Shigeru Chiba

Actor

Born: February 4, 1954 (72 years old)

Place of birth: Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan

Biography

Masaharu Maeda (前田 正治, Maeda Masaharu), known by the stage name Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁, Chiba Shigeru), is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He has also worked as a sound effects director and music director. He is affiliated with the talent management firm 81 Produce. He is most known for the roles of the narrator of Fist of the North Star, Megane (Urusei Yatsura), Rei Ichidō (High School! Kimengumi), Kazuma Kuwabara (Yu Yu Hakusho), Pilaf (Dragon Ball), Raditz and Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball Z), Buggy the Clown (One Piece) Kefka Palazzo (Dissidia: Final Fantasy) and Kōichi Todome (Kerberos saga).

Filmography (173)

• My Neighbor Totoro (1988, ★ 8.1)
• Ghost in the Shell (1995, ★ 7.9)
• Yu Yu Hakusho: Eizou Hakusho (1994, ★ 8.8)
• New Abarenbō Shōgun (2025, ★ 8.9)
• My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021, ★ 7.6)
• Dragon Ball Z: The Real 4-D (2016, ★ 7.6)
• Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018, ★ 7.9)
• One Piece: Stampede (2019, ★ 7.8)
• Yu Yu Hakusho: The Movie - Poltergeist Report (1994, ★ 7.6)
• Zatch Bell! Attack of Mechavulcan (2005, ★ 7.6)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025, ★ 7.7)
• Serial Experiments Lain (1998, ★ 8.2)
• March Comes In Like a Lion (2016, ★ 7.9)
• Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater (2020, ★ 8.2)
• Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (1995, ★ 7.7)
• The Law of Ueki (2005, ★ 7.8)
• Dragon Ball Z (1989, ★ 8.4)
• Iria: Zeiram the Animation (1994, ★ 7.9)
• The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980, ★ 7.7)
• Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics (1987, ★ 8.2)
• Ranma ½ (1989, ★ 8.6)
• Yu Yu Hakusho (1992, ★ 8.5)
• Maison Ikkoku (1986, ★ 7.6)
• Ghost Sweeper GS Mikami (1993, ★ 7.9)
• Fist of the North Star (1984, ★ 8.1)
• Mrs. Pepper Pot (1983, ★ 7.9)
• Cowboy Bebop (1998, ★ 8.5)
• Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994, ★ 8.2)
• Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997, ★ 8.4)
• Monster (2004, ★ 8.5)