Editing Japanese in Pop Culture (section)

=1970s=

==THE PROTECTORS/SYN/1971-72==
([[Yasuko Nagazumi]]) Suki, a Japanese housekeeper for London based special investigator Harry Rule, one of three criminal detectives known as "The Protectors."

==SARGE/NBC/1971-72==
([[Harold Sakata]]) Kenji Takichi, a rectory cook and athletic coach for the parish of St. Aloysius in San Diego. His boss, Father Samuel Cavanaugh was a former cop turned priest. Perhaps, Harold Sakata's most memorable role was that of the evil enemy agent "Oddjob" in the James Bond spy thriller Goldfinger (1964). 

==HAPPY DAYS/ABC/1974-84==
(Noriyuki [[Pat Morita]]) Matsuo Takahashi, aka "Arnold," a Japanese-American owner of a 1950s Milwaukee Drive-in hamburger joint called "Arnold's, the after school hang-out for the teenagers of Jefferson High School. When he bought the restaurant it was called Arnold's and so to save money, this Japanese-American entrepreneur decided not to rename the restaurant to save on the cost of buying a new sign. Arnold later sold the restaurant to a jovial, easy-going Italian-American named Al Delvecchio who also retained the name of the restaurant. 

==BARNEY MILLER/ABC/1975-82==
([[Jack Soo]) Detective Nick Yemana, a sleepy-eyed Japanese-American police detective who worked at the 12 precinct located in New York's Greenwich Village area. Jack Soo's last episode was in October of 1978. He died in January, 1979 and later in May of that year a special episode was filmed, dedicated to the mem ory of his character Det. Yemana. At the end of the tribute all officers raised their coffee mugs in a final toast and tender gesture of farewell. (Det. Yemana was known for making terrible coffee). In real life, Jack Soo had spent most of WWII in a Japanese internment camp. 

==SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE/NBC/1975+==
(John Belushi/costar) Samurai Warrior, a grunting Japanese Samurai with a ponytail and kimono in skits like "Samurai Tailor," "Samurai Night Fever" and "Samurai Hotel." Sid Caesar was the first to do a wild takeoff of a Samurai in the 1950s when he spoofed Japanese films in a sketch called "Ubetchu." 

==MR. T. AND TINA/ABC/1976==
(Noriyuki [[Pat Morita]]) Taro Takahashi ("Mr. T"), brilliant Japanese inventor who transferred from Tokyo to Chicago with his family which included Pat Suzuki as his sister-in-law, Michi; "Jerry" Hatsuo Fujikawa as Uncle Matsu; June Angela as his daughter, Sachi; and Gene Profanto as his son, Aki (Gene Profanato). His household was run by a Nebraska born "Tina" Kelly.

==QUINCY, M.E./NBC/1976-83==
([[Robert Ito]]/costar) Sam Fujiyama, Japanese-American medical assistant to Dr. R. Quincy, medical examiner for the Los Angeles Coroners Office. The series was inspired by the exploits of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, former L.A. Coroner who investigated the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and John Belushi among others. He was often called "Coroner to the Stars." 

==BLANSKY'S BEAUTIES/ABC/1977==
(Noriyuki [[Pat Morita]]) Arnold Takahashi, a Japanese-American businessman operating a coffee-shop at the Oasis Hotel in Las Vegas. Morita played a similar character of the same name on the situation comedy HAPPY DAYS/ABC/1974-84. 

==BROTHERS AND SISTERS/NBC/1979==
([[Marilyn Tokuda]]) Yoko, Japanese college student who lived at the Gamma Iota Sorority,  at Larry Krandall College in Pennsylvania. 

==THE LAST RESORT/CBS/1979-80==
([[John Fujioka]]) Kevin, a Japanese chef working at a Catskill Mountain resort who often feigned ignorance of the English language when it suited his fancy.