American actor (born 1959)

Yuji Don O*oto (雄二・ドン・奥本, Yūji Don O*oto) is a *anese American actor, filmmaker, and Eagle Scout best known for roles such as Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II and Cobra Kai. His other films include Aloha Summer, Nemesis, Pearl Harbor, Contact and The Truman Show, as well as guest roles on television series such as T.J. Hooker, Knots Landing, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Bones.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Personal life
• 4 Filmography
  • 4.1 Film
  • 4.2 Television
  • 4.3 Video games
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Yuji O*oto, a third generation *anese American (Sansei), was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Hollywood High School and Cal State Fullerton (where he studied acting).

Career

His performance in the play Indians led to being signed by an agent, and eventually a role on The Young and the Restless. His first roles were in The Check is in the Mail, Real Genius, and Better Off Dead. Perhaps his most well-known role is as Daniel's rival, Chozen Toguchi in the 1986 film, The Karate Kid Part II. In 2005, he was Yukio Nakajo in Lane Nishikawa's film Only the Brave about the *anese American segregated fighting unit, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of World War II. This film also included two other Karate Kid stars, Tamlyn Tomita and Pat Morita. Other credits include his role as Shu Kai Kim, in the 1989 film True Believer, Pete Kapahala in the 1999 Disney Channel original movie Johnny Tsunami, Kaigun-Daii in Pearl Harbor, and Bruce Takedo in the television series, Bones. He is a producer for the 2020 independent film, The Paper Tigers (and has a small role as well).

In 2021, O*oto reprised his Karate Kid II role as Chozen Toguchi, who, beginning with Season 3 of Cobra Kai, is now a hero. During the time of The Karate Kid Part II, the 27 years old O*oto held a brown belt in Karate and had learned basic skills in other martial arts.

Personal life

O*oto lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife Angela and their three daughters. They own and run a Hawaiian-themed restaurant, Kona Kitchen/Yuji Lounge.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

• Yuji O*oto on Twitter
• Yuji O*oto on Instagram
• Yuji O*oto at IMDb
• Ralph Macchio & Yuji O*oto Present Best Fighting Game at The Game Awards 2020 - The Game Awards, December 2020.