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. He is affiliated with Arts Vision.
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 for voicing 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 and the Japanese dub of the live-action Tekken film. This makes Chiba the sixth single actor playing a video game character the longest, behind Ed Boon, who voices Scorpion from Mortal Kombat, Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, who voices Kage Maru from Virtua Fighter, Shinichirō Miki, who voices Akira Yuki from Virtua Fighter, Joseph D. Kucan, who voices Kane from Command & Conquer and Charles Martinet, who voices Mario.
Dub Actors[]
| Actor | No. of Roles | Country |
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| Chris Cason | 6 | 
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| Don Brown | 4 | 
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| Michael McConnohie | 3 |
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| Kirk Thornton | 3 |
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| Taylor Harris | 2 |
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| Adam Henderson | 2 |
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| Dave Mallow | 2 |
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| Jason C. Miller | 2 |
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| Daman Mills | 2 |
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| Philip Pacaud | 2 |
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| Derek Stephen Prince | 2 |
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| Ben Pronsky | 2 |
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| T.J. Storm | 2 |
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| Jon Allen | 1 |
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| Jason Barr | 1 |
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| Richard Cansino | 1 |
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| Amos Crawley | 1 |
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| Marc Diraison | 1 |
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| Brian Drummond | 1 |
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| Tom Fahn | 1 |
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| Wayne Grayson | 1 |
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| Christopher Guerrero | 1 |
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| Kyle Hebert | 1 |
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| Orlanders Tao Jones | 1 |
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| David Lapkin | 1 |
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| Gregory Lush | 1 |
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| Andy McAvin | 1 |
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| Tony Oliver | 1 |
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| Bryce Papenbrook | 1 |
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| Chris Patton | 1 |
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| Dave Pettitt | 1 |
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| Douglas Rye | 1 |
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| Patrick Seitz | 1 |
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| Sean Schemmel | 1 |
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| Michael Sorich | 1 |
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| Spike Spencer | 1 |
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| Steve Staley | 1 |
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| James Arnold Taylor | 1 |
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| Michael Tiernan | 1 |
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| Bill Timoney | 1 |
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| David Vincent | 1 |
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| Dave Wittenberg | 1 |
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| Kaiji Tang | 1 |
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Filmography[]
| Year | Character | Title | Dub Voice | Dub Country |
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| 1986 | Sakamoto | M.D. Geist I: Most Dangerous Soldier | ¿? | United States |
| 1994-1995 | Masaru Shidō (ep. 21) |
Magic Knight Rayearth | Derek Stephen Prince | United States |
| 1995-1996 | Ahmad | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | Don Brown | Canada |
| 1995-1996 | Kitakata (ep. 137) |
Sailor Moon SuperS | Jason Barr | Canada |
| Grant George | United States | |||
| 1997-1998 | Itakaro | Legend of the Mystical Ninja | Chris Patton | United States |
| Junichiro | Andy McAvin | |||
| 1997 | Ahmad | Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz | ¿? | Canada |
| 1998 | K.D. Dean | Brain Powerd | Michael Tiernan | Canada |
| 1998-1999 | Gangster (ep. 1) |
Cowboy Bebop | Tom Fahn | United States |
| Baseball Commentator (ep. 19) |
Bill Timoney | |||
| 1999-2000 | Deesh | Crest of the Stars | Dave Pettitt | Canada |
| 1999-2000 | Ryuji Danma | Great Teacher Onizuka | Kirk Thornton | United States |
| Dave Wittenberg (ep. 19) | ||||
| 1999- present |
Gladius | One Piece | Taylor Harris | United States |
| 2000 | Detective Chiba | Case Closed: Captured in Her Eyes | Chris Cason | United States |
| 2000-2001 | Worker #1 (ep. 16) |
Ghost Stories | Brandon Hearnsberger | United States |
| 2001 | Detective Chiba | Case Closed: Countdown to Heaven | Chris Cason | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Shinichi Ibaraki (ep. 43) |
Cyborg 009 | Derek Stephen Prince | United States |
| 2001-2002 | Cho (ep. 2) |
Fushigi Yugi Eikoden | Dave Mallow | United States |
| 2001 | Kurusu | S-CRY-ed | Tony Oliver | United States |
| 2002 | Ginkan | .hack//SIGN | Douglas Rye | United States |
| 2002 | Detective Chiba | Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street | Chris Cason | United States |
| 2002 | Jima | Chobits | Kirk Thornton | United States |
| 2002-2003 | Arnold Neumann | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED | Philip Pacaud | Canada |
| Ben Pronsky | United States | |||
| Ledonir Kisaka | Adam Henderson | Canada | ||
| T.J. Storm | United States | |||
| 2002-2006 | Oscar (ep. 72) |
Pokémon Advanced Generation | Wayne Grayson | United States |
| 2002-2003 | Silverbolt | Transformers: Armada | Brian Drummond | Canada |
| Sandstorm | Don Brown | |||
| 2003-2004 | Dr. Clash | F-Zero: GP Legend | Marc Diraison | United States |
| John Tanaka | David Lapkin | |||
| 2003-2004 | Richie | Gad Guard | Richard Cansino | United States |
| 2003 | Shibuki | Naruto: Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! | Steve Staley | United States |
| 2003 | Raul | The Animatrix | James Arnold Taylor | United States |
| 2004-2012 | Kōga Kuchiki | Bleach | David Vincent | United States |
| 2004-2005 | Arnold Neumann | Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny | Philip Pacaud | Canada |
| Ben Pronsky | United States | |||
| Ledonir Kisaka | Adam Henderson | Canada | ||
| T.J. Storm | United States | |||
| 2004-2005 | Ichiemon Oshaberi | Samurai Champloo | Dave Mallow | United States |
| 2004 | Wutan | Tenjho Tenge | Michael Sorich | United States |
| 2004 | Sandstorm | Transformers: Energon | Don Brown | Canada |
| Snowstorm | ||||
| 2005 | 3rd Class Earth Spirit | Ah! My Goddess | Sean Schemmel | United States |
| 2006 | Sirius | .hack//G.U. Vol. 1//Rebirth | Michael McConnohie | United States |
| 2006 | .hack//G.U. Vol. 2//Reminisce | United States | ||
| 2006-2008 | Number 65 | D.Gray-man | Chris Cason | United States |
| 2007 | Sirius | .hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption | Michael McConnohie | United States |
| 2011-2012 | Johannes | Beyblade: Metal Fury | Amos Crawley | Canada |
| 2011-2012 | Noritaka Emiya (ep. 18) |
Fate/Zero | Kirk Thornton | United States |
| 2011 | Jin Kazama | Tekken: Blood Vengeance | Patrick Seitz | United States |
| 2012 | Judah Singh | Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers | Spike Spencer | United States |
| 2012 | Araya (ep. 1) |
Accel World | Kyle Hebert | United States |
| 2013 | Detective Chiba | Lupin the 3rd vs. Detective Conan The Movie | Jason C. Miller | United States |
| 2014 | Hajime Tsukasa | The Irregular at Magic High School | Daman Mills | United States |
| 2015 | Gladius | One Piece: Episode of Sabo | Taylor Harris | United States |
| 2016 | Aram (ep. 2) |
Drifters | Gregory Lush | United States |
| 2017 | Sam Taylor | ID-0 | Bryce Papenbrook | United States |
| 2018 | Detective Chiba | Case Closed: Zero the Enforcer | Jason C. Miller | United States |
| 2018-2020 | Critter | Sword Art Online: Alicization | Jon Allen | United States |
| 2019-2020 | Kagami Norikazu | 7SEEDS | Orlanders Tao Jones | United States |
| 2021 | Fubuki Spring | Scarlet Nexus | Chris Cason | United States |
| 2021 | Scarlet Nexus | United States | ||
| 2021 | Sekita (eps. 7, 10-11) |
Skate-Leading Stars | Christopher Guerrero | United States |
| 2021 | Hajime Tsukasa | The Honor Student at Magic High School | Daman Mills | United States |
| 2022 | Jin Kazama | Tekken: Bloodline | Kaiji Tang | United States |
External Links[]
- Isshin Chiba on the Anime News Network’s encyclopedia.
- Isshin Chiba on AniList.
- Isshin Chiba on Behind The Voice Actors.