Sonny Chiba
Acting
🎂 1939-01-23
Sonny Chiba (born January 23, 1939 - August 19, 2021), also known as Shin'ichi Chiba, was a Japanese actor and martial artist. Chiba was one of the first actors to achieve stardom through his skills in martial arts, initially in Japan and later before an international audience. Born in Fukuoka, Chiba played a variety of sports in high school, including baseball and volleyball. He also practiced gymnastics and participated at the National Sports Festival of Japan in his third year. When he was a university student, he learned martial arts, earning a black belt in Kyokushin Karate in 1965 and later receiving a fourth degree in 1984. Chiba's career began in the 1960s, when he starred in two tokusatsu superhero shows. In his first role, he replaced Susumu Wajima as the main character Kōtarō Ran/Seven Color Mask in Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro Kamen) in the second half of the series. However, his breakthrough role was in the 1974 film The Street Fighter. Before retiring, Chiba had also appeared in a number of English language American films, including Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Fast & Furious 3: Tokyo Drift (2006). Chiba died of COVID-19 complications at the hospital in Tokyo on 19 August 2021, at the age of 82. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sonny Chiba, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(230)
Hattori Hanzo
2003
Hattori Hanzo
2004
Hattori Hanzo
2006
Voicer (in flashback)
1983
雄霸
2002
Dr. Yamauchi
1980
2007
Uncle Kamata
2006
2009
Seiichi Hibiki
1974
Ichiro Kusakari
2000
Jubei Yagyu
1981
Takuma Tsurugi
1974
Shaider (Voice)
1984
Shinzaemon Yagyu
1982
Hayata Shiro
1970
Shaider (Voice)
1984
Keitaro Shinjo
1973
Shuuhei Sakata
1976
Makio Mimura
2003
Prince Hans
1978
Lord Conqueror
1998
Mr. Magic
1981
Space Sheriff Voicer
1982
2006
Aoki
1975
Shuro
2005
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
1983
Space Sheriff Voicer
2012
Drunkard
1977
Ryozo Kano
1985
1972
Horikoshi
1992
东方青木 / 东方白石
2004
Bartender
1975
Iba Shoemon
1989
Dr. Yamatone
1966
Hattori Hanzō
1980
Doshin So
1976
Akira Inugami
1975
1966
Takao
1963
Kanai Hachiro
1977
Joji Kano
1977
1967
1970
Seizo Gonda
2013
Mitarai Ken
1966
Yagyu Jubei
1982
Katsutoshi Otomo
1973
Dagger
2000
2021
Otosan
2004
2012
Detective Nakagawa
1961
Fuwa Kazuemon
1978
1963
2012
Jûbê Yagyû
1978
Bungo Endo
1966
1979
Samon Shimoguni
1979
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
1979
Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
1977
Seigou Kunigami
1976
Ken Abe
1966
Goro Saionji
1961
Tsuneyoshi Sakota
1977
Ittetsu Kotani
2001
Jou
2023
Takuma Tsurugi
1974
Naoto Kiba
1973
1975
Mitsuo Fujiki
1969
Yasunori Hijikata
2002
Toru Ibuki
1972
Shiro Hayata
1971
Kazuma Higaki
1976
1968
Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
1961
Captain Mishima
1970
Azama
2004
1961
Tatsuya Wada
1973
Yagyu Yubei
1978
Self (archive footage)
1998
2014
Makoto Ushiyama
1989
Gosuke Himuro
1972
Mitsuhiko Sakurai
1979
Kotaro Ran
1959
Seizo Gonda
2013
Takeda Nobutora
1991
Iga no Saizo
1983
Katsutoshi Otomo
1980
Komakichi Sugimoto
1967
1962
1982
Sushi Chef
2012
Keitarō Shinjō
1973
1962
1977
1961
Yagyu Jubei
1989
Ryuichi Koga
1974
Naoto Kiba
1973
Maejima Daigaku
1984
1968
1962
Shiranui Shogen
1980
Detective Nakagawa
1961
Supt. Yamada
1992
2017
1962
Matsudaira Tadateru
1992
Ryuichi Koga
1974
Sho Onuma
1969
1977
1990
1989
Mas Oyama
1975
Self
2013
Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
1994
Takuma Tsurguri
1974
Shinkichi Hayami
1962
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1975
2014
Bunshichi
1987
1963
2009
2001
Kenichi Hyuga
1975
(archive footage)
2006
Makato
1995
Daisuke Kamikaze
1981
Sonny Sullivan
1984
1962
Sekimoto Shinsaku
1989
Yakuza boss
1986
2013
1964
1962
Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
1967
1967
1978
1990
Prince Ido
1981
Jou
2024
1962
1996
1976
Lawyer Ohki
1965
Ezra Sennett
2015
1962
1988
1963
Yagyu Jubei
1980
1978
Ryuji
1972
2015
Haruo Kikuchi
1972
1966
1967
1976
1967
1963
1976
1962
1963
1961
1965
Yagyu Jubei
2005
1963
1991
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1977
Himself
2009
1975
2004
1964
Mitsutsugu Akechi
1991
1991
Hattori Hanzo I
2004
Shiro Hayata
1971
Wataru Kangi
1976
1974
2000
Nagashima
1961
2017
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
1974
Mu Yun Tek
1977
1965
1964
Detective Goro Narumi / Messenger of Allah
1960
1961
2013
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
2017
1989
Chiba
1992
1962
1963
1965
1964
Toru Sasayama
1965
1966
Shinichi Matsuhashi
1964
Musashi
2015
Umei Tamon
1990
1987
Self
2019
Ryudo Numata
2007
2001
2017
2016
Hattori Hanzo I
2005
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
Kazuo Yamamoto
1968
1967
2013
2015
Hattori Hanzo I
2005
2014
1980
Calligrapher
2018
1965
1973
2013
Self
1985
1988
