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Toshio Furukawa at Desucon Frostbite in Lahti, Finland, 2012 In 2007, SLAPSTICK got together to pay tribute to former band members Hirotaka Suzuoki and Kazuyuki Sogabe.
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From 1977 to 1986, he was a member of the Japanese band SLAPSTICK (スラップスティック), on rhythm guitar, with the other voice actors Yūji Mitsuya (keyboards replaced by Hirotaka Suzuoki in 1984), Tōru Furuya (drums), Akira Kamiya (bass), Kazuyuki Sogabe (lead guitar), and Akio Nojima (Saga in Saint Seiya and KITT in Knight Rider). Toshio is also 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 is now a veteran who has played a variety of characters, from comedians like Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura and Inumaru Yomota of Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! and Maroko, to calm, serious ones like Shin from the Fist of the North Star franchise and Piccolo from the Dragon Ball franchise. His debut voice role was a soldier in the 1975-1976 anime Brave Raideen. Yūji Mitsuya and Toshio Furukawa, in December 2012 His former pet dog died in 2008 at age fifteen and was a Shih Tzu dog named Ataru (あたる), after Ataru Moroboshi of Urusei Yatsura. He owns a Shih Tzu pet dog named Asuma (遊馬), after Asuma Shinohara of Patlabor. He love collecting action figures, making diorama, reading, and sports fishing. His height is 164 cm (5 ft 4.5 in), and his blood type is B. Toshio Furukawa lives in Tochigi, and is married to fellow voice actress Shino Kakinuma (the voice actress of Naru Osaka in the Sailor Moon franchise and Videl in Dragon Ball Kai).