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Sonny Chiba

1939 - 2021

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Shinichi Chiba (Japanese: 千葉 真一, Hepburn: Chiba Shin'ichi; born Sadaho Maeda; 22 January 1939 – 19 August 2021) IPA: [tɕiꜜba ɕiɰ̃itɕi], known internationally as Sonny 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 to 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sonny Chiba is the 555th most popular actor (down from 289th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Japan (down from 74th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Actor.

Sonny Chiba is most famous for his karate skills and his starring roles in the "Street Fighter" and "Kill Bill" movies.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sonny Chiba ranks 555 out of 13,578. Before him are Carole Lombard, Fernando Rey, Derek Jacobi, Jean Simmons, Carole Bouquet, and Robert Wagner. After him are Bourvil, James Cromwell, Michael Lonsdale, Ginger Rogers, Jayne Mansfield, and Richard Dreyfuss.

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Among people born in 1939, Sonny Chiba ranks 48. Before him are Ratko Janev, Ali MacGraw, Richard Kiel, Marie Laforêt, João Bernardo Vieira, and Michael Cimino. After him are Ray Manzarek, Volker Schlöndorff, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Stanisław Dziwisz, Susumu Tonegawa, and Leland H. Hartwell. Among people deceased in 2021, Sonny Chiba ranks 48. Before him are Antony Hewish, Robert H. Grubbs, Hissène Habré, Robert Mundell, Toshihide Maskawa, and Carlos Reutemann. After him are Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Colin Powell, Richard Rogers, Chick Corea, Bernard Haitink, and Abolhassan Banisadr.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Sonny Chiba ranks 146 out of 6,245. Before him are Masaru Emoto (1943), Toshihide Maskawa (1940), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604), Shigeru Yoshida (1878), Hiroaki Sato (1932), and Kobayashi Issa (1763). After him are Emperor Kōrei (-341), Tarō Asō (1940), Abe no Seimei (921), Junichiro Koizumi (1942), Kunishige Kamamoto (1944), and Nobusuke Kishi (1896).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Sonny Chiba ranks 5. Before him are Olivia de Havilland (1916), Mako (1933), Liv Ullmann (1938), and Joan Fontaine (1917). After him are Ken Watanabe (1959), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Ken Takakura (1931), Takashi Shimura (1905), Victoria Principal (1950), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950).

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