Hiroshi Shiba is a car racer who is mortally wounded on a laboratory accident, but restored to life by his father, Professor Shiba, a talented scientist/archeologist. The Professor is investigating the relics of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom. He discovers a tiny bronze bell with sorcerous powers, and shortly afterwards he is murdered by the henchmen of Queen Himika, the ruler of the Yamatai, who wants to seize the ancient bell and its power.    Hiroshi learns about his father&#039;s death, and his legacy: after the accident, Hiroshi was transformed by his father into a cyborg, the bronze bell hidden in his own chest. With his newound power, he is able to transform into the head of a giant robot, the Steel Jeeg, created by Prof. Shiba with the purpose of stopping the Yamatai invasion of modern Japan. The minions of Queen Himika have huge haniwa robots, called clay phantoms buried thousands of years under Japan&#039;s soil, and only Jeeg can destroy them and save the world. Therefore, Hiroshi must roughly try to live his double life as his career as a racer who takes care of his mother and sister and a hero who fight to save the world.

Hiroshi Shiba is an outstanding car racer whose father is assassinated upon the discovery of the Bronze Bell from an ancient civilization. This Bronze Bell is coveted by Queen Himika who comes from that ancient era; the Yamatai Kingdom, and whose ambitions are to seize the Bell and dominate earth. <br><br>
Hiroshi is left with a few items from his father which would enable him to morph into a full sized mecha warrior, the Steel Jeeg. With these abilities and the help of his father's brain implanted in a computer and his assistance Miwa "Micchi" Uzuki, they set out to neutralize Himika's plans of world dominion.

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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.

Kotetsushin Jeeg takes place fifty years after the original and features a new cast of characters&mdash;primarily the new main character Kenji Kusanagi, a high school student who becomes Kotetsushin Jeeg to fight the sudden reappearance of "Haniwa Genjin" ("Haniwa Phantom Gods", or clay robots) from the Jamada Empire ruled by Queen Himika. Other characters include Tsubaki Tamashiro (grandaughter of Miwa Uzuki); and Kyou Misumi. Other main characters from the original series also appear.

__Height:__ 173 cm 

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Won Best Song at the 6th Seiyuu Awards (2012) for "ST☆RISH" (shared with Takuma Terashima, Kenichi Suzumura, Kishou Taniyama, Mamoru Miyano, Hiro Shimono) in _Uta no☆Prince-sama♪ Maji Love 1000%_. Won Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Seiyuu Awards (2013).

**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Radio DJ - Kamen Rider Kuuga (TV Series)
- Artem Wing - Tears of Themis (VG)
- Jenua - Epic Seven (VG)
- Dekotorade - Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger (TV Series)
- McBurn - The Legend of Heroes Series (VG)

The story tells about Hiroshi Shiba, a car racer who is mortally wounded on a laboratory accident, but restored to life by his father, Professor Shiba, a talented scientist/archeologist, who is incidentally investigating the relics of the ancient Yamatai Kingdom. The professor discovers a tiny bronze bell with sorcerous powers, and shortly afterwards he is murdered by the henchmen of Queen Himika, the ruler of the Yamatai (sometimes translated as Jamatai) Kingdom, who wants to seize the ancient bell and its power.