A controversial voice actor from One Piece leaves the anime series permanently

Toru Furuya, an experienced anime voice actor behind “Flame Emperor” Sabo from One piece and many other anime roles, is stepping down from several series following his controversial affair with a fan. The actor himself and Toei Animation have both released official statements on the matter.

Japanese news website Oricon announced that Furuya and his talent agency Aoni Production have released a statement announcing the actor’s departure from One piece as Sabo, as well as Rei Furuya from Detective Conan (case closed). Furuya’s retirement from his current iconic roles comes after Atlus removed the disgraced voice actor from its upcoming role-playing game. Metaphor: ReFantazioAt the beginning of June. At the end of May, the 70-year-old admitted to having had a four-and-a-half-year extramarital affair with a 30-year-old fan. Furuya also previously admitted to having physically assaulted the unnamed woman once during their affair and persuaded her to have an abortion, and apologized for it.

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Before Furuya deleted his social media account X (formerly Twitter), he publicly announced his withdrawal from both One piece And Detective Conan. The One piece The fan account @/pewpiece archived Furuya’s message, which read as follows: “Due to my selfish actions, I, Toru Furuya, have caused trouble and worry to many people. This incident has affected the works and character images of Detective Conan And One piece. In order to compensate for the damage caused to these works and characters, and to support the fans of these works, after careful consideration and with great pain, I have decided to withdraw from the dubbing of the characters Furuya Rei and Sabo. Once again, I sincerely apologize to everyone for the considerable inconvenience caused. I deeply regret this incident and am truly sorry.”

Toei Animation will replace Sabo from One Piece with a new voice actor

Meanwhile, Toei Animation, the anime production company behind the One piece Anime series, also released a statement on the news of Furyua’s retirement as Sabo, saying, “Toru Furuya’s agency has requested that he no longer voice the character Sabo. We have agreed to this request and decided to replace the voice actor. We will proceed with the selection of a new voice actor. We ask for your continued support of the One piece Anime in the future.”

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Voice actor Toru Furuya was known for his roles in One Piece, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon and more

Before news of his extramarital affair broke, Furyua was a respected voice actor with over 60 years of professional experience and over 100 anime roles. In addition to Sabo and Rei, Furyua also played popular anime characters such as Tuxedo Mask/Mamoru Chiba in the original Sailor MoonYamcha in Dragon Ball and Amuro Ray in Mobile Suit GundamHis last anime role was as the narrator for the original anime series in spring 2024. Highspeed EtoileThere are reasonable expectations that Furyua will completely retire from the Japanese voice acting industry following his controversies.

One Piece (1999)

Follow the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew as they search for the greatest treasure ever left behind by the legendary pirate Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure known as “One Piece”.

Release date

20 October 1999

Creator

Eiichiro Oda

Pour

Mayumi Tanaka, Akemi Okamura, Laurent Vernin, Tony Beck, Kazuya Nakai

Seasons

1

Studio

Toei Animation

Creator

Eiichiro Oda

Production company

Toei Animation

Number of episodes

More than 1K

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Source: Oricon