicPopuko (voice)1 ep.
- 2011Hunter x HunterSatotz (voice)9 ep.
- 2009Fireball撮影スタッフ1 ep.
- 2008Saint Seiya: The Hades ChapterThanatos (voice)3 ep.
- 2005Eureka Seven1 ep.
- 2002One PiecePortgas D. Ace (voice)2 ep.
- 1986Animated Classics of Japanese LiteratureTatsuo (voice)1 ep.
Also known as: 古川 登志夫 · Toshio Yoshikawa · Furukawa Toshio