Line #6 Creator/ToruFuruya


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2	''[[Manga/SaintSeiya Rise up, my Cosmos!]]''
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4	'''[[Manga/SaintSeiya PEGASUS RYUSEI KENNNNNNNN!!!]]'''
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6	Tōru Furuya (born July 31, 1953) is one of the older voice actor that, along with Creator/AkiraKamiya, triggered the second voice actor boom. He is most famous for his role as the first ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' hero Amuro Ray, and is almost as well known for voicing Pegasus Seiya in the classic ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' series, as well as Hyuuma Hoshi in ''Manga/StarOfTheGiants''. He still continues working even now, maintaining his bishie voice... which can still be heard in Ribbons "[[FanNickname Bad Amuro]]" Almark of ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]''. He uses the pseudonym 'Noboru Sougetsu' when doing Ribbons' voice, just so the fans could differentiate him from Amuro... but really, [[PaperThinDisguise who would be fooled?]]
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8	His first role was actually as a child actor in ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''! Even at over 60 years old, he still has the voice of a {{Bishonen}}. Whoa.
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10	He is married to and has a daughter with former voice actress, Satomi Majima whom Furuya worked with on ''Gundam'' and ''[[Manga/StopHibariKun Stop!! Hibari-kun!]]'' and was once married to Creator/MamiKoyama, but they divorced [[AmicableExes but still remain friends]].
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12	He also was a close friend of the late Creator/HirotakaSuzuoki.
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14	Here he is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGFShCNRphg in GPS form]].
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16	!Toru Furuya's roles [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack aren't just for show, you know!]]
17	* Akared, the "Super Red Ranger" in the ''[[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Boukenger vs. Super Sentai]]'' 30th anniversary special and ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''
18	* Amuro Ray in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and all Gundam and VideoGame/SuperRobotWars games.
19	* [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackandWhite Arty (Burgh)]] in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''
20	** Corey in ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''
21	** Mewtwo in ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu''
22	* Benny Colón (Creator/FreddyRodriguez) in the Japanese dub of ''Series/{{Bull}}''.
23	* Bryce Fairchild in ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth''
24	* Casshern in ''Anime/CasshernSins''
25	* Cyborg 0013 [[spoiler: aka Tsutomu]] in the ''Manga/Cyborg009'''s 1979 TV series.
26	** Also voiced Joe Shimamura/009's [[{{Expy}} off-brand counterpart]], Ken Shiki in ''Hyoga Senshi Guyslugger'', which itself is a CaptainErsatz of ''Cyborg 009''
27	* Eren/[[spoiler:"Monday Elizabeth"]] in ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', who is an {{Expy}} to Amuro.
28	* Mr. Fader Zone in ''[[Anime/CaptainHarlock Arcadia of My Youth - Endless Orbit SSX]]'' (predating Ribbons for ''decades'' where he's playing as a villain.) Reprises it in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsT''
29	* Freyr in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''
30	* Godfrey in ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2''
31	* Hiroshi Shiba in ''Anime/KotetsuJeeg''
32	* Hyuuma Hoshi in ''Manga/StarOfTheGiants'' (while ''Gundam'' catapulted him to superstardom with ''Saint Seiya'' further escalating that, Hyuuma was his StarMakingRole as this was the biggest role of his career prior to those, and he was only 15 when he began voicing Hyuuma)
33	* Jacques in ''Manga/NatsuENoTobira''
34	* Kousaku Sakamoto in ''[[Manga/StopHibariKun Stop!! Hibari-kun!]]'' (Working on this show was what lead to his marriage to Satomi Majima who voiced the titular Hibari.)
35	* Kyousuke Kasuga in ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' TV series, OAV and ''Shin KOR'' movie (Noticeable in that he was the ''second'' seiyuu for the character; Yuu Mizushima played Kyosuke in the pilot, and later Furuya would be replaced by Creator/RyoHorikawa in the 90's CD dramas)
36	** Also worth noting is that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6fbupigNlQ Kyosuke]] is his favorite character in an interview.
37	* ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]'' in ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'' and early commercials[[note]]Except for the ''VideoGame/MarioPaint'' commercials, where he's voiced by Creator/TakeshiAono[[/note]]
38	* TheNarrator of Manga/BakiTheGrappler from the 2018 Netflix ONA and onwards.
39	* Dr. Newton Geizler in the Japanese dub of ''Film/PacificRim''
40	* Nobushige Oyamada in ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara 2'' anime
41	* Pegasus Seiya in ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' (Classic series, replaced by Creator/MasakazuMorita later)
42	** He reprised his role as Seiya in ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega''
43	* Reiya Amuro in ''Anime/BirdieWing''
44	* Ribbons Almark in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' (under the pseudonym of [[PaperThinDisguise Noboru Sogetsu]])
45	** Also MAJOR playing against type, as his role as Ribbons is the first time in his long career he's voiced a BigBad. And it was awesome.
46	** Also, E. A. Ray from ''Anime/Gundam00AWakeningOfTheTrailblazer''. [[spoiler:aka the guy whose DNA was used to create Ribbons]]
47	* Sabo [[spoiler:(as an adult)]] in ''Franchise/OnePiece''
48	* Scooter in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984''
49	* Shinichi "Namura-sensei/Nachan" Namura in ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy''
50	* Shuren in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
51	* [[MeaningfulName Tooru Amuro]] [[spoiler:(or better said, Rei Furuya)]] in ''Manga/CaseClosed''
52	* Toppy/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Tauppy]] in ''Anime/SandsOfDestruction''
53	* Tuxedo Kamen/Mamoru Chiba in ''Anime/SailorMoon''
54	* Yabooki in ''Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun'', one of the first times he went PlayingAgainstType since Yabooki is a SmugSnake member of a GoldfishPoopGang following the main heroine and her friends around.
55	* Yamcha in ''Franchise/DragonBall'' series
56	* Zen Kirishima in ''Manga/SekaiichiHatsukoi'' (Under the pseudonym Noboru Sogetsu again, but this is his first BL role)
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59	[[Manga/SaintSeiya Have you ever felt the true power of the tropes?]]\
60	[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Wait a sec... you just described me! Not even my father described me!]]

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