Sonny Chiba

Known for ActingBorn 1939-01-23Died 2021-08-19 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Take a Chance

The Noise

The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan

Oyaji

New Shadow Warriors

New Shadow Warriors II

Takeda Shingen

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

The Rugby Star

Don's Road 9

Biohazard: The Stage

Seventeen Ninja

Iemitsu, Hikoza and Isshin Tasuke - A National Crisis: Edo Castle in Danger

Miracle on Lubang Island: Army Nakano School

Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle

King of the Gang

North Sea Chivalry

Prison Walls of Abashiri 4

Song of Yakuza

Man with the Funky Hat

Nanairo Kamen

The Unbeatable Bruce Lee

Space Sheriff Sharivan

Robot Detective

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Delinquent Boss: Wolves of the City

Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds

Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend

Detonation: Violent Riders

风云争霸

Shotgun Marriage

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai

Oda Nobunaga

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Takeda Shingen

Sensei

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Taikoki

Space Sheriff Gavan

Shadow Warriors

Truckster of Guts

The Rickshaw Man’s Son

Samurai Banners

The King

Police Precinct Part 17

Amazing Masters of Martial Arts

The Decisive Power of Aikido