Tadashi Yamashita

Biography

Tadashi Yamashita is a Japanese-American martial artist and actor born on February 5, 1942. He began training in martial arts at 11 and became the youngest 7th Degree Black Belt in Japan at just 26 years old. A native of Okinawa, Yamashita's impressive skills led to appearances in notable films like "Young Rebels" (1989) as Genza and "American Ninja" (1985).