Sonny Chiba

Shinichi Chiba (Japanese: 千葉 真一, Hepburn: Chiba Shin'ichi, born January 22, 1939), also known as Sonny Chiba, is a Japanese actor, singer, film producer, film director, and martial artist. [1]

Sonny Chiba
Chiba at the Hawaii International Film Festival on October 29, 2005
Born
Sadaho Maeda

(1939-01-22) January 22, 1939
Fukuoka, Japan
OccupationActor, singer, film producer, film director, martial artist
Years active1960–present
Spouse(s)
(m. 1972; div. 1994)

Tamami Chiba
(m. 1996; div. 2015)
ChildrenJuri Manase
Mackenyu
Gordon Maeda
Websitewww.chibashinichi.com

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.[2][3]

Early life

Born Sadaho Maeda (前田 禎穂, Maeda Sadaho) in Fukuoka, Japan, he was the third of five children in the family of a military test pilot.[4] When he was four years old, his father was transferred to Kisarazu, Chiba, and the family moved to Kimitsu, Chiba.[5]

After Chiba went to junior high school in Kimitsu, the physical education teacher advised him to do artistic gymnastics.[6] He also was passionate about track and field sports, baseball and volleyball.[6] He participated in those four sports championships of Chiba Prefecture.[6] In high school, Chiba dedicated himself to artistic gymnastics and won the National Sports Festival of Japan while in his third year.[2][7] He enjoyed watching movies, including Western movies such as Shane and High Noon.[7]

Chiba went to the Nippon Sport Science University in 1957.[2][8] He was a serious candidate for a place in the Japanese Olympic team in his late teens until he was sidelined by a back injury.[2][8] While he was a university student, he began studying martial arts with the renowned Kyokushin Karate master Masutatsu "Mas" Oyama (whom he later portrayed in a trilogy of films), which led to a first-degree black belt on October 15, 1965, later receiving a fourth-degree on January 20, 1984.[9]

Career

Sometime around 1960,[10] he was discovered in a talent search (called "New Face") by the Toei film studio, and he began his screen career soon after. The CEO of Toei at the time bestowed him with the stage name "Shinichi Chiba."

His acting career began on television, starring in two tokusatsu superhero shows, first replacing 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, then starred as Gorō Narumi/Messenger of Allah in Messenger of Allah (Allah no Shisha). His movie debut and first starring movie role was the 1961 science fiction movie Invasion of the Neptune Men. Later that year, Chiba appeared in the first Kinji Fukasaku film, Wandering Detective: Tragedy in Red Valley, which marked the beginning of a long series of collaborations for the two. Over the next decade, he was cast primarily in crime thrillers. By 1970, Chiba had started his own training school for aspiring martial arts film actors and stunt performers known as J.A.C (Japan Action Club). He starred in the Karate Kiba (Bodyguard Kiba), after appearing on the Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima in 1973. Karate Kiba was the first movie for him about martial arts. Chiba's breakthrough international hit was The Street Fighter (1974) which was brought to Western audiences (dubbed in English) by New Line Cinema. The film and its sequels established him as the reigning Japanese martial arts actor in international cinema for the next two decades.[2][3] It was New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye who gave Chiba the English name "Sonny",[11] which Chiba would adopt as his own (mostly for non-Japanese projects) from that point on.

His subsequent projects included such pictures as The Bullet Train (1975), Karate Warriors (1976), Doberman Cop (1977), Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon (1977) and The Assassin (1977). He also occasionally returned to the science fiction genre, in movies such as Message from Space (1978). He began to star also on some jidaigeki such as Shogun's Samurai (1978), The Fall of Ako Castle (1978), G.I. Samurai (1979), Shadow Warriors (1980), Samurai Reincarnation (1981). He was not only actor but also stunt coordinator at G.I. Samurai, Burning Brave (1981), Shogun's Shadow (1989) and executive producer, film director at Yellow Fangs (1990). Chiba portrayed Yagyū Jyubei multiple times, first in the 1978 film Shogun's Samurai. His next appearance as Jyubei was in a TV production titled The Yagyu Conspiracy that aired aired from 1978 to 1979. His third appearance was Yagyū Abaretabi aired in 1980 and 1982. His final appearance as Jyubei was Iemitsu to Hikoza to Ishintasuke TV movies that aired in 1989.[12][13] Another his notable japanese television role is Hattori Hanzō in Shadow Warriors.

Chiba was even busier in the 1980s, doing dozens of movies as well as making forays into television, and with roles in such high-profile adventures as the popular Hong Kong comic-based movie: The Storm Riders (1998), starring alongside Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok. His fame in Japan remained unabated into the 1990s.

In his fifties, the actor resumed working as a choreographer of martial arts sequences. At the dawn of the 21st century, Chiba was as busy as ever in feature films and also starring in his own series in Japan. Roles in Takashi Miike's Deadly Outlaw: Rekka and his work with directors Kenta and Kinji Fukasaku in Battle Royale II effectively bridged the gap between modern day and yesteryear cinematic cult legends. Chiba's enduring onscreen career received a tribute when he appeared in a key role as Hattori Hanzo, the owner of a sushi restaurant and retired samurai sword craftsman, in director Quentin Tarantino's bloody revenge epic Kill Bill in 2003.

Chiba has starred in more than 125 films for Toei Studios and has won numerous awards in Japan for his acting.[14] After appearing in the taiga drama Fūrin Kazan[15][16] in november 2007, he announced the retirement of the stage name Shinichi Chiba and will now be known (in Japan) as J.J. Sonny Chiba (JJサニー千葉, Justice Japan Sonny Chiba) as an actor and Rindō Wachinaga (和千永 倫道, Wachinaga Rindō) as a film director.[17]

Chiba established the Japan Action Club, now Japan Action Enterprise (JAE) to develop and raise the level of martial arts techniques and sequences used in Japanese film and television.

Personal life

Chiba divorced his first wife, actress Yōko Nogiwa, with whom he has a daughter, Juri Manase, who is also an actress.[18] He has two sons from his second marriage to Tamami Chiba. Their children Mackenyu Arata (新田真剣佑, Arata Makken'yū) and Gordon (郷敦) are actors.[19]

His younger brother, Jirō Yabuki (also known as Jiro Chiba), was also an actor.[20]

Martial arts ranks

Chiba holds black belts in the following martial arts:

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1961Police Department Story:
Alibi
Detective Nakagawa
Police Department Story:
The 15 Year Old Woman
Detective Nakagawa
Wandering Detective:
Tragedy in Red Valley
Gorō Saionji
Wandering Detective:
Black Wind in the Harbor
Gorō Saionji
Invasion of the Neptune MenShinichi Tachibana/Iron Sharp
Vigilante in the Funky HatIchirō Tenka
Police Department Story:
Twelve Detectives
Detective Nakagawa
Vigilante in the Funky Hat:
The 20,000,000 Yen Arm
Ichirō Tenka
Shinto Boss Series:
Employee Ishimatsu is the Man
Nagashima
1962The KamikazeYūki
Love SchoolShinichi Kogure
Escape: The 2/26 IncidentPrivate First Class Shinohara
For Love, the Sun, and the GangYamauchi
Higher Than the Stars in the SkyYoshio Horimoto
Tragedy of TwinsMasaki
Four SistersShinkichi Hayami
Mid-August CommotionDr. Ōmori
Gang vs G-MenOsamu Kaji
The GamblerMōri
The Terrifying WitchDaisuke Shirono
1963Twins Searching for MotherUme-san
President Jiro and Employee Ishimatsu:
Yasugi Bushi Road
Hiroshi Shiomi
The Violent UnderworldKazuo Ichinoki
Special Tactical PoliceDetective Naitō
Twins in the MeadowKenichi Tomizawa
Judo for LifeShirō Hongō
Special Tactical Police 2Detective Naitō
Lure of A KillerDaisuke Jōno
Gambler Tales of Hasshu:
A Man's Pledge
Satarō
The Chivalrous of AsakusaShinsuke Hayama
The NavyTakao Mutaguchi
Yakuza's SongShunji Nitta
Gang ChusinguraShichirō Yatō
White BallYōta Ogiwara
Blackmail is My LifeGorō Ozawa
1964Decree from HellShinichi Ōmatsu
Judo for Life:
The Devil of Kodokan
Shirō Hongō
Tokyo Untouchable:
Prostitution Underground Organization
Yoshio Hamada
Here Because of YouMakoto Yabuki
Dragon and Tiger GenerationShinichi Matsuhashi
1965Singing to Those CloudsJun Tonomura
That Cute GirlMorimoto
Hey, Clouds!Saburō Tatsumi
Tale of Japanese BurglarsAttorney Ōki
The FugitiveSaburō Tateishi
Yakuza G-Men:
Meiji Underworld
Tōru Shibayama
A Villain's Code Of HonorSōichi Jinnai
Abashiri Prison:
Hokkai Territory
Hayama
1966Bitches of the NightTatsuo Ōtsuki
Kamikaze Man: Duel at NoonKen Mitarai
Terror Beneath the SeaAbe
Abashiri Prison:
Duel in the South
Tanimura
Dash to the SunTakashi Shindō
Game of ChanceBungo Endō
Ōgon BatDr.Yamatone
1967Soshiki BōryokuShinji Takasugi
Game of Chance 2Bungo Endō
Diaries of the KamikazeSecond Sub-lieutenant Hanzawa
The North Sea ChivalryShūichi Aida
King of GangstersMatsumoto
Game of Chance 3Bungo Endō
Kawachi ChivalryKomakichi Sugimoto
1968Human Torpedoes:
Kaiten Special Attack Force
Chief navigator Takiguchi
Army Intelligence 33Kazuo Yamamoto
The Young Eagles of the KamikazeSecond Sub-lieutenant Kodama
1969Delinquent Boss:
Ocho the She-Wolf
Mitsuo Fujiki
Memoir of Japanese AssassinsTadashi Onuma
1970Yakuza DekaShirō Hayata
Yakuza Cop 2:
Marijuana Trafficking Syndicate
Shirō Hayata
The Last Suicide SquadCaptain Mishima
1971Yakuza Cop 3:
Poison Gas Affair
Shirō Hayata
Yakuza Cop 4:
No Epitaphs for Us
Shirō Hayata
1972Yakuza Wolf:
I Perform Murder
Gōsuke Himuro
Vice G-MenYasuo Kikuchi
Wandering Ginza Butterfly 2:
She-Cat Gambler
Ryūji Azuma
Yakuza Wolf 2:
Extend My Condolences
Tōru Ibuki
Vice G-Men 2:
Terrifying Flesh Hell
Haruo Kikuchi
1973Battles Without Honor and Humanity:
Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Katsutoshi Ōtomo
Karate KibaNaoto Kiba
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug TriangleTatsuya Wada
Karate Kiba 2Naoto Kiba
1974The Street FighterTakuma Tsurugi
Return of the Street FighterTakuma Tsurugi
Military Spy SchoolIchirō Kikuchi
The ExecutionerRyūichi
Sister Street FighterSeiichi Hibiki
The Street Fighter's Last RevengeTakuma Tsurugi
The Executioner II:
Karate Inferno
Ryūichi
1975Killing MachineDoshin So
Young Nobility:
Maki of the 13 Steps
Kenichi Hyūga
Wolfguy:
Enraged Lycanthrope
Akira Inugami
The Bullet TrainAoki
Champion of DeathMasutatsu Ōyama
Detonation: Violent RidersTsugami
New Battles Without Honor and Humanity:
The Boss's Head
BartenderUncredited
The Defensive Power of AikidoShinbei Natori
Karate BearfighterMasutatsu Ōyama
1976Dragon PrincessIsshin Higaki
Yokohama Underworld:
Machine Gun Dragons
Keiichi Komatsu
Karate WarriorsShūhei Sakata
The Rugby StarRikio Ōtate
Jail BreakersWataru Kangi
Okinawa Yakuza WarSeigō Kunigami
1977Yakuza War: The Japanese DonTsuneyoshi Sakota
Soul of ChibaMu Yun TekPlanning
Hokuriku Proxy WarHachirō Kanai
Karate for LifeMas Oyama
Gambler's Code of JapanKatsuji Kogure
Doberman CopJōji Kanō
Torakku YarōJōji Niimura
Golgo 13: Assignment KowloonGolgo 13/Duke Tōgō
Black Jack:
The Visitor in the Eye
Drunk
1978Shogun's SamuraiYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
Message from SpacePrince Hans
Okinawa: The Ten Year WarChōyū Inami
The Fall of Ako CastleKazuemon Fuwa
1979Dead AngleYōsuke Ōta
Hunter in the DarkSamon Shimoguni
The Resurrection of the Golden WolfMitsuhiko Sakurai
G.I. SamuraiLt. Yoshiaki IbaAction director
1980VirusDr. Yamauchi
Shogun's NinjaShōgen ShiranuiAction director
1981The Bushido BladePrince Ido
Chanbara Graffitidocumentary
Samurai ReincarnationYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
Roaring FireShunsuke TachikawaAction director
The Kamikaze AdventurerDaisuke Kamikaze
The Blazing ValiantAction Director
1982Fall GuyHimself
Ninja WarsYagyū Munetoshi
1983Kabamaru the NinjaSaizō IganoPlanning
Legend of the Eight SamuraiDōsetsu Inuyama
1984Kotaro to the RescueMoore County colonelPlanning
1985The Last True YakuzaRyōzō Kanō
1986Cabaret
1987Sure Death 4: RevengeBunshichi Warabeya
1989Tetsuro Tamba's Large Spiritual World
Shogun's ShadowShōzaemon IbaAction director
SenseiMakoto UshiyamaProducer
1990Yellow FangsDirector
Producer
1991Gokudo WarsTakatsugu Kasai
1992Fighting FistSuperintendent YamadaDirector
Aces: Iron Eagle IIIColonel Sueo Horikoshi
A Mine FieldHiromichi TakagiOriginal idea
The Triple CrossShiba
1994Immortal CombatJiro 'J.J.' Jintani
1995Body CountMakoto
1998The Storm RidersLord Conqueror
2000The Legend of the Flying Swordsman'Dagger' Yuan-ba Li
Born to Be KingIchio Kusakari
ChinchiromaiTakeshi Kuroda
2001The Melancholy HitmanDirect-to-video
AkumyohTōyōzō KuroshimaDirect-to-video
Koroshi no GundanMiyoshiDirect-to-video
Koroshi no Gundan 2MiyoshiDirect-to-video
2002Akumyoh 2 Tōyōzō KuroshimaDirect-to-video
Deadly Outlaw: RekkaYasunori Hijikata
Yakuza of Legend:
Chapter of Raging Fire
Don no Michi 6TakagiDirect-to-video
2003Don no Michi 7TakagiDirect-to-video
Don no Michi 8TakagiDirect-to-video
New Shadow Warriorshanzō Hattori IPlanning
Yakuza of Legend:
Chapter of the Setting Sun
Direct-to-video
New Shadow Warriors IIHanzō Hattori IPlanning
Don no Michi 9TakagiDirect-to-video
Battle Royale II: RequiemMakio Mimura
True Kyūshū Yakuza 1Isoji ŌgaDirect-to-video
New Shadow Warriors IIIHanzō Hattori IExecutive producer
Kill Bill Volume 1Hanzō HattoriKenjutsu Choreographer
Namishō no Yamamoto-ja! Kenka Yakyū-henDirect-to-video
2004New Shadow Warriors IV Hanzō Hattori IExecutive producer
ZenidōKōjirō Shinkai
Zenidō 2Kōjirō Shinkai
Zenidō 3Kōjirō Shinkai
New Boss of JapanMatsuo TakanoDirect-to-video
New Boss of Japan 2Matsuo TakanoDirect-to-video
New Boss of Japan 3Matsuo TakanoDirect-to-video
Survive Style 5+Kazama
Zenidō 4Kōjirō ShinkaiDirect-to-video
Explosive CityOtosan
Zenidō 5Kōjirō ShinkaiDirect-to-video
2005Zenidō 6Kōjirō Shinkai
New Shadow Warriors VHanzō Hattori I
New Shadow Warriors VIHanzō Hattori I
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 3:
Wind Chapter
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
Sarutobi Sasuke and the Army of Darkness 4:
Fire Chapter
Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi
2006The Fast and the Furious:
Tokyo Drift
Boss Kamata
Master of ThunderGenryū
The Winds of God: KamikazeNobutada Ōta
True Kyūshū Yakuza 2Isoji ŌgaDirect-to-video
2007True Kyūshū Yakuza 3Isoji ŌgaDirect-to-video
OyajiRyūmichi NumataDirector
2009Sennen no MatsuDirect-to-video
Sennen no Matsu 2Direct-to-video
2012Shura no HanamichiYoshio Sutama
Shura no Hanamichi 2 Yoshio SutamaDirect-to-video
Gokudō no Monshō Part 18Direct-to-video
Sushi GirlSushi chef
2013Nihon TōitsuSeizō Gonda
Nihon Tōitsu 2Seizō GondaDirect-to-video
2014Shura no Denshō Araburu Kyō InuShūhei Akiyama
Kabukichō High SchoolHakkaisan board chairman
Kanto Gokudo Association Part 1Direct-to-video
2015Take a ChanceMiyamoto Musashi
Kanto Gokudo Association Part 2Direct-to-video
April FoolsBōryokudan leader
So-On: The Five Oyaji
2017Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 1Motonari Mōriya
TeppenDirect-to-video
Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 2Motonari Mōriya
Teppen 2Direct-to-video
Teppen 3Direct-to-video
Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 SecondsChair workshop craftsman
Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 4Motonari Mōriya
2019Bond of Justice: Kizuna

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1960Seven Color MaskSeven Color Mask II/Kōtarō Ran26 episodes
Messenger of AllahGorō Narumi26 episodes
Wanted: Demon Fire1 episode
1963The Light of AsakusaTV film
1964JNR Inspector No. 36Railway Inspector Hayakawa4 episodes
1965Flag of GloryLieutenant Yamanaka1 episode
Blind Black BeltTatsuya Kurami
Special Tactical PoliceDetective Komatsu1 episode
Kiiroi Fūdo
1968Key HunterYōsuke Kazama
1969Special Investigation Office1 episode
1970Judo Straight LineWashio3 episodes
1972The Young DetectiveDetective Yabuki3 episodes
1973Robot DetectiveKeitarō Shinjō2 episodes
Suspense Series:
Modern Witch Tale Murderous Love
Shige1 episode
1974The BodyguardShūsuke Washimi26 episodes
1975The Gorilla SevenDaisuke Kazami26 episodes
Blazing DragnetShirō Ōgami14 episodes
1976Emergency LineMasahiro Godai10 episodes
Nanairo TongarashiTetsuo Samejima
1977Shingo Tondeke Torimonochō
1978CrossroadsJunzō Kihara3 episodes
Omoide no Umibe Papa, Boku Shinitakunai!!TV film
The Yagyu ConspiracyYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi39 episodes
Yukiyama Sanka Aru Seishun: Tateta! Subereta!TV film
Southern CrossMiyamoto MusashiTV film
1980Shadow WarriorsHanzō Hattori III27 episodes
Tokyo Great Earthquake Magnitude 8.1KobayashiTV film
Yagyu AbaretabiYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi26 episodes
1981Keishichō Satsujin-ka1 episode
Shadow Warriors IIShinpachi Tsuge26 episodes
1982Space Sheriff GavanVoicer1 episode
Uncredited
Shadow Warriors IIIHanzō Tarao26 episodes
Yagyu Jubei AbaretabiYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi26 episodes
1983Space Sheriff SharivanVoicer1 episode
Uncredited
1984Wonderful Circus GuyDaigaku MaejimaTV film
Planning
1985Shadow Warriors IVHanzō Hattori XV27 episodes
Shadow Warriors: The End of an EraHanzō Hattori XV13 episodes
1986Shinya ni YōkosoKōzō Murata4 episodes
1987TaikokiMitsuhide AkechiTV film
Tomorrow's SnowDr. SakamotoTV film
A Traveling GirlTakeshi Ishikawa
Autumn ScenarioTatsumiTV film
1988Ieyasu TokugawaKazumasa IshikawaTV film
Ryokō keba Renzoku SatsujinTetsuya NanjōTV film
1989Nobunaga OdaNobuhide OdaTV film
Iemitsu, Hikoza, and Isshin Tasuke:
A National Crisis
Yagyū Jūbei MitsuyoshiTV film
OL Sennyū! Nippon Fūzoku MeishoIwataTV film
The Days I Saw in My DreamsShinsaku Sekimoto10 episodes
1990Yoshitsune MinamotoKakunichi ZenrinbōTV film
Shingo's Ten DuelsTamon UmeiTV film
Ashi de Miru-yamaKurahashiTV film
Seventeen NinjaIga no JingozaTV film
Assistant director
1991Shingen TakedaNobutora TakedaTV film
Saito Dosan: Rage of PowerMitsutsugu AkechiTV film
1992Tokugawa Buraichō[[Matsudaira Tadateru24 episodes
1993Mori Ranmaru:
Sengoku o Kake Nuketa Waka Jishi
Sanzaemon Yoshinari MoriTV film
1996Legend of St. DragonYūji Saeki1 episode
1997Terakoya Yume ShinanMatajūrō Sensui23 episodes
2001Shotgun-MarriageIttetsu Kotani11 episodes
2002 Wind and CloudLord Conqueror
2005Legendary Sword fights of Yagyu JubeiMiyamoto Musashi1 episode
Team AstroJ. Shuro
2007Fūrin KazanNobukata Itagaki30 episodes
2011Secret Agent ErikaPastor of St. Francisco Church1 episode
2014Owakon TVGenjirō Aramaki8 episodes

Shorts

Year Title Role Notes
2013Ninja TheoryNinja masterVoice
2018Shakespeare in TokyoCalligrapher

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
1981Yagyu Jubei Makai TenshoJūbei Mitsuyoshi Yagyū
Stuntman Story
1982–1984The Big Adventure of The Fantastic PiratesCaptain DaedalusDirector
1985The Drunken DukeDuke RobertDirector
Planning
Original idea
1986Adventure Youth DeparturePlanning Supervision
Stuntman Love StoryPlanning Supervision
1987Shinichi Chiba's Shadow Warriors
2008Furin Kazan: Harunobu BurningNobukata Itagaki
2015Biohazard: The StageEzra Sennett

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