Yuji Okumoto

Birth Name:

Yuji Don Okumoto

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Producer, Soundtrack

Best known for performing the character of Chozen Toguchi in the martial arts film “The Karate Kid Part II” starring Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio in 1986
He studied the martial arts of Karate, Kajukenbo, Judo and Kung Fu and owns a bachelor’s degree in acting from California State University, Fullerton
He lives in Seattle and is the owner of the Hawaiian-food restaurant Kona Kitchen, which he runs with his wife Angela Okumoto and their three children Mari, Keilee and Emi
He performed the character of Mister Liu in the episode “Red is the New Black” of the police procedural television series “The Mentalist” in 2012

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