Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    144

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    February 04, 1954 ( 70 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Kikuchi, Kumamoto, Japan

  • Also Known As

    前田正治

    Maeda Masaharu

    千葉 繁

    千葉繫

Shigeru Chiba

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).