Toru Furuya Information

Actor
Tokyo, Japan

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Biography:
Toru Furuya is a legendary Japanese voice actor coming to NYC for the first time! Voicing anime characters for over 50 years, he's most known as Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon, Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit Gundam, Yamcha in Dragon Ball, Sabo in One Piece, Pegasus Seiya in Saint Seiya, and Rei Furuya in Detective Conan.

Beyond these heroes, Furuya's provided voices in well over 100 more series and movies including Black Jack, Bleach, Casshern Sins, Dr. Slump, Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution, Expelled from Paradise, Galaxy Express 999, Gintama, Gundam 00, Kimagure Orange Road, Lupin III, Marmalade Boy, Paprika, Samurai Pizza Cats, Space Battleship Yamato, and more.

On May 22, 2024, he posted a public apology to Twitter (X) in which he said that he had an extramarital affair with a fan for around four and a half years, until September 2023. He admitted being violent with her as well as forcing her into having an abortion.