Chino Y Chicano

Ep 21 Yuji Okumoto, Actor/Producer/Seattle Restaurateur

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Yuji Okumoto joins the Chino Y Chicano for an unfiltered, entertaining conversation about his career as an actor, producer, and Seattle area restaurant owner. Yuji is well known for his role as badass Chozen in Karate Kid 2. He reprised the role in season three of the Netflix series Cobra Kai. These days, Yuji has taken on the role of producer of the independent comedy movie Paper Tigers, which was filmed in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. We talk about it all on this episode of Chino Y Chicano. 

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