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.
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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]
^Kokoro no Mimi - Reiko Chiba's Video Message: "My Experience" 2011-08-13 at the Wayback Machine
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Reiko Chiba news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article May 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 age 48 Fukushima Prefecture JapanOccupationsActress voice actress singer gravure idolYears active1991 presentSpouseTetsuhito Kirihara m 1998 wbr Children1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3 1 TV series 3 2 TV special 3 3 Film 3 4 Anime OVA 3 5 Video games 4 References 5 External linksBiography editReiko 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 Kyōryu 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 editWhen 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 editTV series edit Kyōryu Sentai Zyuranger Mei Ptera Ranger 1992 1993 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Kimberly Ann Hart Pink Ranger via Kyōryu Sentai Zyuranger footage Hitotsu Yane no Shita 1993 Minami kun no Koibito 1993 Ninja Sentai Kakuranger episode 25 guest appearance Reika 1994 TV special edit Samurai Shodown The Motion Picture Nakoruru 1993 Film edit Fatal Fury The Motion Picture Herself 1994 voice only 3 Super Sentai World Ptera Ranger 1994 voice only Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger vs Go Busters The Great Dinosaur Battle Farewell Our Eternal Friends Ptera Ranger 2014 voice only Anime OVA edit Wild 7 Iko 1994 Video games edit Samurai Shodown II Cham Cham 1994 3 The King of Fighters EX Neo Blood Moe Habana 2002 References edit a b Famitsu staff April 29 1994 Idols Studio アイドルスタジオ Weekly Famicom Tsushin in Japanese No 280 ASCII Corporation pp 133 5 OCLC 852442485 Kokoro no Mimi Reiko Chiba s Video Message My Experience Archived 2011 08 13 at the Wayback Machine a b 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 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link External links editREIKO CHIBA on Twitter in Japanese Reiko Chiba at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Reiko Chiba at IMDb Reiko Chiba at the Japanese Movie Database in Japanese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Reiko Chiba amp 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