Nickname:	Sonny Chiba / Shinichi Chiba / Shin'ichi Chiba /
Known for:	Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Invasion of the Neptune Men, The Storm Riders
Birth name:	Sadao Maeda
Birthday:	23 January 1939, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Father of Juri Manase. 2nd-Dan Blackbelt in Jûdô 1st-Dan Blackbelt in Kendô As 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). Chiba has starred in more than 125 films at Toei Studios and has won numerous acting awards in Japan for his dramatic film roles. Founder 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. In 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.

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