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{{Character InfoInfobox
|title = Shigeru Chiba
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|occupation = Voice actor
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{{nihongo|'''Shigeru Chiba'''|千葉 繁|Chiba Shigeru}}, born {{Nihongo|Masaharu Maeda|前田 正治|Maeda Masaharu}}, is a Japanese actor and voice actor notablewho for voicing the charactervoices [[Yoshihiro Kira]] in the third season of ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation|TV Anime]] adaptation of'', ''[[JoJo'sDiamond Bizarreis AdventureUnbreakable (Anime)|Diamond is Unbreakable]]'',. specificallyHe itsalso thirdvoiced season,[[J. Geil]] in the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond(CD)|''Stardust isCrusaders'' Unbreakable|Diamonddrama isCD]] Unbreakableand [[Iggy]] in ''[[All-Star Battle]]''.
 
Chiba is known for his other roles as Pilaf in ''{{W|Dragon Ball}}'', Raditz and Garlic Jr. in ''{{W|Dragon Ball Z}}'', Kazuma Kuwabara in ''{{W|Yu Yu Hakusho}}'', Buggy the Clown in ''{{W|One Piece}}'', the narrator of {{W|''[[Fist of the North Star}}]]'', Satoshi in ''{{W|Urusei Yatsura}}'', Rei Ichido in ''{{W|High School! Kimengumi}}'', Chidaruma in ''{{W|Dorohedoro}}'', Kefka Palazzo in ''{{W|Dissidia: Final Fantasy}}'', Kanenori Wakita in ''{{W|Detective Conan}}'', and Jogo in ''{{W|Jujutsu Kaisen}}''.
He also voiced [[J. Geil]] in the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (CD)|Stardust Crusaders Drama CD]]'' and [[Iggy]] in ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle|All Star Battle]]''.
 
Chiba is known for his other roles as Pilaf in {{W|Dragon Ball}}, Raditz and Garlic Jr. in {{W|Dragon Ball Z}}, Kazuma Kuwabara in {{W|Yu Yu Hakusho}}, Buggy the Clown in {{W|One Piece}}, the narrator of {{W|Fist of the North Star}}, Satoshi in {{W|Urusei Yatsura}}, Rei Ichido in {{W|High School! Kimengumi}}, Chidaruma in {{W|Dorohedoro}}, Kefka Palazzo in {{W|Dissidia: Final Fantasy}}, Kanenori Wakita in {{W|Detective Conan}}, and Jogo in {{W|Jujutsu Kaisen}}.
 
==Biography==
Shigechi Chiba was born in 1954 in Kikuchi, Kumamoto prefecture. After graduating from junior high school, he moved to Tokyo from Kumamoto for group employment and started working at a factory. While spending hard days studying while working, he passed the audition of the Fuji theater company Fuji and became an actor. DUring his youth, Chiba used his physical abilities to participate in works such as the film series ''Nikkatsu Roman Porno'' as an actor, but also as a stuntman. He also appeared in TV dramas even after transferring to the Togei theater company.
 
Shigeru Chiba started his career as a voice actor in the 1976 anime series "Dokaben", and gradually shifted his career into becoming a voice actor. In the 1984 animated adaptation of "Fist of the North Star" he appeared as a villain and was in charge of the narration. In 1985, he played the main character of the anime for the first time in "High School! Bizarre Gumi", and in the same year he gathered young voice actors and started the Burstman theater company, although it disbanded later. In 1989, he experienced for the first time the work of a sound director in the OVA "Gosenzo-sama Mansai!" directed by Mamoru Oshii. Since then he's also worked as a sound director. He is focusing on training younger generations of voice actors, and served as the director of the C & O Actors Studio, an actor training center. Howeved, he still sometimes accepts to act. He starred in the movie ''{{W|The Red Spectacles}}'', a {{W|Mamoru Oshii}} movie.
 
After working for the Fuji theater company, the Togei theater company, and Production M3, Shigeru Chiba affiliated himself with 81 Produce.
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==JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Roles==
{{VA|Part=DIU
|Image=YoshihiroAvAnim.png|Role=[[Yoshihiro Kira]]
|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable]]|Anime|2016
}}
{{VA|Part=SDC
|Image=GeilAv.png|Role=[[J. Geil]]
|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (CD)|JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Drama CD]]|Drama CD|1993
}}
{{VA|Part=SDC
|Image=IggyAvASB.png|Role=[[Iggy]]
|[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All -Star Battle]]|Video Game|2013
}}
{{VA|Part=DIU
|Image=YoshihiroAvAnim.png|Role=[[Yoshihiro Kira]]
|[[JoJo'sDiamond Bizarreis Adventure:Unbreakable (Anime)|Diamond is Unbreakable]]|Anime|2016
|[[Stardust Shooters]]|Video Game|2017
|[[All-Star Battle R]]|Video Game|2022
}}
{{OtherVA|bg=SO|bg2=SO2|
{{VA|Part=SO
|Link=
|Image=NoPicAv.png|Role=Newscaster
|[[Stone Ocean (Anime)|Stone Ocean]]<br />{{S|[[SO Episode 26]]}}|Anime|2022
}}
}}
 
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*Chiba plays the role of a newscaster announcing that [[Kenshiro]] defeated [[Raoh]] during the [[Bohemian Rhapsody (Story Arc)|Bohemian Rhapsody arc]] in [[SO Episode 26]], referencing his role as the narrator of the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' anime.
 
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