{"id":33529,"date":"2021-08-20T11:52:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/who-are-sonny-chibas-children\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T11:52:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T06:22:26","slug":"who-are-sonny-chibas-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/who-are-sonny-chibas-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Sonny Chiba’s children?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FAMED Japanese actor Sonny Chiba was best known for starring in over 125 films.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The star tragically passed away on August 19, 2021, after a battle with pneumonia.<\/p>\n

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Sonny Chiba has three children<\/span>Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>Who are Sonny Chiba’s children?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sonny Chiba was a father to three children.<\/p>\n

He had Juri Manase with his first wife, Yoko Nogiwa before their divorce.<\/p>\n

He then married a woman named Tamami Chiba and had sons Mackenyu Arata and Gordon.<\/p>\n

Both Juri and Mackenyu are actors, with Mackenyu earning the 40th Japan Academy Newcomers of the Year Award in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Chiba’s son, Mackenyu Arata, is an actor in Japan<\/span>Credit: Alamy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/span>What happened to Sonny Chiba?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chiba passed away in Chiba Prefecture Kimitsu hospital in Japan.<\/p>\n

According to Japan’s Oricon News, the pneumonia was reportedly caused by coronavirus, and he had been in the hospital since August 8.<\/p>\n

He was 82 years old at the time of his death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was reportedly not vaccinated against coronavirus.<\/p>\n

<\/span>What was Sonny Chiba\u2019s net worth?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Chiba was reportedly worth between $1-5million dollars at the time of his death.<\/p>\n

The actor gained international attention by playing the sushi chef and retired samurai Hattori Hanzo in Quentin Tarantino\u2019s Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n