Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-01-23 (82 years old)
Deathday
2021-08-19
Place of Birth
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Also known As
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Shinichi Chiba
Sadaho Maeda
Sonny Chiba
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 c...
2003
as Hattori Hanzo
1998
as Lord Conqueror
2003
as Makio Mimura
1974
as Ryuichi Koga
1976
as Doshin So
1961
as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
1963
1964
2004
as Otosan
1972
as Toru Ibuki
1964
as Shinichi Matsuhashi
1982
2006
as Uncle Kamata
1977
as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1975
as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
1975
as Mas Oyama
1978
as Jûbê Yagyû
1974
as Takuma Tsurugi
1974
as Takuma Tsurugi
1974
as Takuma Tsurguri
2002
as Yasunori Hijikata
2012
as Sushi Chef
1966
as Mitarai Ken
2004
as Azama
1979
as Samon Shimoguni
1981
as Mr. Magic
1974
as Seiichi Hibiki
1961
as Detective Nakagawa
1975
as Aoki
1961
as Detective Nakagawa
1977
as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
2013
as Self
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
1984
as Shaider (Voice)
1984
as Shaider (Voice)
1973
as Keitaro Shinjo
1966
1973
as Katsutoshi Otomo
1978
as Fuwa Kazuemon
1970
as Hayata Shiro
1966
as Ken Abe
1981
as Jubei Yagyu
1973
as Naoto Kiba
1976
as Shuuhei Sakata
1979
as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
1964
2014
1972
1974
as Ryuichi Koga
1961
as Goro Saionji
1962
1966
as Dr. Yamatone
1992
as Chiba
1962
1981
as Prince Ido
1971
as Shiro Hayata
1983
as Iga no Saizo
1994
as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
2004
as Hattori Hanzo
1975
as Akira Inugami
2012
1962
2003
as Hattori Hanzo I
2005
as Hattori Hanzo I
2003
as Hattori Hanzo I
2004
as Hattori Hanzo I
2005
as Hattori Hanzo I
2003
as Hattori Hanzo I
1992
as Supt. Yamada
1975
as Kenichi Hyuga
1962
1985
1976
as Seigou Kunigami
1963
1976
as Kazuma Higaki
1989
as Iba Shoemon
1980
as Shiranui Shogen
1965
1966
2000
as Ichiro Kusakari
2013
as Seizo Gonda
1963
1995
as Makato
2013
as Seizo Gonda
2001
1983
as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
1987
as Bunshichi
2006
as (archive footage)
1973
as Tatsuya Wada
1977
as Mu Yun Tek
1979
1967
as Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
1968
1970
as Captain Mishima
1962
2015
as Musashi
2015
1984
as Maejima Daigaku
1965
as Lawyer Ohki
1992
as Horikoshi
1961
as Nagashima
1968
as Kazuo Yamamoto
1973
as Naoto Kiba
1966
as Bungo Endo
1976
as Wataru Kangi
1980
as Katsutoshi Otomo
1980
as Dr. Yamauchi
1977
as Joji Kano
1990
as Umei Tamon
2015
as Ezra Sennett
1972
as Gosuke Himuro
1979
as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
1982
as Shinzaemon Yagyu
1990
1977
as Kanai Hachiro
1985
as Ryozo Kano
1975
1962
as Shinkichi Hayami
1967
1981
as Daisuke Kamikaze
1962
1971
as Shiro Hayata
1969
as Sho Onuma
2009
1991
as Mitsutsugu Akechi
2012
as Space Sheriff Voicer
1998
as Self (archive footage)
1965
as Toru Sasayama
1984
as Sonny Sullivan
2011
as Hattori Hanzo
2007
as Ryudo Numata
1962
1972
as Haruo Kikuchi
1967
as Komakichi Sugimoto
2009
1967
1987
2005
1977
as Drunkard
1963
as Takao
2018
as Calligrapher
1991
1969
as Mitsuo Fujiki
1967
1986
as Yakuza boss
1978
as Prince Hans
1989
as Makoto Ushiyama
1965
1977
as Tsuneyoshi Sakota
1976
2000
as Dagger
1962
1965
1991
1964
1973
2009
1990
as Director
1990
as Producer
1992
as Director
2004
as Fight Choreographer
2007
as Writer
2007
as Director
1981
as Action Director
1989
as Producer
1979
as Action Director
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