Tōru Furuya

I genuinely don't think you can grow up watching anime and not have Tōru Furuya living rent-free in your ears. This is the guy who voiced Amuro Ray, Tuxedo Mask, Yamcha, Seiya, and somehow made each one feel like a completely different person sharing one throat. What gets me is the range: he can be a hot-blooded teenage hero screaming into the void one minute and a cool, world-weary rival the next, and you'd swear it's two actors. He started as a child performer and was still on the front lines well past seventy, which is honestly absurd stamina for a voice. The Seiyu Award and Tomita Kei Award feel less like prizes and more like the industry admitting he's load-bearing. That quiet "his voice is just always there" reliability is the real flex, and I respect it deeply.

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Tōru Furuya is a Japanese voice actor and actor born on July 31, 1953, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He began his career as a child actor and has remained a leading figure in the Japanese voice acting industry for decades. A graduate of Meiji Gakuin University, he has received notable industry recognition including the Seiyu Award for Best Supporting Actor (2019) and the Tomiyama Kei Award (2008).

Name (English)

Tōru Furuya

Name (Japanese)

古谷徹

Reading

ふるや とおる

Born

July 31, 1953 (age 73)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Weight

50 kg

Occupation

Voice Actor / Actor / Child Actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Snake

Blood type

A

Measurements

88 / 77 / 90

Agency

青二プロダクション

University

Meiji Gakuin University

Awards & achievements

• 2019 — Seiyu Award: Best Supporting Actor
• 2008 — Tomiyama Kei Award

Spouse

小山茉美

Works summary

Appearances

752 (1963–2025)

By year

1963: 1, 1964: 1, 1965: 1, 1966: 2, 1967: 1, 1972: 1, 1973: 1, 1974: 3, 1975: 1, 1976: 3, 1977: 2, 1978: 1, 1979: 2, 1980: 3, 1981: 2, 1982: 4, 1983: 4, 1984: 5, 1985: 1, 1986: 4, 1987: 1, 1988: 1, 1989: 4, 1990: 4, 1991: 3, 1992: 2, 1993: 1, 1994: 2, 1996: 2, 1997: 2, 1998: 2, 1999: 2, 2000: 2, 2001: 4, 2002: 2, 2003: 4, 2004: 1, 2005: 3, 2006: 4, 2007: 5, 2008: 5, 2009: 4, 2010: 3, 2011: 3, 2012: 8, 2013: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 6, 2019: 5, 2020: 4, 2021: 4, 2022: 7, 2024: 4, 2025: 1

Debut work

サムライの子

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttp://www.torushome.com
• Xhttps://x.com/torushome
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E8%B0%B7%E5%BE%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917318

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Voice Actor
• Actor
• Child Actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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