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Master of da Disappearing Act: Actor Dann Seki on Becoming da Character

Dann Seki, 78, stay one Hawai‘i acting icon. He grew up in ‘Aiea on O‘ahu in da 1950s back when ‘Ai…

Lee A. Tonouchi • July 30, 2024

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Shizuka Anderson, Canadian Japanese Actor, TV Presenter, “Japan by Food” Host, and Singer: The Evolution of Her Hafu/Nikkei Identity

Readers were introduced to byFood.com, “Japan’s One-stop Food Platform,” in Discover Nikkei in Janu…

Karen Kawaguchi • July 18, 2023

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Madame Sojin and Eddie Sojin: The Lives of Chie and Edo Mita

In the first half of this segment, I traced the career of Hollywood silent film actor Sojin Kamiyam…

Greg Robinson • July 13, 2023

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Sojin Kamiyama: The Man they called Sôjin

Among all the Japanese actors who graced Hollywood screens in the silent and early sound eras, perh…

Greg Robinson • July 12, 2023

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Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest – Voice Actor Mayumi Saco Reads Aloud a Winning Story

Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, which calls for short stories in Japanese and English o…

Keiko Fukuda • May 16, 2023

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A Partial and Personal Timeline of Asian American Men on Stage and Screen

Teahouse of the August Moon (1979) I’m dressed in a long dyed-purple tunic that comes down to my k…

Tamiko Nimura • May 9, 2023

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From Wilfred Horiuchi to Wilfred Hari: The Career of a Nisei Writer and Performer - Part 1

One exceptional Nisei, the different pieces of whose life I have been trying to investigate, was a …

Greg Robinson • Oct. 31, 2022

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Tetsu Komai: The Story of The Man You Love to Hate

One of the most prolific, and possibly most underappreciated, Asian American actors of the “Golde…

Greg Robinson • Aug. 22, 2022

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Coronado Japanese community, a Tea Garden, and a Movie Star

Before World War II, there were sixteen Japanese families (including children, about 100 individual…

Edna Horiuchi • Aug. 3, 2022

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When Danger Flew East: The Career of Miki Morita

One of the most fascinating, and most poignant, stories of Nikkei performers in the “golden age” of…

Greg Robinson • July 22, 2022

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