Isshin Chiba

Isshin Chiba
Isshin Chiba
千葉一伸
Born	Kazunobu Chiba; June 26, 1968 (age 55); Kesennuma, Miyagi, Japan
Occupation	Voice actor
Years active	1990–present
Agent	Arts Vision
Notable credits	Tekken; as Jin Kazama; Vampire/Darkstalkers; as Jedah Dohma; Detective Conan; as Kazunobu Chiba; .hack//Sign; as Silver Knight

Isshin Chiba (千葉一伸, Chiba Isshin, born June 26, 1968) 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. However, 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, The King of Fighters All Star and adaptations Tekken: Blood Vengeance, Tekken: Bloodline 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, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi who voices Kage Maru from Virtua Fighter, Shin-ichiro Miki who voices Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter, and Joseph D. Kucan, who voices Kane from Command & Conquer.

Filmography

Television animation

Karasu Tengu Kabuto (1990) – Chiryû
Casshan: Robot Hunter (1993) – Operator
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (1994) – Galactor Soldier, Submarine Operator
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) – Soldier A, General Septum
Sailor Moon Super S (1995) – Kitakata
Magical Girl Pretty Sammy (1995–1997) – Chibiroku
Detective Conan (1996) – Kazunobu Chiba
Mysterious Theft Saint Tail (1996) – Joseph, make student, male student A & C, Police Officer, Police Officer A & B, Reporter, student A & worker B
Great Teacher Onizuka (1999) – Ryuji Danma, Hiroshi Kochatani
Infinite Ryvius (1999) – Stein Heiger
s-CRY-ed (2001) – Emergy Maxfell
Kirby of the Stars (2001–2003) – Monsieur Goan, Yamikage
The Prince of Tennis (2001–2005) – Michael Lee
Daigunder (2002) – Eagle Arrow, Trihorn
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) – Arnold Neumann, Ledonir Kisaka
.hack//SIGN (2002) – Silver Knight
Chobits (2002) – Zima
Transformers Micron Legend (2002) – Sandstorm, Silverbolt
Naruto (2003) – Shiken-kan
F-Zero Falcon Densetsu (2003) – Clash, John Tanaka, Clank Hughes
Transformers Superlink (2004) – Sandstorm/Snowstorm, Superion
Rockman EXE Stream (2004) – Barrel
Samurai Champloo (2004–2005) – Ichiemon
Law of Ueki (2005) – Grano
Ginban Kaleidoscope (2005) – Kazuya Nitta
Rockman EXE Beast (2005) – Barrel
One Piece (2005–2011) – Mikazuki, Hammond, Gladius
D.Gray-Man (2006) – 65
Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006) – Karehaan
Shooting Star Rockman Tribe (2007) – Empty
The Story of Saiunkoku (2007–2008) – Anju Ryo
Junjou Romantica (2008) – Keiichi Sumi
Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (2009) – Scythe Master, Giuseppe
Bleach (2009) – Koga Kuchiki
Beyblade: Metal Fury (2011) – Johannes
Accel World (2012) – Araya
Kindaichi Case Files R (2014) – Byron Lee
Naruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (2015) – Shibuki
Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015) – Eikþyrnir Surt
Gintama (2015) – Ikeda Yaemon 18th
Attack on Titan (2018) – Roger
Scarlet Nexus (2021) – Fubuki Spring^[1]
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2022) – Batora Kuromori

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
Rockman EXE Hikari to Yami no Program (2005) – Barrel
Detective Conan: The Private Eyes' Requiem (2006) – Officer Chiba
Tekken: Blood Vengeance (2011) – Jin Kazama^[2]
Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (2013) – Detective Chiba
Thunderbolt Fantasy: The Sword Of Life And Death (2017) – Tie Di Xian^[1]
The Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Seiran (2019) – Arthur von Streit^[3]

ONA

7 Seeds (2019) – Norikazu Kagami
Tekken: Bloodline (2022) – Jin Kazama^[4]

OVA

Please Save My Earth (1993) – Takashi Matsudaira
Fencer of Minerva (1994) – Harif
Detective Conan: Conan and Heiji and the Vanished Boy (2003) – Yousuke Moriguchi

Video games

Magical Drop II (1996) – Magician
Street Fighter III: New Generation (1997) – Sean Matsuda
Tekken 3 (1997) – Jin Kazama^[1]
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (1997) – Jedah Dohma
Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack (1997) – Sean Matsuda
Rival Schools: United by Fate (1997) – Kyosuke Kagami
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997) – Judah Singh^[1]
Legend of Legaia (1998) – Gi Delilas^[1]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1998) – DIO
Tekken Tag Tournament (1999) – Jin Kazama
Breath of Fire IV (2000) – Fou-Lu, Cray^[1]
Project Justice (2000) – Kyosuke Kagami
Grandia II (2001) – Melfice
Tekken 4 (2001) – Jin Kazama
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001 (2001) – Kyosuke Kagami
Tekken Advance (2001) – Jin Kazama
.hack//Mutation (2002) – Silver Knight^[1]
Tales of Destiny 2 (2002) – Magnadeus
.hack//Outbreak (2002) – Silver Knight^[1]
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (2003) – Albel Nox^[1]
Nightshade (2003) – Agent^[1]
Capcom Fighting Jam (2004) – Jedah Dohma
Tekken 5 (2004) – Jin Kazama
Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song (2005) – Gray^[1]
Namco × Capcom (2005) – Jin Kazama, Minamoto no Yoshitsune^[1]
Fist of the North Star (2005) – Lei
Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection (2005) - Jin Kazama
Mermaid Prism (2006)
Tekken 6 (2007) – Jin Kazama
Cross Edge (2008) – Jedah Dohma
.hack//Link (2010) – Silver Knight
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2011) – Jin Kazama
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition (2012) – Jin Kazama
Street Fighter X Tekken (2012) – Jin Kazama^[1]
Project X Zone (2012) – Jin Kazama, Jedah Dohma^[5]^[6]
Tekken Revolution (2013) – Jin Kazama
The Evil Within (2014) – Joseph Oda
Dragon Ball Xenoverse (2015) – Time Patroller - Male 6
Tekken 7 (2015) – Jin Kazama^[7]
Project X Zone 2 (2015) – Jin Kazama^[1]
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 (2016) – Time Patroller - Male 6
The King of Fighters All Star (2019) – Jin Kazama^[8]
Scarlet Nexus (2021) – Fubuki Spring^[1]
Tekken 8 (2024) - Jin Kazama

Drama CD

Jigoku Meguri 1: Jyou – Hideo Kirishima/Fugitive (1988)
Saint Seiya – Sagittarius Aiolos (1997)
Deep Fear – Mookie Carver (1998)
Analyst no Yuutsu series 1: Benchmark ni Koi wo Shite – Yasunari Nogi (2002)
Hisoyaka na Jounetsu Series side story 2: Iro Koi – Kouichi Takeshima (2003)
Mossore (2003)
Synapse no Hitsugi – Kaidou (2007)
Ai nante Kueru ka yo (2008)
Koi Himeyamo – Ootake (2010)
Chikatetsu no Inu – Shinoda (2011)
S.O.S -secret ocean story- (Ep 3) – Lawrence (2016)

Tokusatsu

Ultraman Neos (2000) – Ultraseven 21 (eps. 2, 4, 6, 10 - 12)
Kamen Rider Decade (2009) – Garulu (ep. 4 - 5)
Tensou Sentai Goseiger (2010) – Matroid Zuteru-S of the Mach (ep. 35)
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Fourze & OOO: Movie War Mega Max (2011) – Kamen Rider X
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (2018) – Zarudan Hou (ep. 20)

Dubbing

Original year	Dub year	Title	Role	Original actor	Notes
1961	2014	West Side Story	Riff	Russ Tamblyn	^[9]
2003–2006		Teen Titans	Doctor Light	Rodger Bumpass
2005	2008	Zathura: A Space Adventure	Adult Walter / The Astronaut	Dax Shepard	^[10]
2006		My First Wedding	Andre	Paul Hopkins	^[11]
2008–2011		Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Etrigan the Demon	Dee Bradley Baker
2009		Tekken	Jin Kazama	Jon Foo	^[12]
2010		Reign of Assassins	Lei Bin	Shawn Yue
2013–present		Teen Titans Go!	Trigon	Kevin Michael Richardson

References

External links

Isshin Chiba at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Isshin Chiba's ARTSVISION page
Isshin Chiba on X

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