Sonny Chiba
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1939
- Died
- August 19, 2021 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
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
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Filmography
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
Movie · as Jou
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
Movie · as Jou
Layout
TV · 27 eps
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba
Movie · as Self
Shakespeare in Tokyo
Movie · as Calligrapher
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
Movie
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
Movie
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
Movie
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
Movie
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
Movie
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
Movie
Take a Chance
Movie · as Musashi
The Noise
Movie
Biohazard: The Stage
Movie · as Ezra Sennett
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
Movie
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
Movie
Kabukicho High School
Movie
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
Movie · as Self
Don's Road 6
Movie
Don's Road 8
Movie
Don's Road 7
Movie
Don's Road 9
Movie
Unification Of Japan
Movie · as Seizo Gonda
Unification Of Japan 2
Movie · as Seizo Gonda
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
Movie
Sushi Girl
Movie · as Sushi Chef
修羅の花道
Movie
修羅の花道2
Movie
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
Movie · as Space Sheriff Voicer
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo
Yakuza Legacy
Movie
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza
Movie · as Himself
千年の松 完結編
Movie
Oyaji
Movie · as Ryudo Numata
Samurai Banners
TV · 54 eps
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Movie · as Uncle Kamata
Legend of Seven Monks
Movie · as Genryuu
Survive Style 5+: Making Off
Movie
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Movie · as Yagyu Jubei
Team Astro
TV · as Shuro · 18 eps
Explosive City
Movie · as Otosan
Survive Style 5+
Movie · as Azama
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
Movie
风云争霸
TV · as 东方青木 / 东方白石 · 40 eps
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Movie · as Makio Mimura
New Shadow Warriors
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
New Shadow Warriors II
Movie · as Hattori Hanzo I
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Movie · as Yasunori Hijikata
Wind and Cloud
TV · as 雄霸 · 44 eps
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
Movie
Akumyoh 2
Movie
The Murder Corps
Movie
The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
Movie
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
Movie
Shotgun Marriage
TV · as Ittetsu Kotani · 11 eps
Born to Be King
Movie · as Ichiro Kusakari
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
Movie
Legend of the Flying Swordsman
Movie · as Dagger
The Storm Riders
Movie · as Lord Conqueror
Seiryuu Densetsu
TV · 9 eps
Body Count
Movie · as Makato
Immortal Combat
Movie · as Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
The Triple Cross
Movie · as Chiba
Fighting Fist
Movie · as Supt. Yamada
Iron Eagle III
Movie · as Horikoshi
Oda Nobunaga
Movie
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies
TV · as Matsudaira Tadateru · 1 ep
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Movie · as Mitsutsugu Akechi
Yakuza Warfare
Movie
Takeda Shingen
Movie · as Takeda Nobutora
Takeda Shingen
TV · as Takeda Nobutora · 2 eps
Shingo's Ten Duels
Movie · as Umei Tamon
Seventeen Ninja
Movie
Minamoto Yoshitsune
Movie
Shogun's Shadow
Movie · as Iba Shoemon
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Movie · as Yagyu Jubei
Sensei
Movie · as Makoto Ushiyama
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
Movie
Oda Nobunaga
TV · 1 ep
Yume ni Mita Hibi
TV · as Sekimoto Shinsaku · 10 eps
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Movie
Tokugawa Ieyasu
TV · 1 ep
Sure Death 4
Movie · as Bunshichi
Taikoki
Movie · as Akechi Mitsuhide
Cabaret
Movie · as Yakuza boss
Late Night Salute
TV · 4 eps
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
Movie · as Self
The Last True Yakuza
Movie · as Ryozo Kano
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
Movie · as Shaider (Voice)
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
Movie · as Shaider (Voice)
The Awesome Circus Bastard
Movie · as Maejima Daigaku
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
Movie · as Sonny Sullivan
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Movie · as Iga no Saizo
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Movie · as Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
Space Sheriff Sharivan
TV · as Voicer (in flashback) · 1 ep
Fall Guy
Movie
Ninja Wars
Movie · as Shinzaemon Yagyu
Space Sheriff Gavan
TV · as Space Sheriff Voicer · 44 eps
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
TV · as Yagyu Jubei · 26 eps
Roaring Fire
Movie · as Mr. Magic
Samurai Reincarnation
Movie · as Jubei Yagyu
The Bushido Blade
Movie · as Prince Ido
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Movie · as Daisuke Kamikaze
Shogun's Ninja
Movie · as Shiranui Shogen
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Movie · as Katsutoshi Otomo
Virus
Movie · as Dr. Yamauchi
Yagyu Abaretabi
Movie
Shadow Warriors
TV · as Hattori Hanzō · 119 eps
Yagyu's Secret Quest
TV · as Yagyu Jubei · 26 eps
Hunter in the Dark
Movie · as Samon Shimoguni
G.I. Samurai
Movie · as Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
Dead Angle
Movie
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Movie · as Mitsuhiko Sakurai
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
Movie · as Jûbê Yagyû
The Fall of Ako Castle
Movie · as Fuwa Kazuemon
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
Movie
Message from Space
Movie · as Prince Hans
The Yagyu Conspiracy
TV · as Yagyu Yubei · 39 eps
Juujiro
TV · 6 eps
Karate for Life
Movie · as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Movie · as Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Soul of Chiba
Movie · as Mu Yun Tek
Doberman Cop
Movie · as Joji Kano
Hokuriku Proxy War
Movie · as Kanai Hachiro
Truckster of Guts
Movie
Japanese Humanity and Justice
Movie
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Movie · as Drunkard
Japanese Godfather
Movie · as Tsuneyoshi Sakota
Karate Warriors
Movie · as Shuuhei Sakata
The Machine Gun Dragon
Movie
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Movie · as Seigou Kunigami
Dragon Princess
Movie · as Kazuma Higaki
Jail Breakers
Movie · as Wataru Kangi
The Rugby Star
Movie
Daihijôsen
TV · 10 eps
The Killing Machine
Movie · as Doshin So
Karate Bullfighter
Movie · as Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Karate Bear Fighter
Movie · as Mas Oyama
The Bullet Train
Movie · as Aoki
Wolf Guy
Movie · as Akira Inugami
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
Movie · as Kenichi Hyuga
The Decisive Power of Aikido
Movie
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)
Detonation: Violent Riders
Movie
Blazing Dragnet
TV · 14 eps
The Executioner
Movie · as Ryuichi Koga
The Street Fighter
Movie · as Takuma Tsurugi
Return of the Street Fighter
Movie · as Takuma Tsurugi
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Movie · as Takuma Tsurguri
Sister Street Fighter
Movie · as Seiichi Hibiki
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Movie · as Ryuichi Koga
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
Movie
The Bodyguard
TV · 26 eps
Robot Detective: The Movie
Movie · as Keitaro Shinjo
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Movie · as Katsutoshi Otomo
The Bodyguard
Movie · as Naoto Kiba
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Movie · as Tatsuya Wada
Bodyguard Kiba 2
Movie · as Naoto Kiba
Murderous Love
Movie
Robot Detective
TV · as Keitarō Shinjō · 26 eps
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
Movie · as Toru Ibuki
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
Movie · as Ryūji
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
Movie · as Gosuke Himuro
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
Movie
The Horrible Obsessions
Movie · as Haruo Kikuchi
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Movie · as Shiro Hayata
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
Movie · as Shiro Hayata
A Kamikaze Cop
Movie · as Hayata Shiro
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
Movie · as Hayata
The Last Kamikaze
Movie · as Captain Mishima
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Movie · as Sho Onuma
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
Movie · as Mitsuo Fujiki
Judo Icchokusen
TV · as Ken Washio · 92 eps
Human Torpedoes
Movie
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
Movie
Army Intelligence
Movie · as Kazuo Yamamoto
Key Hunter
TV · as 風間洋介 · 262 eps
Classmates
Movie · as Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
King of the Gang
Movie
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Movie · as Komakichi Sugimoto
Organized Violence
Movie
North Sea Chivalry
Movie
Game of Chance 2
Movie
Game of Chance 3
Movie
The Kamikaze Guy
Movie · as Mitarai Ken
Night Bitch
Movie · as Tatsuo Otsuki
Terror Beneath the Sea
Movie · as Ken Abe
The Golden Bat
Movie · as Dr. Yamatone
Dash to the Sun
Movie
Game of Chance
Movie · as Bungo Endo
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
Movie
That Cute Girl
Movie
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Movie · as Lawyer Ohki
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
Movie
Yakuza G-Men
Movie · as Toru Sasayama
Code of Ruffians
Movie
おゝい雲！
Movie
Judo Hall Demon
Movie
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Movie · as Shinichi Matsuhashi
Orders from Hell
Movie
Here Because of You
Movie
Tokyo Untouchables
Movie
Judo Life
Movie
Song of Yakuza
Movie
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Movie · as Sataro
Asakusa no kyōkaku
Movie · as Shinsuke Hayama / Shintaro
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Movie · as Hiroshi Shiomi
A Life of Intimidation
Movie
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
Movie
The Navy
Movie · as Takao
Violent Street
Movie
White Ball
Movie
South Pacific Waves Are High
Movie
The King
Movie
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Movie · as Yoshio Horimoto
Zankokuna tsuki
Movie
Love School
Movie
All Rascals
Movie
Four Sisters
Movie · as Shinkichi Hayami
Gang vs. G-Men
Movie
The Escape
Movie
Fearful Witch
Movie
Mid-August Commotion
Movie · as Dr Omori
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Movie · as Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
Police Department Part 15: Alibi
Movie
Police Precinct Part 17
Movie · as Detective Nakagawa
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
Movie · as Detective Nakagawa
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Movie · as Goro Saionji
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Movie
Tale of a Company Boss 3
Movie · as Nagashima
Man with the Funky Hat
Movie
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
Movie
Messenger of Allah
TV · as Detective Goro Narumi / Messenger of Allah · 26 eps
Nanairo Kamen
TV · as Kotaro Ran · 26 eps