Jirō Chiba (千葉 治郎 Chiba Jirō), real name Mitsuho Maeda (前田 満穂 Maeda Mitsuho), played Kazuya Taki in the original Kamen Rider. He originally auditioned for the part of Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider. In 1976, he changed his name to Jiro Yabuki (矢吹 二朗 Yabuki Jiro). However, from 2006 onward, he used back the name of Jiro Chiba. Aside from his work in Kamen Rider, he has also appeared in other tokusatsu series such as Akumaizer 3Image:Icon-crosswiki.png and Robotto KeijiImage:Icon-crosswiki.png. He has a brother named Sonny Chiba, whose son Mackenyu guest stars in Kamen Rider Drive: Surprise Future.