, cunoscut la nivel internațional sub numele de Sonny Chiba, a fost un actor japonez și expert în arte marțiale. Biografie și carieră Chiba a fost unul dintre primii actori care a devenit vedetă prin abilitățile sale în arte marțiale, inițial în Japonia și mai târziu în fața unui public internațional.
Născut ca Sadaho Maeda (前 田 禎 穂, Maeda Sadaho) în Fukuoka, Japonia, el a fost al treilea din cei cinci copii din familia unui pilot militar de testare.Chibaryū samurai eno michi, pp.81 – 82. Când a avut patru ani, tatăl său a fost transferat la Kisarazu, Chiba, iar familia s-a mutat la Kimitsu, Chiba.Chiba Shin'ichi aratame Wachinaga Rindō, pp.38 – 39.
După ce Chiba a mers la liceul din Kimitsu, profesorul de educație fizică l-a sfătuit să facă gimnastică artistică.Chibaryū samurai eno michi, pp.89. De asemenea, a fost pasionat de atletism, baseball și volei.
Cariera sa de actor a început în televiziune, unde a apărut în două seriale cu super-eroi tokusatsu, înlocuindu-l mai întâi pe Susumu Wajima ca personajul principal Kōtarō Ran / Seven Color Mask în Seven Color Mask (Nana-iro kamen) în a doua jumătate a seriei. Apoi a jucat apoi ca Gorō Narumi / Messenger of Allah în Messenger of Allah (Allah no Shisha). Debutul său cinematografic și primul său rol principal a fost în filmul științifico-ficțional Invasion of the Neptune Men din 1961. Mai târziu în acel an, Chiba a apărut în primul film al lui Kinji Fukasaku, Drifting Detective: Tragedy in the Red Valley (Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki), care a marcat începutul unei lungi serii de colaborări a celor doi.
În artele marțiale 250px|miniatura|Sonny Chiba în 2019 Chiba a deținut centuri negre în următoarele arte marțiale:: Kyokushin Karate: 4 Dan Ninjutsu: 4 Dan Goju-ryu karate: 2 Dan Shorinji Kempo: 2 Dan Judo: 2 Dan Kendo: 1 Dan
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An Titlu Rol Note1961 Police Department Story:Alibi Detectiv Nakagawa Police Department Story: The 15 Year Old Woman Detectiv Nakagawa Drifting Detective:Tragedy in the Red Valley Gorō Saionji Drifting Detective: Black Wind in the Harbor Gorō Saionji Invasion of the Neptune Men Shinichi Tachibana/Iron Sharp Vigilante in the Funky Hat Ichirō Tenka Police Department Story: Twelve Detectives Detectiv Nakagawa Vigilante in the Funky Hat: The 20,000,000 Yen Arm Ichirō Tenka Shinto Boss Series: Employee Ishimatsu is the Man Nagashima 1962 The Kamikaze Yūki Love School Shinichi Kogure Escape: The 2/26 Incident Private First Class Shinohara For Love, the Sun, and the Gang Yamauchi Higher Than the Stars in the Sky Yoshio Horimoto Tragedy of Twins Masaki Four Sisters Shinkichi Hayami Mid-August Commotion Dr. Ōmori Gang vs G-Men Osamu Kaji The Gambler Mōri The Terrifying Witch Daisuke Shirono 1963 Twins Searching for Mother Ume-san President Jiro and Employee Ishimatsu: Yasugi Bushi Road Hiroshi Shiomi The Violent Underworld Kazuo Ichinoki Special Tactical Police Detectiv Naitō Twins in the Meadow Kenichi Tomizawa Judo for Life Shirō Hongō Special Tactical Police 2 Detectiv Naitō Lure of A Killer Daisuke Jōno Gambler Tales of Hasshu: A Man's Pledge Satarō The Chivalrous of Asakusa Shinsuke Hayama The Navy Takao Mutaguchi Yakuza's Song Shunji Nitta Gang Chusingura Shichirō Yatō White Ball Yōta Ogiwara Life of Blackmail Gorō Ozawa 1964 Decree from Hell Shinichi Ōmatsu Judo for Life: The Devil of Kodokan Shirō Hongō Tokyo Untouchable: Prostitution Underground Organization Yoshio Hamada Here Because of You Makoto Yabuki Dragon and Tiger Generation Shinichi Matsuhashi1965 Singing to Those Clouds Jun Tonomura That Cute Girl Morimoto Hey, Clouds! Saburō Tatsumi Tale of Japanese Burglars Attorney Ōki The Fugitive Saburō Tateishi Yakuza G-Men: Meiji Underworld Tōru Shibayama A Villain's Code Of Honor Sōichi Jinnai Abashiri Prison: Hokkai Territory Hayama 1966 Bitches of the Night Tatsuo Ōtsuki Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon Ken Mitarai Terror Beneath the Sea Abe Abashiri Prison: Duel in the South Tanimura Dash to the Sun Takashi Shindō Game of Chance Bungo Endō Ōgon Bat Dr.Yamatone 1967 Soshiki Bōryoku Shinji Takasugi Game of Chance 2 Bungo Endō Diaries of the Kamikaze Second Sub-lieutenant Hanzawa The North Sea Chivalry Shūichi Aida King of Gangsters Matsumoto Game of Chance 3 Bungo Endō Kawachi Chivalry Komakichi Sugimoto 1968Human Torpedoes: Kaiten Special Attack Force Chief navigator Takiguchi Army Intelligence 33 Kazuo Yamamoto The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze Second Sub-lieutenant Kodama 1969 Delinquent Boss: Ocho the She-Wolf Mitsuo Fujiki Memoir of Japanese Assassins Tadashi Onuma1970 Yakuza Deka Shirō Hayata Yakuza Cop 2: Marijuana Trafficking Syndicate Shirō Hayata The Last Suicide Squad Captain Mishima 1971 Yakuza Cop 3: Poison Gas Affair Shirō Hayata Yakuza Cop 4: No Epitaphs for Us Shirō Hayata 1972 Yakuza Wolf: I Perform Murder Gōsuke Himuro Vice G-Men Yasuo 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 1973 Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima Katsutoshi Ōtomo Karate Kiba Naoto Kiba Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok Drug Triangle Tatsuya Wada Karate Kiba 2 Naoto Kiba 1974 The Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi Return of the Street Fighter Takuma Tsurugi Military Spy School Ichirō Kikuchi The Executioner Ryūichi Sister Street Fighter Seiichi Hibiki The Street Fighter's Last Revenge Takuma Tsurugi The Executioner II: Karate Inferno Ryūichi 1975 Killing Machine Doshin So Young Nobility: Maki of the 13 Steps Kenichi Hyūga Wolfguy: Enraged Lycanthrope Akira Inugami The Bullet Train Aoki Champion of Death Masutatsu Ōyama Detonation: Violent Riders Tsugami New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss's Head Bartender Nemenționat The Defensive Power of Aikido Shinbei Natori Karate Bearfighter Masutatsu Ōyama1976 Dragon Princess Isshin Higaki Yokohama Underworld: Machine Gun Dragons Keiichi Komatsu Karate Warriors Shūhei Sakata The Rugby Star Rikio Ōtate Jail Breakers Wataru Kangi Okinawa Yakuza War Seigō Kunigami 1977 Yakuza War: The Japanese Don Tsuneyoshi Sakota Soul of Chiba Mu Yun Tek Plănuit Hokuriku Proxy War Hachirō Kanai Karate for Life Mas Oyama Gambler's Code of Japan Katsuji Kogure Doberman Cop Jōji Kanō Torakku Yarō Jōji Niimura Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Golgo 13/Duke Tōgō Black Jack: The Visitor in the Eye Drunk1978 Shogun's Samurai Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Message from Space Prince Hans Okinawa: The Ten Year War Chōyū Inami The Fall of Ako Castle Kazuemon Fuwa 1979 Dead Angle Yōsuke Ōta Hunter in the Dark Samon Shimoguni The Resurrection of the Golden Wolf Mitsuhiko Sakurai G.I. Samurai Lt. Yoshiaki Iba Regizor scene de acțiune1980 Virus Dr. Yamauchi Shogun's Ninja Shōgen Shiranui Regizor scene de acțiune1981 The Bushido Blade Prince Ido Chanbara Graffiti documentary Samurai Reincarnation Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi Roaring Fire Shunsuke Tachikawa Regizor scene de acțiune The Kamikaze Adventurer Daisuke Kamikaze The Blazing Valiant Regizor scene de acțiune 1982 Fall Guy Himself Ninja Wars Yagyū Munetoshi 1983 Kabamaru the Ninja Saizō Igano Plănuit Legend of the Eight Samurai Dōsetsu Inuyama 1984 Kotaro to the Rescue Moore County colonel Plănuit 1985 The Last True Yakuza Ryōzō Kanō 1986 Cabaret 1987 Sure Death 4: Revenge Bunshichi Warabeya 1989 Tetsuro Tamba's Large Spiritual World Shogun's Shadow Shōzaemon Iba Regizor scene de acțiune Sensei Makoto Ushiyama Producător 1990 Yellow Fangs RegizorProducător 1991 Gokudo Wars Takatsugu Kasai 1992 Fighting Fist Superintendent Yamada Regizor Aces: Iron Eagle III Colonel Sueo Horikoshi A Mine Field Hiromichi Takagi Idee originală The Triple Cross Shiba 1994Immortal Combat Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani 1995 Body Count Makoto 1998 The Storm Riders Lord Conqueror2000 The Legend of the Flying Swordsman 'Dagger' Yuan-ba Li Born to Be King Ichio Kusakari Chinchiromai Takeshi Kuroda 2001 The Melancholy Hitman Direct-pe-video Akumyoh Tōyōzō Kuroshima Direct-pe-video Koroshi no Gundan Miyoshi Direct-pe-video Koroshi no Gundan 2 Miyoshi Direct-pe-video2002 Akumyoh 2 Tōyōzō Kuroshima Direct-pe-video Deadly Outlaw: Rekka Yasunori Hijikata Yakuza of Legend: Chapter of Raging Fire Don no Michi 6 Takagi Direct-pe-video2003 Don no Michi 7 Takagi Direct-pe-video Don no Michi 8 Takagi Direct-pe-video New Shadow Warriors hanzō Hattori I Plănuit Yakuza of Legend: Chapter of the Setting Sun Direct-pe-video New Shadow Warriors II Hanzō Hattori I Plănuit Don no Michi 9 Takagi Direct-pe-video Battle Royale II: Requiem Makio Mimura True Kyūshū Yakuza 1 Isoji Ōga Direct-pe-video New Shadow Warriors III Hanzō Hattori I Producător executiv Kill Bill Volume 1 Hanzō Hattori Coregrafie Kenjutsu Namishō no Yamamoto-ja! Kenka Yakyū-hen Direct-pe-video2004 New Shadow Warriors IV Hanzō Hattori I Producător executiv Zenidō Kōjirō Shinkai Zenidō 2 Kōjirō Shinkai Zenidō 3 Kōjirō Shinkai New Boss of Japan Matsuo Takano Direct-pe-video New Boss of Japan 2 Matsuo Takano Direct-pe-video New Boss of Japan 3 Matsuo Takano Direct-pe-video Survive Style 5+ Kazama Zenidō 4 Kōjirō Shinkai Direct-pe-video Explosive City Otosan Zenidō 5 Kōjirō Shinkai Direct-pe-video2005 Zenidō 6 Kōjirō Shinkai New Shadow Warriors V Hanzō Hattori I New Shadow Warriors VI Hanzō 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 2006 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Boss Kamata Master of Thunder Genryū The Winds of God: Kamikaze Nobutada Ōta True Kyūshū Yakuza 2 Isoji Ōga Direct-pe-video2007 True Kyūshū Yakuza 3 Isoji Ōga Direct-pe-video Oyaji Ryūmichi Numata Regizor2009 Sennen no Matsu Direct-pe-video Sennen no Matsu 2 Direct-pe-video2012 Shura no Hanamichi Yoshio Sutama Shura no Hanamichi 2 Yoshio Sutama Direct-pe-video Gokudō no Monshō Part 18 Direct-pe-video Sushi Girl Sushi chef 2013 Nihon Tōitsu Seizō Gonda Nihon Tōitsu 2 Seizō Gonda Direct-pe-video2014 Shura no Denshō Araburu Kyō Inu Shūhei Akiyama Kabukichō High School Hakkaisan board chairman Kanto Gokudo Association Part 1 Direct-pe-video2015 Take a Chance Miyamoto Musashi Kanto Gokudo Association Part 2 Direct-pe-video April Fools Bōryokudan leader So-On: The Five Oyaji 2017 Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 1 Motonari Mōriya Teppen Direct-pe-video Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 2 Motonari Mōriya Teppen 2 Direct-pe-video Teppen 3 Direct-pe-video Shashin Koshien Summer in 0.5 Seconds Chair workshop craftsman Gokudō Tenka Fubu Part 4 Motonari Mōriya 2019 Bond of Justice: Kizuna Jō
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