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Birthday: Jan 23, 1939
Place of Birth: Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

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 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.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Hattori Hanzo 2003
The Storm Riders Lord Conqueror 1998
Battle Royale II: Requiem Makio Mimura 2003
The Executioner Ryuichi Koga 1974
The Killing Machine Doshin So 1976
Invasion of the Neptune Men Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief 1961
Judo Life 1963
Judo Hall Demon 1964
Explosive City Otosan 2004
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences Toru Ibuki 1972
Two Lives, Two Yakuza Shinichi Matsuhashi 1964
South Pacific Waves Are High 1962
Fall Guy 1982
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Uncle Kamata 2006
Karate for Life Sensei Masutatsu Oyama 1977
Karate Bullfighter Sensei Masutatsu Oyama 1975
Karate Bear Fighter Mas Oyama 1975
Shogun's Samurai Jûbê Yagyû 1978
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi 1961
The Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi 1974
Return of the Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi 1974
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Takuma Tsurguri 1974
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka Yasunori Hijikata 2002
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend 2016
Sushi Girl Sushi Chef 2012
The Kamikaze Guy Mitarai Ken 1966
Survive Style 5+ Azama 2004
Hunter in the Dark Samon Shimoguni 1979
Roaring Fire Mr. Magic 1981
Sister Street Fighter Seiichi Hibiki 1974
Police Precinct Part 17 Detective Nakagawa 1961
The Bullet Train Aoki 1975
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman Detective Nakagawa 1961
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Duke Togo (Golgo 13) 1977
Sushi Girl: A Documentary Self 2013
修羅の花道 2012
Don's Road 6 2013
Don's Road 8 2013
Don's Road 7 2013
Don's Road 9 2013
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers! Shaider (Voice) 1984
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie Shaider (Voice) 1984
Robot Detective: The Movie Keitaro Shinjo 1973
Night Bitch 1966
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima Katsutoshi Otomo 1973
The Fall of Ako Castle Fuwa Kazuemon 1978
A Kamikaze Cop Hayata Shiro 1970
Terror Beneath the Sea Ken Abe 1966
Samurai Reincarnation Jubei Yagyu 1981
The Bodyguard 1973
Karate Warriors Shuuhei Sakata 1976
G.I. Samurai Lt. Yoshiaki Iba 1979
Orders from Hell 1964
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬 2014
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4 2017
Gokudō tenka fubu 2017
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2 2017
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler Ryuji 1972
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno Ryuichi Koga 1974
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley Goro Saionji 1961
The King 1962
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate 1970
The Machine Gun Dragon 1976
The Golden Bat Dr. Yamatone 1966
The Triple Cross Chiba 1992
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm 1961
あの空の果てに星はまたたく 1962
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1 2014
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2 2015
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special 1988
The Bushido Blade Prince Ido 1981
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us Shiro Hayata 1971
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy Iga no Saizo 1983
Immortal Combat Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani 1994
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 Hattori Hanzo 2004
Wolf Guy Akira Inugami 1975
修羅の花道2 2012
Zankokuna tsuki 1962
New Shadow Warriors Hattori Hanzo I 2003
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji Hattori Hanzo I 2005
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1 Hattori Hanzo I 2003
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2 Hattori Hanzo I 2004
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter Hattori Hanzo I 2005
New Shadow Warriors II Hattori Hanzo I 2003
Fighting Fist Supt. Yamada 1992
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats Kenichi Hyuga 1975
Love School 1962
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts Self 1985
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War Seigou Kunigami 1976
Song of Yakuza 1963
Dragon Princess Kazuma Higaki 1976
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf 2001
Shogun's Shadow Iba Shoemon 1989
Shogun's Ninja Shiranui Shogen 1980
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge 1963
That Cute Girl 1965
Dash to the Sun 1966
Born to Be King Ichiro Kusakari 2000
Legend of Seven Monks 2006
Unification Of Japan Seizo Gonda 2013
浅草の侠客 1963
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1 1980
Body Count Makato 1995
Unification Of Japan 2 Seizo Gonda 2013
Akumyoh 2 2001
次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中 1963
Legend of the Eight Samurai Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo 1983
Sure Death 4 Bunshichi 1987
Kabukicho High School 2014
Tarantino's Mind (archive footage) 2006
Street Fighting Man: An Interview with Sonny Chiba Self 2019
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle Tatsuya Wada 1973
Soul of Chiba Mu Yun Tek 1977
Dead Angle 1979
Classmates Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa 1967
Human Torpedoes 1968
The Last Kamikaze Captain Mishima 1970
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze 1968
All Rascals 1962
Take a Chance Musashi 2015
The Noise 2015
The Awesome Circus Bastard Maejima Daigaku 1984
Tale of Japanese Burglars Lawyer Ohki 1965
Iron Eagle III Horikoshi 1992
Tale of a Company Boss 3 Nagashima 1961
Army Intelligence Kazuo Yamamoto 1968
Karate Killer 1973
Here Because of You 1964
Game of Chance Bungo Endo 1966
Jail Breakers Wataru Kangi 1976
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga Katsutoshi Otomo 1980
Virus Dr. Yamauchi 1980
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement Jou 2024
Doberman Cop Joji Kano 1977
Shingo's Ten Duels Umei Tamon 1990
Biohazard: The Stage Ezra Sennett 2015
Man with the Funky Hat 1961
The Decisive Power of Aikido 1975
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor 1961
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder 1972
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf Mitsuhiko Sakurai 1979
Ninja Wars Shinzaemon Yagyu 1982
Seventeen Ninja 1990
Hokuriku Proxy War Kanai Hachiro 1977
The Last True Yakuza Ryozo Kano 1985
Truckster of Guts 1977
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss Bartender 1975
Four Sisters Shinkichi Hayami 1962
King of the Gang 1967
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4 1965
Kamikaze, the Adventurer Daisuke Kamikaze 1981
Gang vs. G-Men 1962
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair Shiro Hayata 1971
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations Sho Onuma 1969
Yakuza Legacy 2009
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power Mitsutsugu Akechi 1991
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan Space Sheriff Voicer 2012
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes Self (archive footage) 1998
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger Yagyu Jubei 1989
Yakuza G-Men Toru Sasayama 1965
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy Sonny Sullivan 1984
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Hattori Hanzo 2011
Oyaji Ryudo Numata 2007
Detonation: Violent Riders 1975
The Escape 1962
A Life of Intimidation 1963
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad 1972
The Horrible Obsessions Haruo Kikuchi 1972
The Rickshaw Man’s Son Komakichi Sugimoto 1967
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza Himself 2009
Organized Violence 1967
Japanese Humanity and Justice 1977
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance 1963
North Sea Chivalry 1967
Game of Chance 2 1967
The Okinawa War of Ten Years 1978
Taikoki 1987
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South 1966
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter Jou 2023
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter Yagyu Jubei 2005
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter 2004
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye Drunkard 1977
The Navy Takao 1963
Shakespeare In Tokyo Calligrapher 2018
Yakuza Warfare 1991
Minamoto Yoshitsune 1990
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City Mitsuo Fujiki 1969
Game of Chance 3 1967
Cabaret Yakuza boss 1986
Message from Space Prince Hans (as Sonny Chiba) 1978
Sensei Makoto Ushiyama 1989
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds 2017
Code of Ruffians 1965
Japan's Don Tsuneyoshi Sakota 1977
The Rugby Star 1976
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai 2000
Legend of the Flying Swordsman Dagger 2000
Fearful Witch 1962
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School 1974
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die 1989
Mid-August Commotion 1962
おゝい雲! 1965
Takeda Shingen 1991
Seven Samurai Kanbei Shimada 2008
Series Cast Year
Space Sheriff Gavan Space Sheriff Voicer 1982
Shadow Warriors Hattori Hanzō 1980
Tokugawa Ieyasu 1988
Oda Nobunaga 1989
Samurai Banners 2007
Seiryuu Densetsu 1996
Shotgun Marriage Ittetsu Kotani 2001
Takeda Shingen Takeda Nobutora 1991
Space Sheriff Sharivan Voicer (in flashback) 1983
Layout 2021
Robot Detective Keitarō Shinjō 1973
Nanairo Kamen Kotaro Ran 1959
Messenger of Allah Goro Narumi 1960
The Bodyguard 1974
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies Matsudaira Tadateru 1992
Wind and Cloud Xiong Ba / "Lord Conqueror" 2002
Team Astro Shuro 2005
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest Yagyu Jubei 1982
The Yagyu Conspiracy Yagyu Yubei 1978
Yagyu's Secret Quest Yagyu Jubei 1980
Juujiro 1978
Daihijôsen 1976
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