Yuji Okumoto

Biography

Yuji Okumoto is a Japanese-American actor born on April 20, 1959, to Japanese parents in Los Angeles. At 13, he began studying karate under various sensei and by age 27, held a brown belt, having also learned Taekwondo and Judo. He rose to fame with his role as Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and later starred in the television series Cobra Kai, cementing his status as a notable actor in Hollywood.