Yuji Okumoto
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Yuji Okumoto (full name: Yuji Don Okumoto) is a Japanese American actor born on April 20, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. He attended Hollywood High School (where he played both baseball and basketball) and Cal State Fullerton, where he eventually took up acting. Mr. Okumoto has also been involved with several theater companies, including the celebrated East West Players, where he appeared in the plays "Pacific Overtures" and "The Teahouse of the August Moon."
He played Shu Kai Kim in the 1989 film, True Believer, alongside James Woods and Robert Downey, Jr. He is also well known for his convincing portrayal of Chozen, the Okinawan gang leader, in The Karate Kid Part II. Recently, he played a role in Lane Nishikawa's film about the Japanese American Internment and WWII, Only The Brave. Currently, Mr. Okumoto resides in Seattle Washington and also runs an Hawaiian themed restaurant, Kona Kitchen/Yuji Lounge in Seattle there with his wife.
