Sonny Chiba

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-01-23

Deathday 2021-08-19 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Also Known As Синъити Тиба, Shinichi Chiba, Sadaho Maeda

Sonny Chiba

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2021
2018
Shakespeare In Tokyo

as Calligrapher

2015
Biohazard: The Stage

as Ezra Sennett

2015
Take a Chance

as Musashi

2013
Unification Of Japan 2

as Seizo Gonda

2013
Unification Of Japan

as Seizo Gonda

2013
Unification of Japan

as Seizo Gonda

2012
Sushi Girl

as Sushi Chef

2012
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan

as Space Sheriff Voicer

2007
Oyaji

as Ryudo Numata

2006
Tarantino's Mind

as (archive footage)

2005
Team Astro

as Shuro

2004
2004
2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

as Hattori Hanzo

2004
Explosive City

as Otosan

2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1

as Hattori Hanzo

2003
2003
2003
New Shadow Warriors II

as Hattori Hanzo I

2003
New Shadow Warriors

as Hattori Hanzo I

2002
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

as Yasunori Hijikata

2002
Wind and Cloud

as Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror"

2001
Shotgun Marriage

as Ittetsu Kotani

2000
Born to Be King

as Ichiro Kusakari

1998
The Storm Riders

as Lord Conqueror

1995
Body Count

as Makato

1994
Immortal Combat

as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani

1992
1992
Iron Eagle III

as Horikoshi

1992
Fighting Fist

as Supt. Yamada

1992
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies

as Matsudaira Tadateru

1991
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power

as Mitsutsugu Akechi

1991
Takeda Shingen

as Takeda Nobutora

1990
Shingo's Ten Duels

as Umei Tamon

1989
Sensei

as Makoto Ushiyama

1989
Shogun's Shadow

as Iba Shoemon

1987
Sure Death 4

as Bunshichi

1986
Cabaret

as Yakuza boss

1985
The Last True Yakuza

as Ryozo Kano

1984
1984
1984
The Awesome Circus Bastard

as Maejima Daigaku

1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai

as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo

1983
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

as Iga no Saizo

1983
Space Sheriff Sharivan

as Voicer (in flashback)

1982
Ninja Wars

as Shinzaemon Yagyu

1982
1982
Space Sheriff Gavan

as Space Sheriff Voicer

1981
Kamikaze, the Adventurer

as Daisuke Kamikaze

1981
Roaring Fire

as Mr. Magic

1981
The Bushido Blade

as Prince Ido

1981
Samurai Reincarnation

as Jubei Yagyu

1980
Shogun's Ninja

as Shiranui Shogen

1980
Virus

as Dr. Yamauchi

1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Yagyu Jubei

1980
Shadow Warriors

as Hattori Hanzō

1979
G.I. Samurai

as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba

1979
1979
Hunter in the Dark

as Samon Shimoguni

1978
The Fall of Ako Castle

as Fuwa Kazuemon

1978
Message from Space

as Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba)

1978
Shogun's Samurai

as Jûbê Yagyû

1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy

as Yagyu Yubei

1977
1977
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon

as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)

1977
Doberman Cop

as Joji Kano

1977
Karate for Life

as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama

1977
Hokuriku Proxy War

as Kanai Hachiro

1977
Soul of Chiba

as Mu Yun Tek

1977
Japan's Don

as Tsuneyoshi Sakota

1976
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War

as Seigou Kunigami

1976
Jail Breakers

as Wataru Kangi

1976
Karate Warriors

as Shuuhei Sakata

1976
The Killing Machine

as Doshin So

1976
Dragon Princess

as Kazuma Higaki

1975
Karate Bear Fighter

as Mas Oyama

1975
Karate Bullfighter

as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama

1975
1975
Wolf Guy

as Akira Inugami

1974
1974
Sister Street Fighter

as Seiichi Hibiki

1974
The Executioner

as Ryuichi Koga

1974
1974
The Street Fighter

as Takuma Tsurugi

1973
Robot Detective: The Movie

as Keitaro Shinjo

1973
Robot Detective

as Keitarō Shinjō

1972
The Horrible Obsessions

as Haruo Kikuchi

1971
1970
The Last Kamikaze

as Captain Mishima

1970
A Kamikaze Cop

as Hayata Shiro

1968
Army Intelligence

as Kazuo Yamamoto

1967
The Rickshaw Man’s Son

as Komakichi Sugimoto

1967
Classmates

as Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa

1966
The Golden Bat

as Dr. Yamatone

1966
Game of Chance

as Bungo Endo

1966
1966
The Kamikaze Guy

as Mitarai Ken

1965
Yakuza G-Men

as Toru Sasayama

1965
1964
Two Lives, Two Yakuza

as Shinichi Matsuhashi

1963
The Navy

as Takao

1962
Four Sisters

as Shinkichi Hayami

1961
1961
Police Precinct Part 17

as Detective Nakagawa

1961
Invasion of the Neptune Men

as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief

1960
Messenger of Allah

as Goro Narumi

1959
Nanairo Kamen

as Kotaro Ran

Director

2007
Oyaji

as Director

1992
Fighting Fist

as Director

1990
Yellow Fangs

as Director

1981
The Blazing Valiant

as Action Director

1979
G.I. Samurai

as Action Director

Producer

1990
Yellow Fangs

as Producer

1989
Sensei

as Producer

Crew

2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2

as Fight Choreographer

Writer

2007
Oyaji

as Writer