The Simpsons

There have been a few interesting appearances of Japan in the Simpsons.

Episodes

One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish S02E11 | Simpsons Wiki
In Marge We Trust S08E22 Mr. Sparkle
Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo S10E23
Homerzilla S27E05
Married to the Blob S25E10

Couch Gags

Sushi Couch Gag before Walking Big and Tall S26E13
Sushi Rolls couch gag before How I Wet Your Mother S23E16

Characters

Master Sushi Chef

Master Sushi Chef of The Happy Sumo is voiced by Sab Shimono is an American actor. He has appeared in the episodes "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish", "In Marge We Trust" and "The Wife Aquatic". He has played the Master Sushi Chef, Mr. Sparkle and a Japanese fisherman.

Akira

Akira is the waiter at the Happy Sumo | Simpson Wiki Voiced by George Takei. George Takei is a Japanese American actor who is famous for playing Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek. He has appeared in the Simpsons five times, and has voiced Akira in One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish, a Chinese waiter in The Old Man and the Key, Winnk in Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo, and himself in The Burns Cage and Haw-Haw Land. He was going to appear in Marge vs. the Monorail but was replaced by Leonard Nimoy.

Toshiro

Toshiro is the apprentice sushi chef at the Happy Sumo | Simpson Wiki

Joey Miyashima was the voice of Toshiro in the episode One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.

Hostess

Diana Tanaka was the voice of the hostess in the episode One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.

Kumiko Albertson

Kumiko Albertson (アルバートソン久美子) (née Nakamura (中村)) is a mangaka and a Japanese manga fan. She is the wife of Comic Book Guy. | The Android Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop Her father is Yutaka Nakamura and mother is Michiko Nakamura

Locations

The Happy Sumo

| The Happy Sumo on The Simpsons WIki

The Happy Sumo is a Japanese restaurant. Among the restaurant's menu offerings are all kinds of sushi, including fugu, which can be fatally poisonous if not properly prepared. The Master Sushi Chef is the only person at the restaurant qualified to prepare fugu. The restaurant also offers karaoke. It is located on Elm St.