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)
雄霸
2002
Hattori Hanzō
1980
Space Sheriff Voicer
1982
Voicer (in flashback)
1983
2007
Yagyu Yubei
1978
Yagyu Jubei
1980
Ittetsu Kotani
2001
Yagyu Jubei
1982
Hattori Hanzo
2003
2021
Keitarō Shinjō
1973
东方青木 / 东方白石
2004
Detective Goro Narumi / Messenger of Allah
1960
Hattori Hanzo
2004
Matsudaira Tadateru
1992
Sekimoto Shinsaku
1989
1996
1974
Jubei Yagyu
1981
Dr. Yamauchi
1980
Naoto Kiba
1973
1978
Shuro
2005
Uncle Kamata
2006
Hattori Hanzo
2011
Takeda Nobutora
1991
Lord Conqueror
1998
Aoki
1975
Makio Mimura
2003
Seiichi Hibiki
1974
Takuma Tsurugi
1974
Shiranui Shogen
1980
1976
Ichiro Kusakari
2000
Takuma Tsurugi
1974
1989
Yasunori Hijikata
2002
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
1983
1975
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
1979
Fuwa Kazuemon
1978
Mitsuhiko Sakurai
1979
Katsutoshi Otomo
1973
Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
1961
Bartender
1975
Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
1977
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1977
2006
Ken Abe
1966
Drunkard
1977
Prince Hans
1978
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1975
Takuma Tsurguri
1974
Kotaro Ran
1959
Samon Shimoguni
1979
Iba Shoemon
1989
Jûbê Yagyû
1978
1982
Toru Ibuki
1972
Joji Kano
1977
Hayata Shiro
1970
1988
Kanai Hachiro
1977
Mas Oyama
1975
Shuuhei Sakata
1976
Sushi Chef
2012
Mitarai Ken
1966
Doshin So
1976
Kazuma Higaki
1976
Horikoshi
1992
1963
Ryuichi Koga
1974
Otosan
2004
Jou
2023
Ryuichi Koga
1974
1961
Akira Inugami
1975
Tatsuya Wada
1973
1967
1968
Shaider (Voice)
1984
Yakuza boss
1986
Mu Yun Tek
1977
Tsuneyoshi Sakota
1977
Azama
2004
Ryuji
1972
1970
Seigou Kunigami
1976
Toru Sasayama
1965
Mitsutsugu Akechi
1991
Kenichi Hyuga
1975
Supt. Yamada
1992
Yagyu Jubei
1989
Daisuke Kamikaze
1981
Shinzaemon Yagyu
1982
Prince Ido
1981
Goro Saionji
1961
Dr. Yamatone
1966
Haruo Kikuchi
1972
1976
Chiba
1992
Captain Mishima
1970
2015
Shaider (Voice)
1984
Dagger
2000
Takao
1963
Sho Onuma
1969
Ryozo Kano
1985
Ryudo Numata
2007
1967
1963
1972
1966
Gosuke Himuro
1972
1961
Detective Nakagawa
1961
Naoto Kiba
1973
1962
1977
1979
Umei Tamon
1990
1963
Kazuo Yamamoto
1968
Komakichi Sugimoto
1967
1978
2000
Makoto Ushiyama
1989
1965
Sonny Sullivan
1984
Bungo Endo
1966
(archive footage)
2006
1962
1977
Makato
1995
Mr. Magic
1981
Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
1967
1961
Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
1994
Seizo Gonda
2013
1961
Space Sheriff Voicer
2012
Bunshichi
1987
1987
Mitsuo Fujiki
1969
Katsutoshi Otomo
1980
1990
1966
Nagashima
1961
2017
1968
1991
1990
1962
1967
1991
2012
Shiro Hayata
1971
Keitaro Shinjo
1973
Jou
2024
Shinkichi Hayami
1962
Lawyer Ohki
1965
1974
Iga no Saizo
1983
2017
1976
1989
2001
Shinichi Matsuhashi
1964
1963
2014
Wataru Kangi
1976
2016
Shiro Hayata
1971
2001
1963
1964
2017
Detective Nakagawa
1961
1962
1965
2017
1967
2014
2015
2009
1964
2013
1963
Maejima Daigaku
1984
1967
2012
2013
2004
Calligrapher
2018
1975
1962
1963
1962
Self
2013
1980
Self (archive footage)
1998
1962
Ezra Sennett
2015
2014
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
Hattori Hanzo I
2004
1964
Seizo Gonda
2013
Yagyu Jubei
2005
1962
2013
2013
1965
1965
Hattori Hanzo I
2005
Self
1985
Hattori Hanzo I
2005
1988
Musashi
2015
2009
1973
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
Hattori Hanzo I
2003
Self
2019
1962
1966
1962
Himself
2009
1964
