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Nima of the month: January 2011

Koji Steven Sakai has written two feature films that have been produced; Haunted Highway and The People I’ve Slept With.

Koji is a graduate from the University of Southern California’s Masters of Professional Writing program. He has held several fellowships, starting with the most recent, which include: The Writers Boot Camp Fellowship (2009), The Producers Guild: Power of Diversity Workshop (2009), Film Independent’s Project: Involve (2007), Visual Communication’s Armed With a Camera (2006), and Screenwriting Expo 4: New Visions Fellowship award (2005).

In addition to his work in film, Koji is a regular contributor to Discover Nikkei (www.discovernikkei.org/en/) and 8Asians (www.8Asians.com). He also contributed a story (Meet Joe) to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology, the first graphic novel anthology written/drawn/and about Asian Americans. Secret Identities was released by New Press in April of 2009.

Koji is the manager of public programs at the Japanese American National Museum (www.janm.org). He is in charge of the concerts, lectures, workshops, family days, screenings, and other public events.


Nikkei Interests

communities families festivals food Japantowns



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The People I've Slept With: The Movie
When Quentin Lee (director/producer), Stanley Yung (producer), Karin Anna Cheung (the star), and I …

April 15, 2010


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Koji's Column
What Would You Do?
I am a coward. It’s easy to fight racism when it’s in the abstract, but it’s so much harder to do i…

May 7, 2009


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We All Look Alike
Do all Asians look alike? Where does such a stereotype come from? I’ve recently spent a lot of time…

April 2, 2009


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Embarrassment
I admit that I cringe whenever I see or hear of an Asian American or Japanese American doing someth…

Feb. 27, 2009


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Names & Inaugurations
Names have power. Names convey a message about who you are, where you come from, and has at times i…

Jan. 20, 2009

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Event
Oct. 4, 2008 - Nov. 8, 2008 | In Person Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Asian American Poetry & Writing Presents: Creative Writing Classes


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I’m a Racist
A couple of weekends ago I found out I was a racist. Not the white pillow case over my head kind bu…

May 23, 2008

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