Tōru Furuya Filmography

Tōru 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 most known for the roles of Amuro Ray , Hyouma Hoshi , Pegasus Seiya , Yamcha , Kyosuke Kasuga , and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask . He is also the first and only seiyu who has provided a Japanese voice for Mario. He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almark's role .... Both the narration role and Ribbons mark 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. He was a best friend of the late Hirotaka Suzuoki and is noted to be friends with Ikeda.
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