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Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 16, 1946 (79)
Birthplace Tochigi, Japan
Popularity 0.6 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 26, 2024
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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 o ... f 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 (遊馬), a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor. His former pet was Ataru (あたる), which was named after Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura. Ataru died in 2008 at age fifteen and was also a Shih Tzu. Tribute pages were made for both pets.

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Television Credits

Dragon Ball Z

as Piccolo (voice)

Episodes: 291

First Aired: Apr 26, 1989

Dr. Slump

as Tarou Soramame (voice)

Episodes: 243

First Aired: Apr 08, 1981

Urusei Yatsura

as Ataru Moroboshi

Episodes: 218

First Aired: Oct 14, 1981

Dragon Ball Z Kai

as Piccolo (voice)

Episodes: 158

First Aired: Apr 05, 2009

Dragon Ball

as Piccolo Jr. (voice)

Episodes: 153

First Aired: Feb 26, 1986

Fist of the North Star

as Shin

Episodes: 152

First Aired: Oct 11, 1984

Dragon Ball Super

as Piccolo (voices)

Episodes: 131

First Aired: Jul 05, 2015

Cackling Kitarou

as Aobouzu

Episodes: 100

First Aired: Apr 01, 2007

GeGeGe no Kitaro

as Nezumi Otoko

Episodes: 97

First Aired: Apr 01, 2018

Maison Ikkoku

as Sakamoto

Episodes: 96

First Aired: Mar 26, 1986

The♥Kabocha Wine

as Shunsuke Aoba (voice)

Episodes: 95

First Aired: Jul 05, 1982

Beet the Vandel Buster

as ライオ / Raio

Episodes: 77

First Aired: Sep 30, 2004

Dragon Ball GT

as Piccolo (voice)

Episodes: 64

First Aired: Feb 07, 1996

Aoki Densetsu Shoot!

as Yoshiharu Kubo

Episodes: 58

First Aired: Nov 07, 1993

Planet Robot Danguard Ace

as Hideo Oboshi (voice)

Episodes: 56

First Aired: Mar 06, 1977

Armored Fleet Dairugger XV

as AKI Manabu (voice)

Episodes: 52

First Aired: Mar 03, 1982

Trider G7

as Kenichi Ohyama

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Feb 02, 1980

Combat Mecha Xabungle

as Bulme (voice)

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Feb 06, 1982

Robot King Daioja

as エドワード・ミト

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Jan 31, 1981

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

as Narrator

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Feb 15, 2004

Future Robot Daltanious

as Kento Tate (voice)

Episodes: 47

First Aired: Mar 21, 1979

Patlabor: The TV Series

as Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Episodes: 47

First Aired: Oct 11, 1989

Lightspeed Electroid Albegas

as 円条寺大作

Episodes: 45

First Aired: Mar 30, 1983

Mobile Suit Gundam

as Kai Shiden (voice)

Episodes: 43

First Aired: Apr 07, 1979

Queen Millennia

as Amamori's Computer

Episodes: 42

First Aired: Apr 16, 1981

Akuma-kun

as Mephisto Jr.

Episodes: 42

First Aired: Apr 15, 1989

The Rose of Versailles

as Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

Episodes: 40

First Aired: Oct 10, 1979

Ushio and Tora

as Yamanmoto (voice)

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Jul 03, 2015

Nana the Supergirl

as Ogura

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Apr 02, 1983

Magnos the Robot

as Takeru

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

Cutie Honey Flash

as Alphonne (voice)

Episodes: 39

First Aired: Feb 15, 1997

Air Master

as Shiro Saeki

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Apr 01, 2003

Space Carrier Blue Noah

as Domenico (voice)

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Oct 13, 1979

Maeterlinck's Blue Bird: Tyltyl and Mytyl's Adventurous Journey

as Spirit of the Bread

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 09, 1980

Highschool Baseball Ninja

as 堀田三吉

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Apr 10, 1978

X-Bomber

as Ginga (voice)

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Oct 11, 1980

Galactic Patrol Lensman

as Kimball Kinnison (voice)

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Oct 06, 1984

Harimaware! Koinu

as Branch Chief (voice)

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Jan 06, 2024

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3

as Baleter

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Oct 08, 1977

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3

as Shingo

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Oct 08, 1977

Invincible Super Man Zambot 3

as Uchuuta Kamie

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Oct 08, 1977

Kamen no Ninja Akakage

as Akakage (voice)

Episodes: 23

First Aired: Oct 13, 1987

Kinnikuman Perfect Origin Arc

as Harabote Muscle (voice)

Episodes: 19

First Aired: Jul 14, 2024

Patlabor: The New Files

as Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Nov 22, 1990

Urusei Yatsura

as Ataru's Dad (voice)

Episodes: 15

First Aired: Oct 14, 2022

Akuma Kun

as Mephisto 3 / Mephisto 2 (voice)

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Nov 09, 2023

Tsuritama

as Heihachi (voice)

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Apr 13, 2012

Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga

as Date Boo Masamune (voice)

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jan 10, 2020

Hunter x Hunter

as Satotz (voice)

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Oct 02, 2011

Super Dragon Ball Heroes

as Picollo (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jul 01, 2018

Bubblegum Crisis

as Leon McNichol (voice)

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Feb 25, 1987

PLUTO

as Ochanomizu (voice)

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 26, 2023

Patlabor: The Mobile Police

as Asuma Shinohara (voice)

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 25, 1988

LUPIN ZERO

as Lupin II (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Dec 16, 2022

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

as Hantengu (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 06, 2019

Crying Freeman

as Yo Hinomura / Lóng Tài-Yáng / Freeman (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 25, 1988

Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!

as Inumaru Yomota

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 05, 1989

Uzumaki

as Yasuo Goshima (voice)

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 29, 2024

Bubblegum Crash

as Leon McNichol

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 25, 1991

Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter

as Thanatos (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Nov 09, 2002

Parasite Dolls

as Bill Myers

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 22, 2003

A.D. Police Files

as Leon (voice)

Episodes: 3

First Aired: May 25, 1990

Attack on Titan

as Uri Reiss (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 07, 2013

Animated Classics of Japanese Literature

as Tatsuo (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 25, 1986

Fireball

as 撮影スタッフ

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 07, 2008

Pop Team Epic

as Popuko (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 2018

One Piece

as Portgas D. Ace (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1999

Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

as Kai Shiden

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Mar 02, 1985

Motto! Majime ni Fumajime Kaiketsu Zorori

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Apr 05, 2020

Eureka Seven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 17, 2005

Dragon Ball

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Feb 26, 1986

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Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 13 18 9
2024 7 40 58 25
2024 8 19 77 7
2024 9 10 24 4
2024 10 8 14 4
2024 11 6 11 3
2024 12 9 21 5
2025 1 26 90 6
2025 2 6 14 1
2025 3 7 20 1
2025 4 1 1 1
2025 5 3 4 1
2025 6 2 3 1
2025 7 1 2 0
2025 8 3 12 0
2025 9 1 2 0

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