AMAI in association with the Embassy of Japan and AONI productions is proud to announce the arrival to Israel of the famous and veteran voice actor, Mr. Furukawa Toshio.
Furukawa Toshio started his acting career at the age of 12 at a children theater at Tokyo. He graduated from Nihon University of arts and continued acting at the theater. His debut role as a voice actor was a soldier in the anime Brave Raideen, but he gained his reputation thanks to roles as Kagege (Keroro Gunso), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura) and Portgas D. Ace (One piece).
Mr. Furukawa has a wide range of roles, from comical roles such as Ataru from Urusei Yatsura to serious roles as Piccolo from Dragon Ball. Besides his acting skills, Furukawa has an impressive vocal range that he uses to voice different character starting with young boys to evil enemies.
He had appeared in other famous anime shows such as Sailor Moon (Hawk’s Eye), Detective Conan (Misao Yamamura), Patlabor (Asuma Shinohara), Bleach (Kageroze Inaba), Fist of the Northern star (Shin), Soul Eater (AsuraKishin) HUNTER×HUNTER (Satotz), World Trigger (Enedora) and many more…
Furukawa Toshio is married to voice actress Kakinuma Shino. Besides Anime he appeared in games, foreign movies, television programs, radio shows and many more. He is also a staff teacher at the Osaka University of Arts, there he guides young voice actors to be the next generation of voice actors. |