Shigeru Chiba
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Shigeru Chiba (千葉 繁 Chiba Shigeru born February 4, 1954) is a veteran Japanese voice actor and sound director who was born as Masaharu Maeda (前田正治 Maeda Masaharu) and is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce. Prior to voice acting, he worked as a stunt man and sound effects director. Some of his better known anime roles are Kazuma Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho, Buggy the Clown from One Piece, Corset from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Megane from Urusei Yatsura, Professor Hiragi from Mon Colle Knights, Yotsuya from Maison Ikkoku, Emperor Pilaf & Raditz from Dragon Ball, Kefka Palazzo in Dissidia Final Fantasy, Azurda/"Gramps" (Seiryū) in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Jigoro Kuwajima (also called "Gramps") in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, both Wasuke Itadori and Jogo in Jujutsu Kaisen, the Poop God in SPY x FAMILY - Code: White, and the Narrator of Fist of the North Star. As another fact, he worked on Toei's long running Super Sentai series, specifically as Dr. Ulshade and the equipment voice in Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger following several prior roles.
In the world of dubbing, he has played Wedge Antilles and Greedo in the original Star Wars trilogy, Janosz in Ghostbusters II as well as Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, Beast in the TV Tokyo dub of Saban's X-Men, Victor Sullivan in the Uncharted video game series, Carmine Falcone in The Batman, Tendo Choi in Pacific Rim, Larval Jones in the Police Academy franchise, and Discord in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Chiba also on occasion dabbles in sound direction; his most notable works include the dub of the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Yo-Kai Watch, Fun Moomin Family, and 'Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and 3.
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Roles
Beast Wars
Beast Wars Metals
- Megatron
Beast Wars Metals 64
- Megatron
- Megatron X
Beast Wars Metals: Clash! Intense Battle
- Megatron
Beast Wars Returns
- Megatron
Transformers: Cyberverse
Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy
- Predacon Megatron
Transformers: Alliance
Transformers: EarthSpark
Notes
- He also supplied voice clips for the Masterpiece Beast Wars Megatron's built-in voice gimmick.
- Coincidentally Shigeru Chiba shares the roles of Cyberverse Megatron and Discord in their respective language with Enrique Cervantes.
- Chiba reprised his role as Megatron for dubbing one of the Transformers: Beast Awakening trailers alongside fellow Japanese dub cast mates Kensō Katō and Kappei Yamaguchi.
External links
- Chiba Shigeru at 81 Produce (in Japanese)
