James Yaegashi

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James Yaegashi
Born (1972-10-10) October 10, 1972 (age 52)
Alma mater University of Missouri–Kansas City
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
SpouseTami Schuch
Children2

James Yaegashi (born December 10, 1972) is a Japanese American actor based in New York.

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Early life

James Yaegashi was born in Yokohama and raised in Yamagata to an American mother and a Japanese father. Upon graduating high school, he moved to America and majored in acting and directing at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He moved to New York with his wife in 1998. [1]

Career

He has acted in various stage productions, including as Mr. Yunioshi in a stage production of Breakfast at Tiffany's ; a role that had historically been played in yellowface. Of the character Yaegashi said "He’s a real character, for starters. The film...made so many changes to the story...Yunioshi is a Nisei, a Japanese American from California. In the movie, Mickey Rooney played him as if he was fresh off the boat." He ultimately felt it was necessary to play the character to portray ethnic characters in a positive light. [2] Yaegashi first entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a minor role in Daredevil , but had a more notable role when he was cast as Robert Minoru in the Hulu original series Runaways based on the Marvel Comics series. [3] In 2004, he voiced the Chinese Triad leader, Wu Zi Mu, in the video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas . He later also voiced an undercover police officer called Charlie in GTA IV and GTA IV: The Lost and Damned .

Personal life

James Yaegashi is married with two children. [1] [4] He is also bilingual. [4]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair Crown Acquisitions Executive
1999Spin the BottleCole
2000 Lisa Picard Is Famous Alex
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Legal Assistant
2007SuperheroesJames
2007 Noise Japanese Businessman
2008 The Collective The Janitor
2011Lefty Loosey Righty TightyDirector
2012 Man on a Ledge Police Technician
2024 Civil War Commercial Corporal
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Cashmere Mafia FredericEpisode: "Pilot"
2016 Madam Secretary RickEpisode: "Unity Node"
2016 Daredevil LeaderEpisode: "Regrets Only"
2017–2019 Runaways Robert Minoru Main cast
2019 New Amsterdam Ethan KimuraEpisode: "The Karman Line"
2021 The Blacklist Alexander Frayne2 episodes
2023 Mech Cadets Captain Skip Tanaka (voice)10 episodes
2024 Fallout Leon Von FeldenEpisode: "The Beginning"
2024 Law & Order: Organized Crime ATF Special Agent Marcus Cole2 episodes
Theater roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Take Me Out Takeshi KawabataBroadway
2005 A Naked Girl on the Appian Way Bill LapinBroadway
2013 Breakfast at Tiffany's I. Y. Yunioshi Broadway
2014The Oldest BoyFatherOff-Broadway
Video game roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Wu Zi Mu / "Woozie"
2005 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Tomoya (Tokyo)
2007 BioShock Dr. Yi Suchong
2008 Grand Theft Auto IV Charlie / The Crowd of Liberty City
2014 BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Yi Suchong / Bartender
2021 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Wu Zi Mu / "Woozie"Archival recordings
Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only

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References

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