Yuji Okumoto
Biography
Yuji Okumoto is an American actor who studied acting at Cal State Fullerton and began landing screen roles in the 1980s. His early films included Better Off Dead... (1985) and Real Genius, and he became best known for playing Daniel's rival, Chozen Toguchi, in The Karate Kid Part II (1986). He went on to appear in True Believer (1989) as Shu Kai Kim, a character based on Chol Soo Lee, followed by American Yakuza (1993) and the Disney Channel movie Johnny Tsunami (1999), in which he played Pete Kapahala. Later credits include Pearl Harbor, Only the Brave (2006), Inception and Driven (2019). He produced the independent film The Paper Tigers and acted in it, and in 2021 he returned to the role of Chozen for the series Cobra Kai.
67years old
Turns 68 on April 20in 201 days
- Born Los Angeles
- Star sign: TaurusFirst day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 34 years1985 to 2019
First and latest
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Own stunts
Okumoto started karate when he was 13, training under different sensei. At the time of The Karate Kid Part II, he was 27 and had a brown belt in Karate plus basic skills in Taekwondo and Judo.
First role
Okumoto appeared in the play Indians, and that performance got him signed by an agent. It also led to a part on The Young and the Restless.
Behind the camera
Okumoto is a producer for The Paper Tigers, a 2020 independent film, and he also has a small role in it.
Yuji Okumoto movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Albert Pyun directed four of these films. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Albert PyunDirector, 4 films, 1992 to 1997
All films by Albert Pyun
Also two films together13 more actors
- Pat MoritaI'll Remember April (1999) and The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
- Nicholas GuestBrain Smasher... A Love Story (1993) and Nemesis (1992)
- Linden AshbyBeta Test (2016) and Blast (1997)
- Tamlyn TomitaAwesome Asian Bad Guys (2014) and The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
- Vincent KlynBlast (1997) and Nemesis (1992)
- Ryo IshibashiBlue Tiger (1994) and American Yakuza (1993)
- Deborah Van ValkenburghMean Guns (1997) and Brain Smasher... A Love Story (1993)
- Danny KamekonaRobot Wars (1993) and The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
- Toshishiro ObataBlue Tiger (1994) and Red Sun Rising (1994)
- Mary Page KellerJohnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007) and Johnny Tsunami (1999)
- Jerry RectorBlast (1997) and Mean Guns (1997)
- Brandon BakerJohnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007) and Johnny Tsunami (1999)
- John HammilBlue Tiger (1994) and American Yakuza (1993)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Yuji Okumoto's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$128 million
5 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 5 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 11 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 11Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$115M90.1% of the total
- 2$10M8.1% of the total
- 3$2.0M1.6% of the total
- 4$208K0.2% of the total
- 5$147K0.1% of the total
