Isshin Chiba
| Isshin Chiba 千葉一伸 | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 26, 1968 Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan |
| Occupation | Voice actor |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Agent | Arts Vision |
| Notable credit(s) |
Tekken as Jin Kazama Vampire/Darkstalkers as Jedah Dohma Detective Conan as Officer Chiba .hack//Sign as Silver Knight |
Isshin Chiba (千葉 一伸 Chiba Isshin, born June 26, 1968 in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor who appeared in 35 films since he first started acting in 1990 and is best known for doing the voice of Jin Kazama from the Tekken series.
Biography
Isshin Chiba was born in Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan. He graduated from Miyagi Prefecture Kesennuma High School. After graduating from high school, he had the idea to become a stage actor. But, because he had no experience in such extracurricular activities in particular, he attended Katsuma Voice Actor's Academy in Tokyo. He started his career as a voice actor at age 22 in 1990. In 1997, he landed the role for which he is best known, the role of Jin Kazama from the Tekken fighting game series. Starting from Tekken 3, he voiced Jin in all other Tekken games, including crossovers Namco × Capcom, Street Fighter X Tekken, Project X Zone, Project X Zone 2 and adaptations Tekken: Blood Vengeance and the Japanese dub of the live-action Tekken film. This makes Isshin Chiba the fifth single actor playing a videogame character the longest, behind Ed Boon, who voices Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, Joseph D. Kucan, who voices Kane from Command & Conquer, Charles Martinet who voices Mario and Kunihiko Yasui who voices Iori Yagami from The King of Fighters.
Filmography
Television animation
- 1990
- Karasu Tengu Kabuto (Chiryû)
- 1993
- Casshan: Robot Hunter (Operator)
- 1994
- Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Galactor Soldier, Submarine Operator)
- 1995
- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (Soldier A, General Septem)
- Sailor Moon Super S (Kitakata)
- 1996
- Detective Conan (Detective Chiba)
- 1999
- Great Teacher Onizuka (Ryuji Danma, Hiroshi Kochatani)
- Infinite Ryvius (Stein Heiger)
- 2002
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (Arnold Neumann, Ledonir Kisaka)
- .hack//SIGN (Silver Knight)
- Chobits (Zima)
- 2003
- F-Zero Falcon Densetsu (Clash, John Tanaka, Clank Hughes)
- 2005
- Ginban Kaleidoscope (Kazuya Nitta)
- 2006
- D.Gray-Man (65)
- Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (Karehaan)
- 2008
Junjou Romantica (Keiichi Sumi)
- 2009
- Bleach (Koga Kuchiki)
- 2012
- Accel World (Araya)
- 2015
- Gintama (Ikeda Yaemon 18th)
Unknown date
- Kirby of the Stars (Monsieur Goan, Yamikage)
- Law of Ueki - Grano
- Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (Chibiroku)
- Naruto (Shimon Hijiri)
- Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (Shibuki)
- One Piece (Mikazuki, Hammond, Gladius)
- Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (Scythe Master)
- The Prince of Tennis (Michael Lee)
- Samurai Champloo (Ichiemon)
- Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (Eikþyrnir Surt)
- s-CRY-ed (Emergy Maxfell)
- The Story of Saiunkoku Second Season (Anju Ryo)
- Transformers: Micron Legend (Cyclonus)
- Transformers: Superlink (Cyclonus/Snow Cat)
Movies
- Big Wars (1993) (Operator)
- Detective Conan: Captured In Her Eyes (2000) (Detective Chiba)
- Doraemon: Nobita and the Winged Braves (2001) (Crow Guard)
- Detective Conan: Countdown to Heaven (2001) (Detective Chiba)
- Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) (Officer Chiba)
- Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011) (Jin Kazama)
OVA
- Please Save My Earth (1994) (Takashi Matsudaira)
- Fencer of Minerva (1994) (Harif)
- Detective Conan: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy (????) (Yousuke Moriguchi)
Video games
- Fist of the North Star (2005) (Rei)
Unknown date
- Breath of Fire IV (Fou-Lu, Cray)
- Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 (Kyosuke Kagami)
- Capcom Fighting Jam (Jedah Dohma)
- Cross Edge (Jedah Dohma) (Japanese version)
- Grandia II (Melfice)
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Dio Brando)
- Legend of Legaia (Gi Delilas)
- Magical Drop 2 (Magician)
- Namco × Capcom (Jin Kazama)
- Project X Zone (Jin Kazama, Jedah Dohma)
- Project X Zone 2 (Jin Kazama)
- Rival Schools series (Kyosuke Kagami)
- Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (Gray)
- Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (Albel Nox)
- Street Fighter III: New Generation (Sean Matsuda)
- Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (Sean Matsuda)
- Street Fighter X Tekken (Jin Kazama)
- Tales of Destiny 2 (Magnadeus)
- Tekken series (Jin Kazama)
- Tekken X Street Fighter (Jin Kazama)
- Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (Jedah Dohma)
- The Evil Within (Joseph Oda)
- Dragon Ball Xenoverse (Time Patroller - Male 6)
Drama CD
- Ai nante Kueru ka yo
- Analyst no Yuutsu series 1: Benchmark ni Koi wo Shite (Yasunari Nogi)
- Chikatetsu no Inu (Shinoda)
- Deep Fear (Mookie Carver)
- Jigoku Meguri 1: Jyou (Hideo Kirishima/Fugitive)
- Hisoyaka na Jounetsu Series side story 2: Iro Koi (Kouichi Takeshima)
- Mossore
- Koi Himeyamo (Ootake)
- Saint Seiya (Sagittarius Aiolos)
- Synapse no Hitsugi (Kaidou)
Tokusatsu
- Kamen Rider Decade (????) (Garulu)
- Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (????) (Kamen Rider X)
- Ultraman Neos (????) (Ultra Seven 21)
- Tensou Sentai Goseiger (????) (Matroid Zuteru-S of the Mach)
Dubbing
Live-action
- Reign of Assassins (Lei Bin (Shawn Yue))
- Tekken (Jin Kazama (Jon Foo))
Animation
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Etrigan the Demon)
- Teen Titans (Doctor Light)
External links
- Isshin Chiba at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Isshin Chiba's ARTSVISION page