Tōru Furuya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Tōru Furuya

Japanese voice actor

Date of Birth: 31-Jul-1953

Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Profession: actor, seiyū, child actor

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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Toru Furuya (?? ?, Furuya Toru, born July 31, 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator.
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 (both in the original Mobile Suit Gundam and its following Gundam sequels), Hyuma Hoshi (Star of the Giants), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya), Yamcha (Dragon Ball), Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon).
He considers these roles as his most important roles.He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sogetsu (?? ?, Sogetsu Noboru) in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almark's role (but used his real name in the narration role).
Both the narration role and Ribbons Almark were Furuya's first role in a non-Universal Century Gundam series.