古川登志夫

古川登志夫 Movies and TV Shows

Toshio Furukawa (古川 登志夫, Furukawa Toshio, born July 16, 1946 in what is now part of the city of Tochigi) is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator affiliated with Aoni Production. He became famous for his roles in his career as Kagege (Keroro Gunso), Kai Shiden (Mobile Suit Gundam), Shin (Fist of the North Star), Asuma Shinohara (Mobile Police Patlabor), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Ataru Moroboshi (Urusei Yatsura) and Portgas D. Ace (One Piece). His debut voice role is a soldier in Brave Raideen. Toshio is a veteran who has played a variety of characters from comedians like Ataru of Urusei Yatsura and Inumaru of Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!, to calm, serious ones like Shin from Fist of the North Star and Piccolo of the Dragon Ball series. Furthermore, Toshio is capable of performing with a "boy voice" and has played noble hot-blooded heroes such as Prince Mito of Saikyō Robo Daiōja and Kento Tate of Future Robo Daltanius. He performed in the band Slapstick (スラップスティック) with Toru Furuya, Kazuyuki Sogabe, Yūji Mitsuya and Akio Nojima. In 2007, Slapstick got together to pay tribute to former band members, Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kazuyuki Sogabe (guitar). Furukawa owns a pet dog named Asuma (遊馬), a Shih Tzu that was named after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor. His former pet was Ataru (あたる), which was named after Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura. Ataru died in 2008 at age fifteen and was also a Shih Tzu. Tribute pages were made for both pets.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 1946-07-16 (78 years old)
  • Place of birth: Tochigi, Japan
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in Canada
Uzumaki
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 77%
role:
Yasuo Goshima (voice)
2024

Animation

Mystery

6.7
77%
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training-
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 65%
role:
Hantengu (voice)
Not available
2024

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
65%
Not available
2022

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
79%
2019

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.6
87%
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 78%
role:
Piccolo (voice)
2018

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
2018

Action

Animation

TV Movie

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

War & Politics

7.8
71%
2017

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

War & Politics

7.8
72%
2016

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
77%
Dragon Ball Super
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 82%
role:
Piccolo (voices)
2015

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
82%
Ushio and Tora
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 82%
role:
Yamanmoto
2015

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Drama

7.6
82%
2015

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
68%
2014

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.5
74%
2013

Action

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
68%
Dragon Ball Z Kai
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 75%
role:
Piccolo (voice)
2009

Action

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.3
75%
Dragon Ball: Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!!
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 64%
role:
Piccolo (voice)
Not available
2008

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.0
64%
Not available
2002

Action

Adventure

Animation

8.5
82%
Dragon Ball GT
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 77%
role:
Piccolo (voice)
1996

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
77%
1993

Action

Adventure

Animation

7.0
63%
Dragon Ball Z
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 83%
role:
Piccolo (voice)
1989

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
83%
Dragon Ball
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 83%
role:
Piccolo Jr. (voice)
1986

Action

Adventure

Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.5
83%
1984

Action

Adventure

Animation

8.2
86%
Dr. Slump
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 84%
role:
Tarou Soramame (voice)
1981

Animation

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.8
84%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in Canada starring or involving 古川登志夫 are, for example, Uzumaki, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and Dragon Ball Super: Broly.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Amazon, Prime Video and CrunchyRoll.
The best StreamFat ratings are Dragon Ball Z (8.6), Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter (8.4) and Fist of the North Star (8.4).