Forum - View topicNEWS: Gundam Voice Actor Tōru Furuya Admits to 4-Year Affair With Fan
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Heishi
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Really disappointing news.
He was one of the earliest voices for Mario, voiced Casshern in Casshern Sins, voiced Yamcha and Amuro Ray. Now hearing him do this terrible thing is just sad to hear. |
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MFrontier
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I was actually thinking to myself about his divorce from Mami Koyama after this and why it happened. I didn't know that about Satomi Majima either. |
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Thespacemaster
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Good God man
Abusing and taking advantage of a fan, hitting her and forcing her to have an abortion? this guy is a monster. Forget his career being over, this is some real crimes that he should face jail term for it. Man, talk about things being absolutely crazy. 
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Amiantos
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Zeonic Scans translated the article for those who want to read it. Didn't link as I don't know the policies on that stuff.
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Multi-Facets
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.... great. Should I just chuck out my "Saint Seiya" box set now?
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Wangen
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onpufan
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I suspect Suzuki breaking NDA during the affair was what did him in rather than the affair itself. Other affair scandals like Daisuke Namikawa's didn't seem to affect him much. I guess we'll see though. |
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Ulf Jarl
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I highly doubt his character in Detective Conan is going to be recast or killed off over this simply due to the fact that Furuya is by far the most popular character in the show and the resulting fan backlash would be huge.
At best, his other characters like Amuro and Seiya might not be included in future anime. |
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NJ_
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Seiya has been voiced by Masakazu Morita since Hades Inferno in 2005 and other than returning for Omega in 2012, Furuya hasn't voiced him in any Saint Seiya material since. |
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Nigel Planter
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From what I've read the fan he had a relationship was because she was a huge fan of Bourbon and saw one of the Detective Conan movies he was in like 30+ times which was how they met. I know emotions can run high when news like this comes out but plenty of famous people date normal people with no abuse involved. No one has ever said anything about Eiichiro Oda dating and marrying a Nami cosplayer who was a big fan of his back in 2002. It's only when a scandal comes out of it do people try to connect the dots together and paint it as a bad thing. But adultery and abuse happens among non famous couples all the time as well and even when celebrities only date other celebrities like the Depp-Heard stuff. |
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Blood-
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When I read the headline my initial reaction was, "what's the big deal, so he had an affair." Then I read the specifics. Oof. My heart goes out to the poor woman he exploited and victimized.
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Yusaku_005
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That was how I felt, the worst aspects are truly in the details. Particularly slapping the woman in the face causing her nose to bleed, stealing her phone afterwards... Ugh. Literally the only saving graces he has now are A) The fan was not underage and B) He isn't calling her a liar like many other accused celebrities do. But he sure has checked off all the other "scumbag" traits. |
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harminia
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You might have Sakurai mixed up with Tatsuhisa, whose wife was LiSA. Sakurai's wife is AFAIK a former voice actor whose name has been kept secret (I think?). Sakurai has still had roles in continuing franchises (JJK, Demon Slayer, Granblue Fantasy), though he did lose a couple of roles in other works. But he's a guest at this years Anime Expo so he's not suffering that much (unfortunately. Wish he'd had more repercussions). Tatsuhisa has had very little work, though that was partially due to him taking a big hiatus (due to the backlash). As was also mentioned in this thread, he also apparently violated an NDA which is a pretty big blow to professional trust. Anyway... In regards to Furuya, his actions are so disgusting. I hate cheaters in general but to take advantage of a fan and then treat them so badly... If he'd just cheated he'd probably be back in town within a year or so but because of all the extra stuff... Wonder what will happen. They'd have to recast his Conan character. That guy is one of the most popular characters in the franchise, they can't just kill him off or whatever... |
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Wack Sage
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Even if it was just an affair that still seems to be pretty taboo in Japan. I'm not sure how taboo or controversial getting abortions are there either though. |
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SilverTalon01
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This case is a bit different because the character in Detective Conan is named after him and his first big role. I don't think they should change the character, but replacing the voice here would not remove his presence entirely. |
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