Sonny Chiba
Acting
Born: January 23, 1939 · Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died: August 19, 2021 (aged 82)
Highest Rated
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
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
2006
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
Survive Style 5+
2004
Sushi Girl
2012
The Street Fighter
1974
The Storm Riders
1998
Return of the Street Fighter
1974
Iron Eagle III
1992
Virus
1980
Photos (7)
Movies (205)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Hattori Hanzo
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Hattori Hanzo
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Hattori Hanzo
The Storm Riders
Lord Conqueror
Sushi Girl
Sushi Chef
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Makio Mimura
G.I. Samurai
Lt. Yoshiaki Iba
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Uncle Kamata
Iron Eagle III
Horikoshi
Samurai Reincarnation
Jubei Yagyu
The Fall of Ako Castle
Fuwa Kazuemon
The Bullet Train
Aoki
Born to Be King
Ichiro Kusakari
The Bushido Blade
Prince Ido
Virus
Dr. Yamauchi
The Street Fighter
Takuma Tsurugi
Shogun's Ninja
Shiranui Shogen
Message from Space
Prince Hans
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Katsutoshi Otomo
Wolf Guy
Akira Inugami
Fall Guy
1982
Survive Style 5+
Azama
Legend of the Eight Samurai
Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
Duke Togo (Golgo 13)
Sister Street Fighter
Seiichi Hibiki
Shogun's Shadow
Iba Shoemon
Violent Street
1963
Shakespeare in Tokyo
Calligrapher
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part I - Encounter
Jou
The Street Fighter's Last Revenge
Takuma Tsurguri
Ninja Wars
Shinzaemon Yagyu
Body Count
Makato
Shogun's Samurai
Jûbê Yagyû
The Bodyguard
Naoto Kiba
New Shadow Warriors V: Hattori Hanzo vs Onmyoji
Hattori Hanzo I
Night Bitch
Tatsuo Otsuki
Immortal Combat
Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani
Oda Nobunaga
1992
King of the Gang
1967
Return of the Street Fighter
Takuma Tsurugi
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
North Sea Chivalry
1967
Fearful Witch
1962
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity 2: Head of the Boss
Bartender (uncredited)
The Horrible Obsessions
Haruo Kikuchi
New Shadow Warriors IV: Jiraika 2
Hattori Hanzo I
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
Space Sheriff Voicer
The Murder Corps: Road to Kansai Domination
2001
Yakuza Legacy
2009
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee
2001
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations
Sho Onuma
Dash to the Sun
1966
Japan's Don
Tsuneyoshi Sakota
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Yasunori Hijikata
Terror Beneath the Sea
Ken Abe
The Executioner
Ryuichi Koga
Bond of Justice: Kizuna Part II - Judgement
Jou
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
Sonny Sullivan
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle
Tatsuya Wada
Orders from Hell
1964
The Triple Cross
Chiba
Dragon Princess
Kazuma Higaki
New Shadow Warriors VI: The Final Chapter
Hattori Hanzo I
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
Gosuke Himuro
Robot Detective: The Movie
Keitaro Shinjo
Judo Hall Demon
1964
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
Seigou Kunigami
Doberman Cop
Joji Kano
The Last Kamikaze
Captain Mishima
The King
1962
All Rascals
1962
Hokuriku Proxy War
Kanai Hachiro
The Awesome Circus Bastard
Maejima Daigaku
Hunter in the Dark
Samon Shimoguni
Karate Bear Fighter
Mas Oyama
Here Because of You
1964
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
Karate Bullfighter
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
New Shadow Warriors III: Jiraika 1
Hattori Hanzo I
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Nobutora
Oyaji
Ryudo Numata
Fighting Fist
Supt. Yamada
Dead Angle
1979
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
Iga no Saizo
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga
Katsutoshi Otomo
The Murder Corps
2001
Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye
Drunkard
Karate Warriors
Shuuhei Sakata
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
Roaring Fire
Mr. Magic
13 Steps of Maki: The Young Aristocrats
Kenichi Hyuga
Sure Death 4
Bunshichi
Soul of Chiba
Mu Yun Tek
Police Precinct: 15 Year Old Woman
Detective Nakagawa
Four Sisters
Shinkichi Hayami
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 2
2017
Yakuza Warfare
1991
The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf
Mitsuhiko Sakurai
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
Biohazard: The Stage
Ezra Sennett
Take a Chance
Musashi
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
2000
Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences
Toru Ibuki
Bodyguard Kiba 2
Naoto Kiba
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
The Golden Bat
Dr. Yamatone
Love School
1962
Jail Breakers
Wataru Kangi
The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
Ryuichi Koga
Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School
1974
Don's Road 6
2013
Cabaret
Yakuza boss
The Killing Machine
Doshin So
The Last True Yakuza
Ryozo Kano
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
Shaider (Voice)
Don's Road 7
2013
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
Ano sora no hate ni hoshi wa matataku
Yoshio Horimoto
Unification of Japan: Compilation I — Rise of Ambition
2013
Game of Chance 2
1967
Taikoki
Akechi Mitsuhide
修羅の花道
2012
Tale of Japanese Burglars
Lawyer Ohki
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm
2017
Legend of Seven Monks
Genryuu
Human Torpedoes
1968
Wandering Ginza Butterfly: She-Cat Gambler
Ryuji
The Decisive Power of Aikido
1975
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
Mid-August Commotion
Dr Omori
Tetsuro Tamba's Great Spirit World: What Happens When You Die
1989
Game of Chance
Bungo Endo
Army Intelligence
Kazuo Yamamoto
Unification Of Japan 2
Seizo Gonda
Invasion of the Neptune Men
Tachibana - Scientist / Space Chief
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
Tale of Ａ Company Boss Pt.５
Hiroshi Shiomi
Kamikaze Cop, Marihuana Syndicate
Hayata
Yakuza: Domination of the Realm 4
2017
Kamikaze Cop, The Poison Gas Affair
Shiro Hayata
Sensei
Makoto Ushiyama
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds
2017
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
Mitsutsugu Akechi
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 1
2014
Legend of the Flying Swordsman
Dagger
Shingo's Ten Duels
Umei Tamon
Akumyoh 2
2001
A Kamikaze Cop
Hayata Shiro
That Cute Girl
1965
Police Precinct Part 17
Detective Nakagawa
The Escape
1962
Kanto Gangster Federation: Chapter 2
2015
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
Daisuke Kamikaze
Explosive City
Otosan
Truckster of Guts
1977
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
Shiro Hayata
The Noise
2015
修羅の花道2
2012
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Unification Of Japan
Seizo Gonda
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
1972
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor
1961
The Kamikaze Guy
Mitarai Ken
Karate for Life
Sensei Masutatsu Oyama
Man with a Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
1961
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
2001
Space Sheriff Shaider: Pursuit! The Strange Kidnappers!
Shaider (Voice)
Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City
Mitsuo Fujiki
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
Komakichi Sugimoto
Asakusa no kyōkaku
Shinsuke Hayama / Shintaro
A Life of Intimidation
1963
Yakuza G-Men
Toru Sasayama
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
2014
Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger
Yagyu Jubei
The Rugby Star
1976
Murderous Love
1973
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
Code of Ruffians
1965
Game of Chance 3
1967
Judo Life
1963
Detonation: Violent Riders
1975
Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge
Sataro
Police Department Part 15: Alibi
1961
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
Shinichi Matsuhashi
The Navy
Takao
Don's Road 9
2013
Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley
Goro Saionji
Don's Road 8
2013
Classmates
Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
千年の松 完結編
2009
Seventeen Ninja
1990
Tokyo Untouchables
1964
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
2016
Organized Violence
1967
Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South
1966
Song of Yakuza
1963
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4 - The Fire Chapter
Yagyu Jubei
Kabukicho High School
2014
おゝい雲！
1965
New Shadow Warriors
Hattori Hanzo I
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3 - The Wind Chapter
2004
TV Shows (23)
Wind and Cloud
雄霸 · 44 eps
Space Sheriff Gavan
Space Sheriff Voicer · 44 eps
Shadow Warriors
Hattori Hanzō · 119 eps
Key Hunter
風間洋介 · 262 eps
Space Sheriff Sharivan
Voicer (in flashback) · 1 eps
Nanairo Kamen
Kotaro Ran · 26 eps
Samurai Banners
54 eps
Shotgun Marriage
Ittetsu Kotani · 11 eps
The Bodyguard
26 eps
Team Astro
Shuro · 18 eps
风云争霸
东方青木 / 东方白石 · 40 eps
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Nobutora · 2 eps
Daihijôsen
10 eps
Robot Detective
Keitarō Shinjō · 26 eps
The Yagyu Conspiracy
Yagyu Yubei · 39 eps
Layout
27 eps
Messenger of Allah
Detective Goro Narumi / Messenger of Allah · 26 eps
Yagyu's Secret Quest
Yagyu Jubei · 26 eps
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
Yagyu Jubei · 26 eps
Late Night Salute
4 eps
Notes on Tokugawa Villainies
Matsudaira Tadateru · 1 eps
Yume ni Mita Hibi
Sekimoto Shinsaku · 10 eps
Juujiro
6 eps
