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Describe Tohru Furuya here.
All right. Around 70 years old, and still has the voice of a Bishonen. Whoa.
Anyway, Tohru Furuya is also one of the older seiyuus that, along with Akira Kamiya, triggered the second seiyuu boom in the late 70's / early 80's. He is most famous for his roles as the original Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon and as the first Gundam hero Amuro Ray, and kept playing such roles for decades, maintaining his bishie voice... which can still be heard in Ribbons "Bad Amuro" Almark of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. He uses the pseudonym 'Noboru Suigetsu' when working Ribbons' voice, just so the fans can differentiate him and Amuro... but really, who would be fooled?
His first role was actually as a child actor on Ultraman! And here he is in GPS form.
He was a close friend of the late Hirotaka Suzuoki, and Amicable Exes with his first wife and fellow actress Mami Koyama. His second wife, Satomi Majima, was also a prolific voice actress in the late 1970s and early '80s, and gave up her career to marry him; they have one child together.
However, all of Furuya's legacy was called into HEAVY question in 2024: the tabloid Weekly Bunshun published an interview where Furuya admitted that he carried on a four years-long affair with a fan in her 30's, that he hit her at least once, and that he forced her to get an abortion. This placed his voice acting career in jeopardy, as most if not all of his major characters have been recast.
Tohru Furuya's roles, IKIMAAAASU![]
- Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam (one of his two Star-Making Roles, which ironically was also Playing Against Type since Furuya mostly voiced Hot-Blooded heroes... which Amuro is not)
- Endymion Unit a.k.a. the GQuuuuuuX in Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX.
- Hyuuma Hoshi in Kyojin no Hoshi (his other Star-Making Role, which he took up when he was 14-15 years old. He voiced Hyuuma through the original series, movies, the two Shin sequels and the pachinko games)
- Hiroshi Shiba in Kotetsu Jeeg
- Tuxedo Kamen/Mamoru Chiba in the classic Sailor Moon series, succeeded by Kenji Nojima in Sailor Moon Crystal.
- Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya (Classic series, replaced by Masakazu Morita and Kaito Ishikawa later)
- He reprised his role as Seiya in Saint Seiya Omega! And the Fandom Rejoiced!
- Yamcha in Dragon Ball series. Following Furuya's resignation due to the abuse scandal, Ryota Ohsaka voiced him in Dragon Ball Daima.
- Ribbons Almark in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (under the pseudonym of Noboru Sogetsu, and earning Ribbons the Fan Nickname "Evil Amuro") Also MAJOR playing against type, as his role as Ribbons is the first time in his long carrer he's voiced a villian. And it was awesome.
- Also E. A. Ray a.k.a. the guy whose DNA was used to create Ribbons from the Awakening of the Trailblazer movie.
- Akared, the "Super Red Ranger" in the Boukenger vs. Super Sentai 30th anniversary special and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
- Shinichi "Namura-sensei/Nachan" Namura in Marmalade Boy
- Casshern in Casshern Sins
- Super Mario in Super Mario Bros. anime and early commercials.
- Arty (Burgh) in Pokémon
- Kyousuke Kasuga in Kimagure Orange Road (TV series and OAV's)
- Toppy/Tauppy in World Destruction.
- Oyamada Nobushige in Sengoku Basara 2 anime.
- Shuren in Bleach
- Takashi Katori in Video Senshi Laserion
- Eren in Gintama who is an Expy to Amuro.
- Tooru Amuro aka Bourbon, real name Rei Furuya in Detective Conan. After his Role-Ending Misdemeanor, Takeshi Kusao took over the role in 2025.
- King Freyr in Fire Emblem: Heroes.
- Kosuke in Stop!! Hibari-kun! (in which he co-starred with his future wife, Satomi Majima)
- The adult Sabo in One Piece, with Miyu Irino taking over after the scandal
- Baby Scooter in the Japanese dub of Muppet Babies ('80s)
Have you ever felt the true power of the cosmos?