Japanese voice actor
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 ofJin Kazama from theTekken series.
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 inTokyo . 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 ofJin Kazama from theTekken fighting game series. Starting fromTekken 3 , he voiced Jin in all otherTekken games, including crossoversNamco × Capcom ,Street Fighter X Tekken ,Project X Zone ,Project X Zone 2 ,The King of Fighters All Star and adaptationsTekken: Blood Vengeance ,Tekken: Bloodline and the Japanese dub of the live-actionTekken film. This makes Isshin Chiba the fifth single actor playing a videogame character the longest, behindEd Boon , who voicesScorpion fromMortal Kombat ,Takenobu Mitsuyoshi who voicesKage Maru fromVirtua Fighter ,Shin-ichiro Miki who voicesAkira Yuki fromVirtua Fighter , andJoseph D. Kucan , who voicesKane fromCommand & Conquer .
Television animation [ edit ] Karasu Tengu Kabuto (1990) – ChiryûCasshan: Robot Hunter (1993) – OperatorScience Ninja Team Gatchaman (1994) – Galactor Soldier, Submarine OperatorMobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995) – Soldier A, General SeptumSailor Moon Super S (1995) – KitakataMagical Girl Pretty Sammy (1995–1997) – ChibirokuDetective Conan (1996) – Kazunobu ChibaMysterious Theft Saint Tail (1996) – Joseph, make student, male student A & C, Police Officer, Police Officer A & B, Reporter, student A & worker BGreat Teacher Onizuka (1999) – Ryuji Danma, Hiroshi KochataniInfinite Ryvius (1999) –Stein Heiger s-CRY-ed (2001) – Emergy MaxfellKirby of the Stars (2001–2003) – Monsieur Goan, YamikageThe Prince of Tennis (2001–2005) – Michael LeeDaigunder (2002) – Eagle Arrow, TrihornMobile Suit Gundam SEED (2002) – Arnold Neumann, Ledonir Kisaka.hack//SIGN (2002) –Silver Knight Chobits (2002) –Zima Transformers Micron Legend (2002) – Sandstorm, SilverboltNaruto (2003) – Shiken-kanF-Zero Falcon Densetsu (2003) – Clash, John Tanaka, Clank HughesTransformers Superlink (2004) – Sandstorm/Snowstorm, SuperionRockman EXE Stream (2004) – BarrelSamurai Champloo (2004–2005) – IchiemonLaw of Ueki (2005) – GranoGinban Kaleidoscope (2005) – Kazuya NittaRockman EXE Beast (2005) – BarrelOne Piece (2005–2011) –Mikazuki , Hammond, GladiusD.Gray-Man (2006) –65 Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star (2006) – KarehaanShooting Star Rockman Tribe (2007) – EmptyThe Story of Saiunkoku (2007–2008) – Anju RyoJunjou Romantica (2008) – Keiichi SumiPhantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ (2009) – Scythe Master, GiuseppeBleach (2009) – Koga KuchikiBeyblade: Metal Fury (2011) – JohannesAccel World (2012) – ArayaKindaichi Case Files R (2014) – Byron LeeNaruto Special: Battle at Hidden Falls. I am the Hero! (2015) – ShibukiSaint Seiya: Soul of Gold (2015) – Eikþyrnir SurtGintama (2015) – Ikeda Yaemon 18thAttack on Titan (2018) – RogerScarlet Nexus (2021) – Fubuki Spring[ 1] Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (2022) – Batora KuromoriDead Mount Death Play (2023) – Ikeuchi (ep. 14)[ 1] Yaiba: Samurai Legend (2025) – Kagetora[ 2] ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Isshin Chiba (visual voices guide)" .behindthevoiceactors.com (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). RetrievedApril 9, 2019 .^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 17, 2025)."New Yaiba Anime Casts Isshin Chiba, Kōsuke Echigoya" .Anime News Network .Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. RetrievedFebruary 20, 2025 . ^ Katsuhiro Harada [@Harada_TEKKEN] (May 27, 2011)."TEKKEN BLOOD VENGENCE [sic] Japanese version Voice actors. Xiao = Maaya Sakamoto / Alisa = Yuki Matsuoka / Shin = Mamoru Miyano (cont..." (Tweet ). RetrievedAugust 6, 2017 – viaTwitter . Katsuhiro Harada [@Harada_TEKKEN] (May 27, 2011)."...Cont) Kazuya = Masanori Shinohara / Jin = Isshin Chiba / Nina = Atsuko Tanaka / Anna = Akeno Watanabe / and more..." (Tweet ). RetrievedAugust 6, 2015 – viaTwitter . ^ "Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Anime's 2nd 'Season' Films' Video Reveals 15 New Cast Members - Anime News Network" .animenewsnetwork.com . September 9, 2019.Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. RetrievedSeptember 11, 2019 .^ @NetflixJP_Anime (July 18, 2022)."『Tekken: Bloodline』 8月18日より全世界独占配信決定🎉 更に、本予告映像と日本語吹替キャストも解禁! 豪華キャストは… ◆風間 仁/#千葉一伸 さん ◆風間 準/#能登麻美子 さん ◆三島 平八/#楠大典 さん ◆三島 一八/#篠原まさのり さん ◆ファラン/#森川智之 さん #ネトフリアニメ (続)☟" (Tweet ) (in Japanese). RetrievedJuly 18, 2022 – viaTwitter . ^ "『PROJECT X ZONE(プロジェクト クロスゾーン)』カプコン、セガ、バンダイナムコゲームスの3社が協力して放つ最新作!" .s.famitsu.com (in Japanese). April 12, 2012.Archived from the original on June 13, 2015. RetrievedMarch 19, 2022 .^ "『PROJECT X ZONE(プロジェクト クロスゾーン)』仲間&ライバルキャラクター紹介" .s.famitsu.com (in Japanese). September 13, 2012.Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. RetrievedMarch 19, 2022 .^ Harada, Katsuhiro [@Harada_TEKKEN] (August 22, 2014)."Japanese voice actor = same. Others = probably same but some voice actor will change contract or quit job. (cont)" (Tweet ). RetrievedJuly 21, 2019 – viaTwitter . ^ "KOF ALLSTAR×鉄拳7 コラボ特設サイト | THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR" .kofallstar.netmarble.jp (in Japanese). Archived fromthe original on December 14, 2019. RetrievedJuly 21, 2020 .^ "ウエスト・サイド物語 -日本語吹き替え版" .Fukikaeru .Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. RetrievedOctober 2, 2021 .^ "ただのボードゲームのはずだった・・・が、現実となって襲いかかる!" .NTV . Archived fromthe original on August 7, 2008. RetrievedJuly 1, 2021 .^ "発売 ハッピーウェディング~私が彼に決めた理由" .Taki Corporation . Archived fromthe original on 12 February 2008. RetrievedMay 31, 2019 .^ "【ワーナー公式】映画(ブルーレイ, DVD & 4K UHD/デジタル配信)|TEKKEN -鉄拳-" .warnerbros.co.jp .Archived from the original on September 9, 2019. RetrievedJuly 21, 2019 .