Reiko Chiba

Reiko Chiba (千葉 麗子, Chiba Reiko, born January 8, 1975) is a Japanese actress, voice actress, gravure idol, and occasional J-pop singer.

Reiko Chiba
千葉 麗子
Born (1975-01-08) January 8, 1975
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Tetsuhito Kirihara
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(m. 1998)​
Children1

Biography

Reiko Chiba was born on January 8, 1975[1] in Fukushima Prefecture, and raised in Osaka Prefecture. She started her career as a model in 1991 before making her acting debut in the 1992 Super Sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger as Mei/Ptera Ranger. When the series was adapted into the US version Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it aired in Japan where Chiba, herself, re-dubbed both Ptera Ranger and the US footage of actress Amy Jo Johnson who played her character, now known as Kimberly Hart/Pink Ranger. After the end of the series, Chiba made her J-Pop debut on April 7, 1993 as a member of Aurora Gonin Musume. She provided the vocals for the main theme song of Fatal Fury Special titled "Non Stop! One Way Love" and participated in the game's first image album, released April 1994.[1] She also did a cameo voice appearance as herself in the anime movie Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, performed the voice of Cham Cham in the Samurai Shodown video game series, and had a spot in the nightly radio show Akihabara Young Denkikan. Chiba retired from the entertainment industry in 1995. However, she has made several public appearances in recent years at comic and anime conventions in the United States to help promote the official US release of Zyuranger on DVD.

Personal life

When she married Tetsuhito Kirihara in 1998, her legal name became Reiko Kirihara (桐原 麗子, Kirihara Reiko). However, she continues to be known by either her maiden name or "Chibarei" in business and other public contexts. Since her marriage and the birth of a son in 1999, Chiba has adopted a more mature public persona. She is now active as a certified yoga instructor, teaching yoga classes and issuing a series of instructional books and videos. She also continues to pose for publications such as Weekly Playboy. Chiba is also the public face of the corporation Cherrybabe, Inc.

In 2011, Chiba spoke out about enduring years of depression and has become an advocate of Kokoro no Mimi (こころの耳), the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's mental health portal website.[2]

Filmography

TV series

TV special

Film

Anime OVA

Video games

References
  1. Famitsu staff (April 29, 1994). "Idols Studio アイドルスタジオ". Weekly Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 280. ASCII Corporation. pp. 133–5. OCLC 852442485.
  2. Kokoro no Mimi - Reiko Chiba's Video Message: "My Experience" Archived 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Reiko Chiba (visual voices guide)". behindthevoiceactors.com. Retrieved September 17, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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