Shin’ichi Chiba Net Worth

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Shin’ichi Chiba Net Worth is
$18 Million

Shin’ichi Chiba Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Pivotal figure in the 1970s explosion of martial arts cinema as lethal "fists for hire" trouble shooter, Takuma (Terry) Tsurugi, starring in the phenomenally popular and ultra violent "The Street Fighter" series of action films. Sonny Chiba wasn't a graceful, fluid fighter like screen icon Bruce Lee, but rather he was a ferocious machine that mowed...

Full NameSonny Chiba
Date Of BirthJanuary 23, 1939
Place Of BirthFukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Height5' 10½" (1.79 m)
ProfessionActor, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew
NationalityJapanese
SpouseTamami Chiba (m. 1996), Yōko Nogiwa (m. 1972–1994)
ChildrenJuri Manase, Gordon Chiba, J.J. Jr. Mackenyu
SiblingsJiro Yabuki
NominationsHong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
MoviesThe Street Fighter, Kill Bill Volume 1, The Storm Riders, Return of the Street Fighter, The Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Shogun's Samurai, Karate Kiba, Legend of the Eight Samurai, G.I. Samurai, Dragon Princess, Champion of Death, Shôrinji kenpô, Shogun's N...
TV ShowsFurin Kazan, Shadow Warriors, Space Sheriff Gavan, Dekichatta Kekkon, Seiryuu Densetsu
Star SignAquarius
#Trademark
1The X-ray Punch featured in the Japanese cult-film "The Street Fighter" (1974) and the Hong Kong martial arts film "The Storm Riders" (1998). An homage to this infamous scene is also featured in a fight scene between Jet Li and Russell Wong at the climax of "Romeo Must Die" (2000).
#Quote
1An actor's body should be full of emotions, whether it is happiness or sorrow, pain or joy, enraged or elated. You have to express yourself with your whole body. Japanese actors don't normally do this. What I'm doing as an action star is what every actor should be doing. Action is drama. If we cannot make the audience laugh, smile or cry with us, we are not actors. That may be idealistic -- but it's true.
#Fact
1Appeared as Hattori Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol. 1." [October 2003]
2Student of Choi Bae-dal, the founder of Kyokushin Karate.
3In the early 70s, Chiba was set to co-star in a feature film production with Bruce Lee and George Lazenby. Unfortunately, the moment Chiba's plane landed in Hong Kong to start production, the news of Lee's untimely death forced the producers to shut-down the ill-fated project.
4Frequent co-star of Etsuko Shihomi, the star of the "Sister Street Fighter" series.
5Founder of the Japanese Action Club (JAC), a group of martial artist/actors who train together in promoting realistic fighting techniques in Japanese movies and television shows.
6Director Quention Tarantino is a huge fan of Sonny Chiba. Tarantino has included references to Chiba's 70's films "The Street Fighter," "Return of the Street Fighter," and "Sister Street Figher" in the opening act of "True Romance" (1993). The opening monologue of Chiba's "Karate Kiba" (1974) is quoted word-for-word by Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) as his trademark "Ezekiel 25:17 Speech" in "Pulp Fiction" (1994).
7Chiba has starred in more than 125 films at Toei Studios and has won numerous acting awards in Japan for his dramatic film roles.
8Best known in international cult-cinema circles for starring as Terry Tsurugi, the hitman for hire in "The Street Fighter" (1974) film series, which produced 3 sequels. Chiba currently resides in Los Angeles with his second wife.
9As a college student at Nippon Taiiku University, Chiba trained extensively for the 1964 Japanese Olympic Gymnastics Team, but a hip injury from a part-time construction work cost him his gymnastics career. It was then that he decided to devote most of his time and energy into martial arts, training under the renowned World Karate Grand Master Mas Oyama Koncho, receiving his first degree judo black belt. He later portrayed Mas Oyama in the martial arts bio-pic "Kenka karate kyokushinken" (Champion of Death, 1975).
101st-Dan Blackbelt in Shôrinji Kenpô
111st-Dan Blackbelt in Kendô
124th-Dan Blackbelt in Ninjutsu
132nd-Dan Blackbelt in Jûdô
14Older brother of Jirô Yabuki
15Father of Juri Manase.
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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Roaring Fire1982Mr. Magic / Interpol Inspector (as Sonny Chiba)
The Bushido Blade1981Prince Ido (as Sony Chiba)
Bôkensha kamikaze1981Daisuke Kamikaze (as Sonny Chiba)
Samurai Reincarnation1981Jubei Yagyu (as Sonny Chiba)
Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu1980Shiranui Shogen (as Sonny Chiba)
Day of Resurrection1980Dr. Yamauchi (as Sonny Chiba)
Tokyo Daijishin Magnitude 8.11980TV Movie
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Saga1980Katsutoshi Otomo
Shadow Warriors1980TV SeriesHattori Hanzô
Sengoku jieitai1979Lt. Yoshiaki Iba (as Sonny Chiba)
Yomigaeru kinrô1979Mitsuhiko Sakurai (as Sonny Chiba)
Hunter in the Dark1979Samon Shimoguni (as Sonny Chiba)
Hakuchyu no shikaku1979Yosuke Ota (as Sonny Chiba)
Okinawa jû-nen sensô1978as Sonny Chiba
Yokohama ankokugai mashingan no ryu1978as Sonny Chiba
Akô-jô danzetsu1978Kazuemon Fuwa (as Sonny Chiba)
Yagyû ichizoku no inbô1978TV SeriesJûbê Yagyû
Uchu kara no messeji1978Hans (as Sonny Chiba)
The Shogun's Samurai1978Yagyû Jûbê (as Sonny Chiba)
Kyokuskin kenka karate burai ken1977Mas Oyama (as Sonny Chiba)
Torakku yarô: Dokyô ichiban hoshi1977as Sonny Chiba
Hitomi no naka no houmonsha1977Drunk (as Sonny Chiba)
Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon1977Duke Togo Golgo 13 (as Sonny Chiba)
Doberuman deka1977Joji Kano (as Sonny Chiba)
Nihon no jingi1977as Sonny Chiba
Karate baka ichidai1977Sensei Masutatsu Oyama (as Sonny Chiba)
Karate Bullfighter1977Sensei Masutatsu Oyama (as Sonny Chiba)
Hokuriku dairi sensô1977as Sonny Chiba
Soul of Bruce Lee1977Mu Yun Tek (as Sonny Chiba)
Yakuza senso: Nihon no Don1977Tsuneyoshi Sakota (as Sonny Chiba)
Okinawa Yakuza sensô1976as Sonny Chiba
Karate Kiba1976as Sonny Chiba
Dasso yugi1976Wataru Kangi (as Sonny Chiba)
Karate Warriors1976as Sonny Chiba
Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princess1976Kazuma Higaki (as Sonny Chiba)
Gekitotsu! Aikidô1975as Sonny Chiba
The Gorilla Seven1975TV SeriesDaisuke Kazami (1975)
Bakuhatsu! Boso zoku1975Tsugami (as Sonny Chiba)
Shinkansen daibakuha1975Aoki
Urufu gai: Moero ôkami-otoko1975as Sonny Chiba
Wakai kizoku-tachi: 13-kaidan no Maki1975Kenichi Hyuga (as Sonny Chiba)
Shôrinji kenpô1975Doshin So (as Sonny Chiba)
Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten1974Ryuichi Koga (as Sonny Chiba)
Gyakushû! Satsujin ken1974Takuma Tsurugi (as Sonny Chiba)
Onna hissatsu ken1974Seiichi Hibiki (as Sonny Chiba)
Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken1974Ryuichi Koga (as Sonny Chiba)
Lubang tô no kiseki: Rikugun Nakano gakkô1974as Sonny Chiba
Satsujin ken 21974Takuma Tsurugi (as Sonny Chiba)
Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken1974Takuma Tsurugi (Terry) (as Sonny Chiba)
Bodigaado Kiba1973as Sonny Chiba
Bodigaado Kiba: Hissatsu sankaku tobi1973as Sonny Chiba
Tokyo-Seoul-Bangkok1973as Sonny Chiba
Hiroshima Death Match1973Katsutoshi Otomo (as Sonny Chiba)
Robotto keiji1973TV Series
Mayaku baishun G-men: Kyôfu no niku jigoku1972Kikuchi
Ôkami yakuza: Tomurai ha ore ga dasu1972
Gincho nagaremono mesuneko bakuchi1972Ryûji (as Sonny Chiba)
Mayaku baishun G-Men1972Kikuchi
Ôkami yakuza: Koroshi ha ore ga yaru1972
Keiji kun1971TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Yakuza deka: Oretachi ni haka wa nai1971Shiro Hayata
Yakuza deka: Kyofu no doku gasu1971Shiro Hayata
Saigo no tokkôtai1970as Sonny Chiba
The Assassin1970Hayata (as Sonny Chiba)
Gangster Cop1970Hayata Shiro (as Sonny Chiba)
Nihon ansatsu hiroku1969Tadashi Onuma (as Sonny Chiba)
Jûdô itchokusen1969TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Ah, yokaren1968Second Sub-lieutenant Kodama (as Sonny Chiba)
Ah kaiten tokubetsu kogetikai1968as Sonny Chiba
Rikugun chôhô 331968Kazuo Yamamoto (as Sonny Chiba)
Âa dôki no sakura1967Second Sublieutenant Hanzawa
Hokkai yûkyôden1967as Sonny Chiba
Kii Hantâ1967TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Kawachi yûkyôden1967Komakichi Sugimoto (as Sonny Chiba)
Gyangu no teiô1967as Sonny Chiba
Soshiki bôryoku1967as Sonny Chiba
Abashiri Bangaichi: Nangoku no Taiketsu1966as Sonny Chiba
Ôgon batto1966Dr. Yamatone (as Sonny Chiba)
The Terror Beneath the Sea1966Ken Abe (as Sonny Chiba, Shin-Ichi Chiba)
Kamikaze yarô1966as Sonny Chiba
Abashiri bangaichi: Hokkai hen1965as Sonny Chiba
Kurayami go-dan1965TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Rokyoku komori-uta1965as Sonny Chiba
Buraikan jingi1965Soichi Jinnai (as Sonny Chiba)
Yakuza G-men: Meiji ankokugai1965
Nippon dorobô monogatari1965Lawyer Ohki (as Sonny Chiba)
Ano kumo ni utaô1965
Kimitachi ga ite boku ga ita1964Makoto Yabuki (as Sonny Chiba)
Zoku Tokyo antachaburu1964as Sonny Chiba
Jigoku meirei1963
Yakuza no uta1963as Sonny Chiba
Gyangu Chûshingura1963as Sonny Chiba
Asakusa no kyôkaku1963
Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai: Tokyo eki ni harikome1963Naito
Tokubetsu kidô sôsatai1963Naito
Jirocho shacho to Ishimatsu shacho1963as Sonny Chiba
JNR Inspector No. 361962TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Ôsho1962Mouri (as Sonny Chiba)
Gyangu tai G-men1962as Sonny Chiba
Koi to Taiyo to Gang1962Helicopter Pilot
Minami taiheiyô nami takashi1962
Funky Hat no kaidanji: Nisenman-en no ude1961as Sonny Chiba
Keishichô monogatari: jûni-nin no keiji1961Detective Nakagawa
Funky Hat no kaidanji1961Ichiro (as Sonny Chiba)
Invasion of the Neptune Men1961Tachibana - Scientist Space Chief (as Sonny Chiba)
Drifting Detective: Black Wind in Harbor1961as Sonny Chiba
Fûraibô tantei: Akai tani no sangeki1961Gorô Saionji (as Sonny Chiba)
Keishichô monogatari: 15 sai no onna1961
Keishichô monogatari: Fuzai shômei1961
Arâ no shisha1960TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Nana-iro kamen1959TV SeriesKotarô Ran / Spectrum Mask (Chapters 5-7; Episodes 32-57) (as Sonny Chiba)
Bond: Kizuna2017filmingHanzo
Take a Chance2015Musashi (as Sonny Chiba)
Eipuriru fûruzu2015
So-On: The Five Oyaji2014
Owakon TV2014TV Mini-Series
Kabukichô High School2014
Ninja Theory2013Short
Sushi Girl2012Sushi Chef (as JJ Shin'ichi Chiba)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair2011
Sennen no matsu2009Video as Sonny Chiba
Oyaji2007as Sonny Chiba
Legend of Seven Monks2006Genryuu a bonze (as Sonny Chiba)
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift2006Uncle Kamata (as JJ Sonny Chiba)
The Winds of God: Kamikaze2006Oota air captain (as Sonny Chiba)
Astro kyûdan2005TV Mini-Series
Bau lit do see2004Otosan (as Sonny Chiba)
Survive Style 5+2004Kazama - Advertising Company President (as Sonny Chiba)
Kill Bill: Vol. 22004Hattori Hanzo (as Sonny Chiba)
Kill Bill: Vol. 12003Hattori Hanzo (as Sonny Chiba)
Battle Royale II2003Makio Mimura (Shinji's revolutionary uncle) (as Sonny Chiba)
Jitsuroku Andô Noboru kyôdô-den: Rekka2002as Sonny Chiba
Feng yun2002TV SeriesXiong Ba (as Sonny Chiba)
Dekichatta kekkon2001TV SeriesIttetsu Kotani
Akumyô2001as Sonny Chiba
Hakata Movie: Chinchiromai2000as Sonny Chiba
Sheng zhe wei wang2000Isako Kusaraki (as Sonny Chiba)
Xiao Li fei dao zi Fei dao wai chuan2000Dagger (as Sonny Chiba)
Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha1998Lord Conqueror Hung Baa (as Sonny Chiba)
Terayoka yume shinan1997TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Seiryû densetsu1996TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Body Count1995Makato (as Sonny Chiba)
Immortal Combat1994Jiro 'J.J.' Jintani (as Sonny J. J. Chiba)
Ba dao zong heng1992The Superintendent (as Sonny Chiba)
Tokugawa burai-cho1992TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Double Cross1992Shiba (as Sonny Chiba)
Aces: Iron Eagle III1992Horikoshi (as Sonny Chiba)
Oda Nobunaga1992TV Movie as Sonny Chiba
Mine Field1991as Sonny Chiba
Gokudô sensô: Butôha1991as Sonny Chiba
Sengoku Ransei no Abarenbo Saito Dosan Doto no Tenka Tori1991TV Movie as Sonny Chiba
Jushichinin no ninja1990TV Movie as Sonny Chiba
Takeda Shingen1990TV Mini-SeriesTakeda Nobutora (as Sonny Chiba)
Shingo juuban shoubu1990TV MovieUmei Tamon
Shogun Iemitsu, Hikosa and Tasuke Issin1989TV Movie as Sonny Chiba
Tanba Tetsuro no daireikai shindara dounaru1989as Sonny Chiba
The School1989as Sonny Chiba
Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu1989Iba Shoemon (as Sonny Chiba)
Tian xia1988TV SeriesLord Conquerer (as Sonny Chiba)
Tabi shoujo1987TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Tomorrow's Snow1987TV Movie as Sonny Chiba
Hissatsu 4: Urami harashimasu1987Bunshichi (as Sonny Chiba)
Taikoki1987TV MovieAkechi Mitsuhide
Kyabarê1986Yakuza boss (as Sonny Chiba)
Kage no Gundan: Bakumatsu hen1985TV SeriesHattori Hanzo XV (1985) (as Sonny Chiba)
Saigo no bakuto1985as Sonny Chiba
Uchû keiji Shaider1985TV SeriesVoicer
Space Cop Shaider: Pursuit! Shigi Shigi Abduction Plan1984Space Sheriff Voicer (as Sonny Chiba)
Kotaro makari-toru!1984as Sonny Chiba
Satomi hakken-den1983Inuyama Dosetsu Tadatomo (as Sonny Chiba)
Kabamaru the Ninja1983as Sonny Chiba
Uchû keiji Sharivan1983TV SeriesSpace Sheriff Voicer
Uchû keiji Gyaban1982-1983TV SeriesSpace Sheriff Voicer
Kage no gundan III1982TV Series as Sonny Chiba
Iga ninpôchô1982Shinzaemon Yagyu (uncredited)
Kamata kôshinkyoku1982Actor (as Sonny Chiba)

Stunts

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shôgun Iemitsu no ranshin - Gekitotsu1989stunt/combat coordinator - as Sonny Chiba
Iga ninpôchô1982action coordinator - as Sony Chiba
Roaring Fire1982action director - as Sonny Chiba

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kill Bill: Vol. 22004fight choreographer: Kenjutsu - as Sonny Chiba
Kill Bill: Vol. 12003advisor: samurai sword - as Sonny Chiba / fight choreographer: Kenjutsu - as Sonny Chiba

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Oyaji2007as Sonny Chiba
Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi1990as Sonny Chiba

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi1990producer - as Sonny Chiba

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Vixen Highway 2006: It Came from Uranus!2010special thanks - as Sonny Chiba
Little Red Riding Hood2009/IVideo short special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tôsôchû2014TV SeriesHimself
Sushi Girl: A Documentary2013Video documentaryHimself (as Sonny Chiba)
Message from Earth2011Video documentary shortHimself (as Sonny Chiba)
Yakuza Eiga, une histoire du cinéma yakuza2009TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Sonny Chiba)
Waratte iitomo!2005TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Matthew's Best Hit TV2003TV SeriesHimself
Amazing Masters of Martial Arts1985Video documentary as Sonny Chiba

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Ninja the Mission Force2012TV SeriesFather Dragon Claw Punch
The Making of 'Kill Bill'2003TV Movie documentaryHattori Hanzô (as Sonny Chiba)
The Unbeatable Bruce Lee2001Video documentaryHimself (as Sonny Chiba)
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes1998TV Special documentaryHimself (as Sonny Chiba)
Chambara graffitti - Kill!1981Documentary as Sonny Chiba

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2005Maverick AwardHawaii International Film Festival
2004American Choreography AwardAmerican Choreography Awards, USAOutstanding Achievment in Choreography - FightKill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest Supporting ActorKill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
1999Hong Kong Film AwardHong Kong Film AwardsBest ActorFung wan: Hung ba tin ha (1998)
1979Award of the Japanese AcademyAwards of the Japanese AcademyBest Supporting ActorYagyû ichizoku no inbô (1978)

Known for movies

Hattori Hanzo

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
as Hattori Hanzo

Hattori Hanzo

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
as Hattori Hanzo

Takuma Tsurugi (Terry)

Gekitotsu! Satsujin ken (1974)
as Takuma Tsurugi (Terry)

Lord Conqueror / Hung Baa

Fung wan: Hung ba tin ha (1998)
as Lord Conqueror / Hung Baa

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IMDB Wikipedia

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