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Tsukino-Con to Feature Toru Furuya

Victoria, BC's annual anime convention announces prominent Japanese guest.

Victoria, BC — January 2nd, 2017 — Tsukino-Con is excited to announce Tōru Furuya as featured Japanese voice acting guest.

Celebrating fifty years in the anime industry since his starring role in 1966's Pirate Prince, Tōru Furuya has been an immense and iconic presence for decades.

The singular voice for Amuro Ray since the 1979 original Mobile Suit Gundam, Furuya has also played Yamcha through Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super; Pegasus Seiya in the Saint Seiya franchise; and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon until 2014.

In addition, he starred in the immensely influential Kimagure Orange Road as Kyousuke Kasuga, in the multi-award winning Paprika as Tokita Kosaku, and in Star of the Giants as Hyuuma Hoshi. As well as featuring in anime, Furuya worked as Aka Red in the Tokusatsu series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, and is the assigned dubbing voice for Hong Kong actor Yuen Biao.

ABOUT TSUKINO-CON: Tsukino-Con is a non-profit, volunteer-run event focusing on anime fandom and Japanese culture. This community oriented convention is hosted each February at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia.

Tsukino-Con announces Tōru Furuya

http://www.tsukinocon.com/toru/

Event Date: February 17th-19th, 2017

Admission: $30 student/youth, $35 adult

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