Sonny Chiba

Shinichi Chiba (千葉真一, Chiba Shin'ichi; 23 January 1939 – 19 August 2021), also known as Sonny Chiba (サニー千葉, Sanī Chiba), was a Japanese actor, singer, movie producer and director, and martial artist. He was from Fukuoka, Kyūshū. He was possibly the most famous Japanese movie actor of all time.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Chiba died on 19 August 2021 at a hospital in Kimitsu, Japan from pneumonia caused by COVID-19, aged 82.^[6]

Filmography

The Street Fighter (1974) as Takuma Tsurugi
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) as Hattori Hanzō
Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004) as Hattori Hanzō
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) as Kamata
Sushi Girl (2012) as Sushi chef

References

↑ "SPORTS CITY". Kamakura Shobo (in Japanese). 1 (2): 32. 1981.
↑ "Honke Bruce Lee wo shinogu Chiba Shinichi" [Shinichi Chiba surpasses Bruce Lee as the movie star of martial arts]. Sports Hōchi (in Japanese). 27 December 1974.
↑ Katabutsu Nakamura (1999). Kyokushingaiden - Kyokushinkarate Mōhitotsunotatakai [Supplementary biography of Kyokushin - Kyokushinkarate's another battle] (in Japanese). Pípurusha. pp. 172–186. ISBN 4893741373.
↑ Tetsurō Takahira (18 May 2011). "JJ Sonny Chiba Majimesa to yasashisaniafure" [JJ Sonny Chiba - His seriousness and tenderness]. ZAKZAK (in Japanese). Yūkan Fuji. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ Taichi Kasuga (29 April 2013). "Sekaiteki actionstar Shinichi Chiba ni otoranu Isao Natsuyagi no kinnikubi" [Muscular beauty of summer Isao Yagi who is not inferior to Shinichi Chiba who is the global action star]. Shūkan post (in Japanese) (3, 10 May 2013). news-postseven. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
↑ 千葉真一さん死去　82歳　新型コロナ感染し療養も肺炎悪化、８日入院も Archived 2021-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

Other websites

Official Website
Official Blog
Facebook
AllRovi Sonny Chiba Archived 2011-10-27 at the Wayback Machine
Sonny Chiba on IMDb
Sonny Chiba - HKMDB

[1] "SPORTS CITY". Kamakura Shobo (in Japanese). 1 (2): 32. 1981.

[2] "Honke Bruce Lee wo shinogu Chiba Shinichi" [Shinichi Chiba surpasses Bruce Lee as the movie star of martial arts]. Sports Hōchi (in Japanese). 27 December 1974.

[3] Katabutsu Nakamura (1999). Kyokushingaiden - Kyokushinkarate Mōhitotsunotatakai [Supplementary biography of Kyokushin - Kyokushinkarate's another battle] (in Japanese). Pípurusha. pp. 172–186. ISBN 4893741373.

[4] Tetsurō Takahira (18 May 2011). "JJ Sonny Chiba Majimesa to yasashisaniafure" [JJ Sonny Chiba - His seriousness and tenderness]. ZAKZAK (in Japanese). Yūkan Fuji. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[5] Taichi Kasuga (29 April 2013). "Sekaiteki actionstar Shinichi Chiba ni otoranu Isao Natsuyagi no kinnikubi" [Muscular beauty of summer Isao Yagi who is not inferior to Shinichi Chiba who is the global action star]. Shūkan post (in Japanese) (3, 10 May 2013). news-postseven. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[6] 千葉真一さん死去　82歳　新型コロナ感染し療養も肺炎悪化、８日入院も Archived 2021-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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