Isshin Chiba
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, the role of 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 "" and the Japanese dub of the live-action "Tekken" film. This makes Isshin Chiba the sixth single actor playing a videogame character the longest, behind Ed Boon, who voices Scorpion from "Mortal Kombat", Takenobu Mitsuyoshi who voices Kage Maru from "Virtua Fighter", Shin-ichiro Miki who voices Akira Yuki from "Virtua Fighter", Joseph D. Kucan, who voices Kane from "Command & Conquer" and Charles Martinet who voices Mario. Filmography. Television animation. Unknown date Isshin Chiba