Tenma Shibuya

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tenma Shibuya
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1969(1969-01-13)
Age	55
Birthplace	Saitama
Country	Japan
Birth City	Saitama Prefecture
Horoscope	Capricorn

Tenma Shibuya Biography

Tenma Shibuya is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on January 13, 1969 in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Tenma Shibuya was born 13 January 1969 in Saitama, Japan. He travelled into his home country of the United States to study at the University of Oregon in 1989. He returned to Japan in 1991 , shortly after his mother passed away. As he was preparing to go back home to his home in the United States again, he unexpectedly had an accident with his lower back. This forced him to stay for the full recovery that took six years. As back pain decreased with treatments as well as therapy, he became determined to be an actor. At this the time he enrolled in acting school.

Shibuya’s first commercial appearance was with Sadistic Song (1995), the film of director Genji Nakamura. Then in 1997, theatric potential for Shibuya. He was a part-time performer in Bolero the world-renowned ballet piece. The choreography was created by Maurice Bejart, directed by Shiro Mizoshita, a dancer from Tokyo Ballet as one of the dance ensembles that performed at the Tokyo cultural hall. He performed in the month of July. performed part in the show Princess Sayo as an actor and a Japanese traditional dancer. Then, in August of 1997 he was cast as an assistant director for Annie Get Your Gun, the most well-known Broadway musical at the Nagoya Chunichi Theater. The following year, he was offered the opportunity of a lifetime to collaborate with a well-known director of theatrics. He got the job and was chosen to play Capulet as Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, as directed by Yukio Ninagawa. He continued his film career in the meantime. As of 2001 Shibuya was cast in Agitator which was a film directed by Takashi Miike, a prolific film maker. Shibuya played an operative of the Mafia who was a supporter of his leader, who was played by Naoto Takenaka. Shibuya was able to take on small roles as a gangster, detective, lawyer, doctor during this time. Shibuya’s first encounter with computer-generated animation came in Appleseed. His play of four characters was recorded, and then processed into animation by using the “motion capture” technique. Film was edited by Shinji Aramaki and released in 2004 worldwide.

In 2008, Shibuya played in Ip Man (film), a kung-fu movie by Wilson Yip, which would win the best film award of 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. Shibuya’s role, Colonel Sato, a cold-blooded and crafty villain, not only gained him reputation among professionals, but also made his impression in general public. In fact, the director, Wilson, had half-jokingly warned him to stay away from movie theaters, noticing the excitement of the audience and the success of the film.

Between 2008 and 2010, Shibuya starred in a number of productions across media, including Hong Kong film Ip Man(cast: Donnie Yen). as well as the Chinese productions The Flowers of War and Borrow Gun(借枪). He also appeared in Taiwanese film Kano, Russian drama Sorge, and 2018 multinational production Air Strike(cast:Bruce Willis , Adrien Brody , Rumer Willis).

Shibuya began his acting career in 1993. In a bid to be globally active and a global actor, he decided to gain experience in Japan initially until the chance arises. In addition to acting on a regular basis, Shibuya honed his acting skills in a variety of ways, such as the classes in method acting that was taught by Yoko Narahashi, who was later a prominent persona in the Japanese film industry at the United Performers’Studio which associated with NY Actors Studio, (Method Method acting was later adopted as Shibuya’s current method of acting) Film class in acting with Eizoujuku, a film school that is a professional college established by Genji Nakamura who was the director of more than 40 films; Japanese traditional dancing classes with Nishikawa’ Kazuma, the master of the Nishikawa school; and vocal instruction through AK MUSIC specializing in opera and pop. Shibuya was a part of a variety of short and independent films, and also his guest appearances in diverse film productions. These helped him become familiar with their techniques and techniques. In addition, he been involved in the process of filmmaking. He even sang his own songs as he played the guitar. Shibuya wanted to improve throughout the day and at night.

Tenma Shibuya Net Worth

Tenma Shibuya is one of the richest Actor from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tenma Shibuya 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tenma Shibuya (family names: Shibuya, first name: Tenma, Japanese name Shibui Gu Tian Ma Name in English: Shibuya’ Tenma, Chinese name: Se Gu Tian Ma born 13 January 1969) is an actor from Japan, a Japanese actor and film producer. He is also a Japanese classical dancer and cultural exchange advocate. He started his acting career in 1993 following his return from the US where he was a student at college. He was featured in a variety of stages, films and television dramas during his first acting career in Japan. The year 2006 was the first time Shibuya was 36 years old when he traveled to China for the first time. This led to his entry to Chinese shows business. The year 2008 saw Shibuya appeared as Colonel Sato as a formidable character of Ip Man, a Hong Kong Kung-Fu film that took home the award for the most outstanding film at the The 28th Hong Kong Film Awards. He was a part of the highest-rated Chinese TV drama in 2011, Borrow Gun, in which Shibuya did a great job as Kato as a character that earned him a cult status throughout China and later in the year, he joined “The Flowers of War (director: Zhang Yimou, cast: Christian Bale ) .” Shibuya appeared as a character in 2014’s No. #1 movie “KANO” in the Taiwanese box office history of films. In 2017, he was a part of the Russian national TV drama “Sorge.” In the year 2018, China, the United States, Korea three-country joint film “Air Strike: Da Hong Zha “(Art Director: Mel Gibson, Cast: Bruce Willis, Liu Ye, Adrien Brody, Song Seung-Heon, etc.) He plays the part in the role of Zero Fighter pilot as the only Japanese principal cast member in the play.In 2019, he appeared on Sunday Fiction(cast: Gong Li, director: Lou Ye) From the year 2019 onwards, Shibuya has appeared in more than 100 productions that include movies television dramas, stage productions throughout Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the U.S which has helped him gain a lot of recognition in Asian regions, particularly those that speak Chinese. Alongside acting, he’s been an accomplished Japanese traditional musician and dancer for more than two decades. Shibuya has also volunteered in international cultural exchange programs for more than twenty-five years. He taught Japanese in high schools as volunteer at Eugene, OR. Shibuya was also the founder of Japan-China Cultural Exchange promotion, a non-profit Tokyo- based organisation that aims to encourage the exchange of culture with Japan and China in 2009. He serves the general director of the organization since the very beginning.

Tenma Shibuya (Shibui Gu Tian Ma , Shibuya Tenma, born on 13 January 1969) is a Japanese dancer, actor and cultural exchange advocate. He started his acting career in 1993 following his return from his time in the United States, where he was a student at a college. He was in numerous stage productions, films and TV dramas during his first professional acting experience throughout Japan.In 1998, the actor appeared in the stage production “Romio and Juliet” (director: Yukio Ninagawa), in 2002, a movie, “Agitator (director: Takashi Miike)” In

2004. CG animation film ” Appleseed (director: Shinji Aramaki music: Ryuichi Sakamoto) “In 2006, Shibuya, aged 36 traveled to China for his first time, triggering his entry into Chinese show business.

Shibuya had made plans to start performing in China, only deterred by linguistic difficulties. After learning Mandarin in Beijing Language and Culture University for six months, he’d officially started his acting career in Chinese show business world. He starred in his first Chinese TV drama Caoyuanchunlaizao, playing an actual person on history, Shouji Kanai, in autumn 2006. In the following year, he co-led his first movie in China, Feihuduidiezhan. Directed by Li Shu, this film was the most rebroadcast program of the year, aired by the predominant movie channel in China, CCTV-6. Although still a new face to Chinese audiences, his performances were soon recognized in the industry. Shibuya had been noticed, and would have been picked for a role in his next show by the director, Li Shu, which in turn led to more opportunities to play. Shibuya is grateful for all the support his co- workers have given.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Shibuya values communication with directors and other crews, leading his repeated collaborations with many directors, including Xiao Feng. They kept in touch since they worked together in Hushed Roar in 2012, and when Xiao Feng directed Air Strike (Dahongzha) four years later, he entrusted Shibuya with the only Japanese main role.

Facts & Trivia

Tenma Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Tenma Shibuya celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

TV drama Daxifa（Chinese Traditional Magic）, released in 2012, gave Shibuya a chance to play a complex and unique character. The role of Wutengzhang, Japanese Magician who came to China to steal a secret document of Chinese traditional magic, differs greatly from the soldier roles that Shibuya was used to. As the story progresses, the character adapts various identities such as honest young man, sexy female dancer of kabuki, magician playing magic on the stage, old woman, mad middle aged man. Yet another challenge to Shibuya is to speak Mandarin fluently in all 40 episodes. Overcoming all challenges, Shibuya gained praises for his acting skill and professionalism.