Sonny Chiba
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-01-23
Place of birth
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Images
Cast
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
7.97
The Storm Riders
1998
6.40
Battle Royale II: Requiem
2003
5.00
The Executioner
1974
6.70
The Killing Machine
1976
5.30
Invasion of the Neptune Men
1961
2.65
Judo Life
1963
0.00
Judo Hall Demon
1964
0.00
Explosive City
2004
6.60
Two Lives, Two Yakuza
1964
0.00
South Pacific Waves Are High
1962
0.00
Fall Guy
1982
6.10
Karate for Life
1977
6.60
Karate Bullfighter
1975
6.50
Karate Bear Fighter
1975
6.80
Shogun's Samurai
1978
7.10
The Street Fighter
1974
7.00
Return of the Street Fighter
1974
6.00
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
2002
6.70
Masaaki Hatsumi: Living Ninja Legend
2016
10.00
Sushi Girl
2012
5.50
The Kamikaze Guy
1966
5.00
Survive Style 5+
2004
7.24
Hunter in the Dark
1979
6.50
Roaring Fire
1981
6.30
Sister Street Fighter
1974
6.60
Police Precinct Part 17
1961
0.00
The Bullet Train
1975
6.76
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon
1977
5.40
Sushi Girl: A Documentary
2013
0.00
修羅の花道
2012
0.00
Don's Road 6
2013
0.00
Don's Road 8
2013
0.00
Don's Road 7
2013
0.00
Don's Road 9
2013
9.50
Space Sheriff Shaider: The Movie
1984
6.00
Robot Detective: The Movie
1973
0.00
Night Bitch
1966
0.00
The Fall of Ako Castle
1978
6.60
A Kamikaze Cop
1970
5.80
Terror Beneath the Sea
1966
5.30
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
6.00
The Bodyguard
1973
4.90
Karate Warriors
1976
7.00
G.I. Samurai
1979
6.00
Orders from Hell
1964
0.00
修羅の伝承 荒ぶる凶犬
2014
0.00
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 4
2017
0.00
Gokudō tenka fubu
2017
0.00
Gokudō Tenka Fubu: Act 2
2017
0.00
The King
1962
0.00
The Machine Gun Dragon
1976
6.30
The Golden Bat
1966
5.80
The Triple Cross
1992
6.20
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
0.00
The Bushido Blade
1981
5.40
Kamikaze Cop, No Epitaph to Us
1971
0.00
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
1983
5.00
Immortal Combat
1994
5.10
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
7.87
Wolf Guy
1975
6.10
修羅の花道2
2012
0.00
Zankokuna tsuki
1962
0.00
New Shadow Warriors
2003
10.00
New Shadow Warriors II
2003
10.00
Fighting Fist
1992
5.00
Love School
1962
0.00
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts
1985
7.50
The Great Okinawa Yakuza War
1976
7.00
Song of Yakuza
1963
0.00
Dragon Princess
1976
5.80
Lonely Hitman: The Blue Wolf
2001
0.00
Shogun's Shadow
1989
6.80
Shogun's Ninja
1980
6.20
That Cute Girl
1965
0.00
Dash to the Sun
1966
0.00
Born to Be King
2000
6.20
Legend of Seven Monks
2006
4.80
Unification Of Japan
2013
5.30
浅草の侠客
1963
0.00
Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
1980
0.00
Body Count
1995
5.70
Unification Of Japan 2
2013
0.00
Akumyoh 2
2001
0.00
次郎長社長と石松社員 安来ぶし道中
1963
0.00
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
5.90
Sure Death 4
1987
6.60
Kabukicho High School
2014
0.00
Tarantino's Mind
2006
7.00
Soul of Chiba
1977
6.00
Dead Angle
1979
7.00
Classmates
1967
6.50
Human Torpedoes
1968
0.00
The Last Kamikaze
1970
6.00
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
1968
6.00
All Rascals
1962
0.00
Take a Chance
2015
10.00
The Noise
2015
10.00
The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984
0.00
Tale of Japanese Burglars
1965
6.80
Iron Eagle III
1992
4.16
Tale of a Company Boss 3
1961
0.00
Army Intelligence
1968
0.00
Karate Killer
1973
5.90
Here Because of You
1964
5.50
Game of Chance
1966
6.00
Jail Breakers
1976
5.20
Virus
1980
6.40
Doberman Cop
1977
6.70
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
0.00
Biohazard: The Stage
2015
9.00
Man with the Funky Hat
1961
0.00
The Decisive Power of Aikido
1975
7.80
Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder
1972
6.80
Ninja Wars
1982
5.60
Seventeen Ninja
1990
0.00
Hokuriku Proxy War
1977
6.80
The Last True Yakuza
1985
4.80
Truckster of Guts
1977
0.00
Four Sisters
1962
6.00
King of the Gang
1967
0.00
Prison Walls of Abashiri 4
1965
0.00
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
5.60
Gang vs. G-Men
1962
6.00
Yakuza Legacy
2009
0.00
Saito Dosan: Rage of Power
1991
6.50
The Legend of Space Sheriff Gavan
2012
10.00
Yakuza G-Men
1965
0.00
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
1984
5.00
Oyaji
2007
10.00
Detonation: Violent Riders
1975
8.00
The Escape
1962
7.00
A Life of Intimidation
1963
0.00
A Narcotics Agent's Ballad
1972
7.00
The Horrible Obsessions
1972
6.50
The Rickshaw Man’s Son
1967
0.00
Organized Violence
1967
6.00
Japanese Humanity and Justice
1977
7.00
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
1963
5.00
North Sea Chivalry
1967
0.00
Game of Chance 2
1967
6.00
The Okinawa War of Ten Years
1978
6.00
Taikoki
1987
8.00
The Navy
1963
0.00
Shakespeare In Tokyo
2018
7.00
Yakuza Warfare
1991
6.00
Minamoto Yoshitsune
1990
0.00
Game of Chance 3
1967
6.00
Cabaret
1986
4.70
Message from Space
1978
5.80
Sensei
1989
0.00
Code of Ruffians
1965
5.00
Japan's Don
1977
7.50
The Rugby Star
1976
10.00
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai
2000
0.00
Legend of the Flying Swordsman
2000
3.50
Fearful Witch
1962
0.00
Mid-August Commotion
1962
0.00
おゝい雲！
1965
0.00
Takeda Shingen
1991
0.00
売春地下組織
1964
0.00