Tōru Furuya

Tōru Furuya (Japanese: 古谷徹 Furuya Tōru) is a Japanese voice actor for Pokémon the Series. He is also sometimes credited as Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月昇 Sōgetsu Noboru).

Biography

Furuya was born on July 31, 1953, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He already started an acting career as a child, being part of the children's acting troupe Gekidan Himawari. As an adult, he started landing a number of famous roles, usually in anime series. Furuya occasionally provided his voice for Pokémon the Series since Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, though he was best known as the Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh, who appeared in Pokémon the Series: Black & White. He is currently affiliated with the talent agency Aoni Production. He was married to fellow voice actress Mami Koyama from 1976 to 1983, and is now married to another voice actress, Satomi Majima.

Pokémon roles

Animation

Pokémon the Series

Video games

Mewtwo (Detective Pikachu)

Other non-Pokémon roles

Anime

Hyūma Hoshi (Star of the Giants)
Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Yamcha (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Kai, Dragon Ball Super)
Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya, Saint Seiya Omega)
Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba, King Endymion (Sailor Moon)
Puck (Dragon Ball GT)
Hiroshi Akimoto, Tohru Amuro, Bourbon, Rei Furuya (Case Closed)
Narrator, Ribbons Almark (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
Shikon no Tama (Inuyasha: The Final Act)
Narrator (Mobile Suit Gundam-san)
Sabo (One Piece)

Anime films

Hyōma Hoshi (Star of the Giants film series)
Daisuke Tokugawa (Be Forever Yamato, Final Yamato)
Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam film series)
Sirius (The Legend of Sirius)
Daisuke Yomori (Queen Millennia)
Yamcha (Dragon Ball film series)
Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya film series)
Scott Masterson/Ultraman Scott (Ultraman: The Adventure Begins)
Mario (Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land)
Ito Suehiko (Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem)
Dr. Kosaku Tokita (Paprika)
Shuren (Bleach: Hell Verse)
E.A. Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer)
Alonzo Percy (Expelled from Paradise)
Sabo (One Piece Film: Gold)
Rei Furuya (Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare, Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer)

Dubbing roles

Jimmy Olsen (Superman, Superman II, Superman III)
Tommy Price (The Hunter)
Brandon "Brand" Walsh (The Goonies)
Daniel LaRusso (The Karate Kid Part II)
Richard "Rascal" Moore (Memphis Belle)
Dr. Newton Geiszler (Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim Uprising)

Trivia

Furuya's ex-wife Mami Koyama voiced Kumquat Island Gym Leader Luana in an episode of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning.

External links

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.