Tōru Furuya

Tōru Furuya (Japanese: 古谷徹 Furuya Tōru) is a Japanese seiyū for the Pokémon anime. He is also sometimes credited as Noboru Sōgetsu (蒼月 昇 Sōgetsu Noboru).

Biography
Furuya was born on July 31, 1953, in, ,. He already started an acting career as a child, being part of the children's acting troupe. As an adult, he started landing a number of famous roles, usually in anime series. Furuya occasionally provided his voice for the Pokémon anime since the original series, though he was best known as the Castelia City Gym Leader Burgh, who appeared in the. He is currently affiliated with the talent agency. He was married to fellow seiyū from 1976 to 1983, and is now married to another seiyū, Satomi Majima.

Anime

 * Corey
 * Burgh
 * Oluolu

Anime

 * Hyūma Hoshi ()
 * /Mamoru Chiba, King Endymion ()
 * Puck ()
 * Hiroshi Akimoto, Tohru Amuro, Bourbon, Rei Furuya ()
 * Narrator, Ribbons Almark ()
 * Shikon no Tama ()
 * Narrator ()
 * Sabo ()
 * Shikon no Tama ()
 * Narrator ()
 * Sabo ()

Anime films

 * Hyōma Hoshi ( film series)
 * Daisuke Tokugawa (', ')
 * Amuro Ray ( film series)
 * Sirius ()
 * Daisuke Yomori ()
 * Yamcha ( film series)
 * Pegasus Seiya ( film series)
 * Scott Masterson/Ultraman Scott ()
 * Ito Suehiko ()
 * Dr. Kosaku Tokita ()
 * Shuren ()
 * E.A. Ray ()
 * Alonzo Percy ()
 * Sabo ()
 * Rei Furuya (', ')
 * Rei Furuya (', ')

Dubbing roles

 * Tommy Price ()
 * Brandon "Brand" Walsh ()
 * Daniel LaRusso ()
 * Richard "Rascal" Moore ()
 * Dr. Newton Geiszler (', ')
 * Dr. Newton Geiszler (', ')

Trivia

 * Furuya's ex-wife voiced Kumquat Island Gym Leader Luana in an episode of the Pokémon anime.