The Simpsons

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The Simpsons[edit | edit source]

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

Episodes[edit | edit source]

Couch Gags[edit | edit source]

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


Characters[edit | edit source]

Master Sushi Chef[edit | edit source]

Master Sushi Chef of The Happy Sumo is voiced by Japanese American Sab Shimono. 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[edit | edit source]

Akira is the waiter at the The Happy Sumo.

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, Wink 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[edit | edit source]

Toshiro is the apprentice sushi chef at The Happy Sumo.

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

Hostess[edit | edit source]

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

Kumiko Albertson[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

The Happy Sumo[edit | edit source]

The Happy Sumo on The Simpsons WIki

The 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.