Toru Furuya
Actor
Tokyo, Japan
See also: AnimeCons TV Interview
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.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
MomoCon 2024 - May 24-27, 2024 in Atlanta, GA, USAConvention Withdrew Invitation- WeebCon 2024 - March 29-31, 2024 in Grapevine, TX, USA
- Middle East Film and Comic Con 2024 - February 9-11, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 2023
- SMASH! Sydney Manga and Anime Show 2023 - July 1-2, 2023 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2022
- Anirevo Summer 2022 - July 29-31, 2022 in Vancouver, BC, Canada 2019
- Otakon 2019 - July 26-28, 2019 in Washington, DC, USA 2018
- Anime NYC 2018 - November 16-18, 2018 in New York, NY, USA
- A-Kon 2018 - June 7-10, 2018 in Fort Worth, TX, USA 2017
- Anime Central 2017 - May 19-21, 2017 in Rosemont, IL, USA
- Anime Boston 2017 - March 31 - April 2, 2017 in Boston, MA, USA
- Tsukino-Con 2017 - February 17-19, 2017 in Victoria, BC, Canada 2015
- Kawaii Kon 2015 - March 27-29, 2015 in Honolulu, HI, USA 2014
- Anime Weekend Atlanta 2014 - September 26-28, 2014 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Animazement 2014 - May 23-25, 2014 in Raleigh, NC, USA 2013
- Anime Revolution 2013 - August 16-18, 2013 in Vancouver, BC, Canada 2011
- FanimeCon 2011 - May 27-30, 2011 in San Jose, CA, USA 2009
- Desucon 2009 - June 6-7, 2009 in Lahti, Finland 2006
- Anime Expo 2006 - July 1-4, 2006 in Anaheim, CA, USA 2004
- World Cosplay Summit 2004 - August 1, 2004 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
18 confirmed guest appearances