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  • RIP Sonny Chiba [age 82], Martial Arts Superstar

    08/19/2021 10:54:09 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 14 replies
    Gizmodo ^ | 08/19/2021 | Rob Bricken
    Sonny Chiba was so much more than just his Street Fighter character. Over the course of a career that spanned over 60 years, he played superheroes, scientists, assassins, samurai, emperors, detectives, soldiers, and more. Born Sadaho Maeda in 1938 in Fukuoka, Japan, Sonny Chiba was a star even when he wasn’t on TV or film screens. He holds six black belts in six martial arts, including kendo, judo, and ninjutsu(!). In 1970, he started his own martial arts school for actors and stunt people named the Japan Action Club. He was the martial arts choreographer for dozens of film and...