Tōru Furuya

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Tōru Furuya (古谷徹, Furuya Tōru) (born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan), also known as Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月昇, Sōgetsu Noboru), 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 SLAPSTICK (スラップスティック, SLAPSTICK), 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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3] Because of this, his SHOWROOM program was abruptly cancelled and was dropped from Metaphor ReFantazio with all of his characters getting recast.^[4]^[5] On June 22, 2024, Furuya announced that he would step down from his roles in Detective Conan and One Piece.^[6] 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 (under the name of Noboru Sōgetsu)
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 (under the name of Noboru Sōgetsu)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Valentine-hen - Zen Kirishima (under the name of Noboru Sōgetsu)
Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai - Zen Kirishima (under the name of Noboru Sōgetsu)
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) (under the name of Noboru Sōgetsu)
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[]

↑ Ryo Horikawa Focus Panel. Anime News Network. Retrieved on Jun 29, 2012.
↑ 古谷徹が一般女性と不倫所属事務所も謝罪「声優としての自覚と責任に欠けた行動」. Oricon. Retrieved on May 22, 2024.
↑ Gundam Voice Actor Tōru Furuya Admits to 4-Year Affair With Fan. Anime News Network. Retrieved on May 22, 2024.
↑ 不倫報道を認め、謝罪の古谷徹　出演予定だった朗読劇降板、７年続いた生配信番組も終了 (Japanese). Nikkan Sports.
↑ 2024年10月11日(金)発売『メタファー：リファンタジオ』ボイスキャスト変更のお知らせ (Japanese). Atlus Co., Ltd.. Retrieved on June 11, 2024.
↑ Voice Actor Tōru Furuya Steps Down From Detective Conan, One Piece Roles. Anime News Network. Retrieved on June 22, 2024.

External links[]

[1] Ryo Horikawa Focus Panel. Anime News Network. Retrieved on Jun 29, 2012.

[2] 古谷徹が一般女性と不倫所属事務所も謝罪「声優としての自覚と責任に欠けた行動」. Oricon. Retrieved on May 22, 2024.

[3] Gundam Voice Actor Tōru Furuya Admits to 4-Year Affair With Fan. Anime News Network. Retrieved on May 22, 2024.

[4] 不倫報道を認め、謝罪の古谷徹　出演予定だった朗読劇降板、７年続いた生配信番組も終了 (Japanese). Nikkan Sports.

[5] 2024年10月11日(金)発売『メタファー：リファンタジオ』ボイスキャスト変更のお知らせ (Japanese). Atlus Co., Ltd.. Retrieved on June 11, 2024.

[6] Voice Actor Tōru Furuya Steps Down From Detective Conan, One Piece Roles. Anime News Network. Retrieved on June 22, 2024.

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