Acting
Shigeru Chiba
Also Known As: 前田正治, Maeda Masaharu, 千葉 繁
Birth Date
February 4, 1954
(72 years old)
Place of Birth
Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan
Popularity
trending_up3
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).
Photos
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Grandfather (voice)
2020 • 4 episodes
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
Jigoro Kuwajima (voice)
2025
Dragon Ball Z
Garlic Jr.
1989 • 154 episodes
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Yoshihiro Kira (voice)
2012 • 9 episodes
ANIME MANGA EXPLOSION
Self - Voice for Shigeo Shiba
2023 • 1 episode
One Piece
Buggy (voice)
1999 • 4 episodes
Ranma ½
Announcer (voice)
1989 • 1 episode
Monster
Milch (voice)
2004 • 3 episodes
The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You
God (voice)
2023 • 36 episodes
Dr. Slump
Nikochan's Servant (voice)
1981 • 243 episodes
March Comes In Like a Lion
Someji Kawamoto (voice)
2016 • 20 episodes
Yu Yu Hakusho
Kazuma Kuwabara (voice)
1992 • 112 episodes
Tomorrow's Joe
Mamoru Aoyama (voice)
1970 • 47 episodes
Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater
Takohigeya Store Manager (voice)
2020 • 2 episodes
Cowboy Bebop
Video Maniac (voice)
1998 • 1 episode
Fist of the North Star
1984 • 152 episodes
Rurouni Kenshin
Nenji Kashiwazaki (voice)
2023 • 11 episodes
Armored Trooper VOTOMS
Vanila Varta (voice)
1983
Clevatess
Broco (voice)
2025 • 12 episodes
Special Rescue Police Winspector
Ryoma Kagawa's father
1990 • 2 episodes