Talk:Grant Imahara

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Contents 1 Girlfriend 2 Grant's teeth 3 "Japanese-American"? 4 Middle name? 5 Deadblow merge?

[edit] Girlfriend

Is it really necessary to have the name of the person he is dating? That seems more like gossip to me especially because there is no way of proving that they are still together unless he mentions it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.202.224 (talk) 07:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

No, it's really necessary. But I leave it there because it's never been publicized, and I'm intrigued about how people sleuth out various aspects of my life. And yes, we're still dating. Grantimahara (talk) 04:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Grant's teeth

Just noticed- Grant has definitely had his teeth straightened- looks MUCH better.Saxophobia 01:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. They are porcelain veneers. I would prefer not to add this to my profile. Better to let people just notice for themselves. Grantimahara (talk) 04:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Japanese-American"?

I thought he was Korean-American? I remember in one episode of Mythbusters, he kids about being Jamie's long-lost son from Korea. Can we confirm this (no pun intended)? Ripberger 02:31, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, Imahara is a Japanese name. As far as I know, Korean names follow the single Chinese character as a last name, so it's probably not a Korean name.--Bakarocket 11:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

He's full-blooded Japanese and an 8th generation Japanese American. --Karen D. Zachary 19:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Really. Both full-blooded, and eighth-generation? That's impressive, and well-nigh impossible.-- Bakarocket 01:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Well he considers himself a full-blooded, 4th generation Japanese Americam [1]--Carl Von Clausewitz 04:36, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's full-blooded, 4th generation Japanese American. Grantimahara (talk) 04:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Is it necessary to say "Japanese American electronics and radio control expert"? Is it necessary to bring up his ancestry in the first sentence? The John F. Kennedy article doesn't say anything about Irish American in the lengthy introduction, and the Al Pacino article identifies him as American, not Italian American. Likewise, Sidney Poitier and Oprah Winfrey are identified as American, not African American. Imahara is Yonsei, and given that he hasn't been publicly vocal about his heritage, is there a solid reason to identify him as Japanese American as opposed to simply American? There are counterexamples to the trend I noted, of course. Is there any sort of policy for this? Punning (talk) 02:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

It was person in question himself who added that piece of information and I don't know if there are wikipedia policy on this but in my opinion it's relevant piece of information on the right place. 84.250.204.83 (talk) 22:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Middle name?

did he really have his middle name changed to "Danger", as claimed in the last Mythbusters episode, or was that just their usual sillyness? its hard to tell truth and absurdity apart sometimes with them...

I have that same question. - tinlv7

I'm pretty sure that they were just being silly. I havn't heard anything about him legally changing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.228.202.224 (talk) 07:36, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Nope. I did not change it. Just the usual silliness! Grantimahara (talk) 04:06, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

If he changed his middle name legally,his many fellow workers may have the same middle name....

(I didn't know he has Japanese middle name,Good name.We can read the meaning,when include middlename, "Grant-Truth(telling)"Good matching American name and Kanji name.)Angelorphan (talk) 13:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deadblow merge?

I support the merge; currently there's not enough material in the article to make it more than a stub. Willbyr (talk | contribs) 15:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)