Son of a wealthy family, a good friend and distant relative of Katri.

This series tells the story of 9 year-old Katri, a  girl who lives on a farm in Finland with her grandparents. Katri's mother has been away in Germany for three years.  The farm is not doing well, so to help support her family, she goes to work on a neighboring farm. Katri faces many struggles and challenges.

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As a child, he was a member of Gekidan Himawari, a children's acting troupe. He is employed by the talent management firm Aoni Production. He was close friends with late [Hirotaka Suzuoki](https://anilist.co/staff/95572/).

He is most known for the roles of Amuro Ray (Mobile Suit Gundam), Hyouma Hoshi (Kyojin no Hoshi), Pegasus Seiya (Saint Seiya), Yamcha (Dragon Ball), Kyosuke Kasuga (Kimagure Orange Road), and Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon).  He used the pseudonym Noboru Sougetsu in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 for his role as Ribbons Almark.

Furuya married fellow voice actress [Mami Koyama](https://anilist.co/staff/95571/Mami-Koyama) in 1976. They divorced in 1983. In 1985, he married fellow voice actress [Satomi Majima](https://anilist.co/staff/101240/Satomi-Majima), with whom had a daughter in 1992.

Paolo Torrisi (born Maurizio Torresan) was an Italian actor and voice actor.
He is notable for dubbing of adult Goku, in Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and in the List of Dragon Ball films (second dubbing in 2003).
He was also the adapter of italian dialogues and dubbing director in many films and cartoons at Merak Film, including Dragon Ball.
He died at San Raffaele Hospital in Segrate of a biliary tract obstruction.

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