Forum - View topic[Toshio Furukawa's a Christian?]
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Ktimene's Lover
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Toshio Furukawa's Wiki article says he is a Christian. Is this true, or just another one of Wiki's information that was made up to seem it were true?
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Emerje
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The magic Google ball says "Yes".
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Toshio_Furukawa Emerje |
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4536 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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I thought Reference.com just reposts Wikipedia entries?
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PantsGoblin
 SubscriberEncyclopedia Editor  Posts: 2969 Location: L.A. |
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Ya, that same exact text is in the wiki article.
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MorwenLaicoriel
 Posts: 1617 Location: Colorado |
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I did a bit of searching myself and found what looks like his homepage: http://www.topio.jp/
If you go to the 'private' second, he has some photos of his family and home. Among them are some photos of a Christmas tree, a stained-glass plaque of a cross, a crucifix, a nativity scene and--what I think is the most interesting--what appears to be a photo of him in front of a small church. Looks like he might actually be one, although without being very solid with Japanese I can't say for sure. EDIT: I just ran his profile through one of those free translators. It's mostly gibberish, of course, but in the jumble of words I managed to pick out "Favorite book Bible". I actually remember hearing rumors of there being a Christian voice actor in Japan, and I just laughed it off. I didn't expect it to be true. |
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Curtis W.
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What is wrong with a chrisian japanese person? I am curious why this is such a shock to you all?
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Emerje
Posts: 7406 Location: Maine |
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Ah, I see, I never actually checked the Wiki entry. I thought that info seemed awfully complete for something as obscure as the personal info of a Japanese voice actor. I just went to the first hit I got and found the info.
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Greennunu
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I was kinda wondering the same thing, Christianity is a very dominant religion, even among asian community. |
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Key
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 Posts: 18444 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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But not in Japan, where the number of Christians is frequently quoted as being around 1% or less of the total population.
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Mohawk52
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The Catholic church is in Japan, and there are at least 1 million there, half of which are Japanese. The church has been there since 1543, so it's not that surprising really.
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blind_assassin
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Just because it's been there a while doesn't mean it's really become all that important. It's already been said that about less than 1% of Japanese people are Christians. Even so, I still agree with people that wonder why others are surprised. It might not be particularly popular but it's not exactly in the same realm as say, Tom Cruise being a Scientologist. It's interesting to know I suppose but it shouldn't really cause anything interesting to come of it.
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Ktimene's Lover
Posts: 2242 Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert) |
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I don't have anything against Toshio-sensei being one. I'm one myself. I just found it to be unusual because he's the first Christian Japanese seiyuu I've read about.
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fighterholic
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I am not surprised if this person is a Christian. There is nothing wrong with that. Maybe the fact that Japan is comprised of over 90% Shintoism and Buddhism gives off some kind of stereotype, but Japanese Christians are out there. Though it's in Japanese, Wikipedia's entry for Dragon Ash's Kenji Furuya says that though he did not get baptized, he did convert to Christianity due to his going to a Christian high school.
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MorwenLaicoriel
Posts: 1617 Location: Colorado |
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I'm really more just interested in this because I'm a Christian (and, to top it off, the daughter of missionaries--in fact, my Mom is a secretary in the Asia department of a missions organization). Sense the percentage of Japanese Christians is so small (being the daughter of a missionary, you hear about it all the time
 ), to hear about a Japanese Christian who works in the anime industry is surprising and a little exciting.
I'm sure this sounds bizarre to someone who's not from the same background.
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