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name: "Toru Furuya"
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born: "31 July 1953"
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updated: "2026-09-17T06:41:14.803788+00:00"
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# Toru Furuya

Actor. Born 31 July 1953 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1953, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- **Also known as:** Tohru Furuya, Noboru Sogetsu, Tooru Furuya, 古谷彻, Tôru Furuya, تورو فورویا
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917318, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40327

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Paprika*](https://film.one/film/paprika.md) (80)

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## Biography

Tōru Furuya is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. Born on 31 July 1953 in Yokohama, he began acting as a child with the troupe Gekidan Himawari and is affiliated with Aoni Production.

Furuya is known for numerous anime roles, including Amuro Ray in the Mobile Suit Gundam series, Yamcha in Dragon Ball and its sequels, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon, and Kosaku Tokita in Paprika (2006). He has also provided the Japanese voice for Mario in several productions and worked under the pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu for certain characters.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paprika* (2006), Fi1m 80, as Kosaku Tokita (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paprika.md)

## Also known for

- *One Piece* (1999), Sabo (voice)
- *Dragon Ball Z* (1989), Yamcha (voice)
- *Dragon Ball* (1986), Yamcha (voice)
- *Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods* (2013), Yamcha (voice)
- *Pokémon: The First Movie* (1998), Sorao (voice)
- *Saint Seiya* (1986), Seiya (voice)
- *BAKI* (2018), Narrator (voice)
- *Sailor Moon* (1992), Mamoru Chiba / Tuxedo Mask (voice)

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