Yuji Okumoto (born Yuji Don Okumoto) is a Japanese-American actor who played Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II, and in Season 3, Season 4, Season 5 and Season 6 of Cobra Kai.
Career[]
Yuji Okumoto was born on April 20, 1959 in Los Angeles, California. In addition to playing Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II (1986), he has also appeared in Inception (2010) and Johnny Tsunami (1999). He reprised his role as Chozen in Cobra Kai for the show's third, fourth, fifth and sixth seasons. He has over 100 acting credits in his IMDB profile, with a wide variety of film, television, and animated credits, as well as producing, writing, and directing credits.
Personal Life[]
Yuji Okumoto has been married to Angie Okumoto (née Mar) since 2001, and together they have three daughters. He and his family live in Seattle, Washington, where they own a Hawaiian-themed restaurant: Kona Kitchen.
Trivia[]
- Yuji worked with Thomas Ian Griffith's wife Mary Page Keller in both Johnny Tsunami movies playing the parents of the main character of both films.
- Yuji also worked with Danny Kamekona in Robot Wars.
- Yuji has appeared in his fellow Cobra Kai co-stars Jacob Bertrand (Hawk), & Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz)'s podcast Lone Lobos as a guest.