Acting
Sonny Chiba
1939-01-23 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Survive Style 5+
The Street Fighter
Sushi Girl
The Storm Riders
Return of the Street Fighter
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Virus
Iron Eagle III
The Bullet Train
Sister Street Fighter
Message from Space
Movie credits · 215
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
Shakespeare in Tokyo
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Biohazard: The Stage
Take a Chance
The Noise
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
Kabukicho High School
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
Unification Of Japan 2
Don's Road 9
Unification Of Japan
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
Don's Road 8
Don's Road 7
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
Don's Road 6
Sushi Girl
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
修羅の花道2
修羅の花道
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!
千年の松 完結編
Yakuza Legacy
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Oyaji
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Legend of Seven Monks
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Survive Style 5+
TV credits · 28
Layout
Samurai Banners
Team Astro
风云争霸
Wind and Cloud
Shotgun Marriage
Seiryuu Densetsu
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies
Takeda Shingen
Yume ni Mita Hibi
Oda Nobunaga
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Late Night Salute
Space Sheriff Sharivan
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Space Sheriff Gavan
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Shadow Warriors
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Juujiro
Daihijôsen
Blazing Dragnet
The Bodyguard
Robot Detective
Judo Icchokusen
Key Hunter
Messenger of Allah
Nanairo Kamen
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