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🇯🇵🇬🇧 lead actor in the Cinemax and HBOMax series Warrior. | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 lead actor in the Cinemax and HBOMax series Warrior. | ||
Born in 1987, Koji grew up in Epsom, Surrey. | Born in 1987, Koji grew up in Epsom, Surrey. His father is Japanese and his mother is English. | ||
Koji started in the industry doing extra work and making short films as a teenager. At 18 he moved to Thailand while still training in martial arts and did some small jobs in that film industry. He subsequently worked in Japan's film industry for a few years, before returning to England to train at the Actors' Temple Studio in London. Eventually, Koji started getting more jobs in theatre and TV in the UK, where he stated, "my dual heritage has not particularly been advantageous. Opportunities for East Asian actors at the time was and still is quite limited although things are changing." | Koji started in the industry doing extra work and making short films as a teenager. At 18 he moved to Thailand while still training in martial arts and did some small jobs in that film industry. He subsequently worked in Japan's film industry for a few years, before returning to England to train at the Actors' Temple Studio in London. Eventually, Koji started getting more jobs in theatre and TV in the UK, where he stated, "my dual heritage has not particularly been advantageous. Opportunities for East Asian actors at the time was and still is quite limited although things are changing." | ||
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[[Category:1987 Births]] | [[Category:1987 Births]] |