Toru Furuya

Toru Furuya 古谷 徹 Furuya Tōru is a veteran narrator and seiyū voice actor born on July 31 1953 in Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture Japan As a child he was a member of Gekidan Himawari a childrens 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 Hyouma Hoshi Kyojin no Hoshi Pegasus Seiya Saint Seiya Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Kyosuke Kasuga Kimagure Orange Road and Mamoru ChibaTuxedo Mask Sailor Moon He is also the first and only seiyu who has provided a Japanese voice for Mario He also used a pseudonym Noboru Sōgetsu 蒼月 昇 Sōgetsu Noboru in the cast of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for Ribbons Almarks role but used his real name in the narration role Both the narration role and Ribbons mark Furuyas first role in a nonUniversal Century Gundam series Shuichi Ikeda who played Char had his earlier with Gilbert Durandal in Gundam SEED Destiny He was a best friend of the late Hirotaka Suzuoki and is noted to be friends with Ikeda He was at one time married to fellow seiyuu Mami Koyama but amicably divorced in 1983 He later married seiyuu Satomi Majima who was the other main character of Stop Hibarikun Description above from the Wikipedia article Tōru Furuya licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia