Kent Gilbert

Kent Gilbert
Born	(1952-05-25) May 25, 1952 (age 73) Idaho, United States
Occupation	Actor

Kent Sidney Gilbert (born May 25, 1952, in Idaho, United States) is a far-right American commentator working in Japan, lawyer of California. He first came to Japan in 1971 as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After returning to the United States, he received a Juris Doctor as well as an M.B.A. from Brigham Young University.

While working in Japan as an attorney in 1983, he had a chance to perform as a stand-in for a foreign theatrical company, which led to other opportunities on Japanese television and in films. He is a foreign celebrity ( gaijin tarento ) and is often on news programs as a commentator with a "foreign" point of view. ^{[1] [2]}

Gilbert lives in Tokyo and also maintains a residence in Orem, Utah.^{[ citation needed ]} He made an appearance in Kazuki Ōmori's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah .

Gilbert has been described as a "far-right online influencer". ^[3] Gilbert maintains the Japanese government never forced women to work as prostitutes or comfort women during World War II. ^{[4] [5]} He was prominently featured in a documentary film that denies the forcing of comfort women to work. ^[6] He reportedly claimed in an interview that Koreans should be grateful that they had been colonized by Japan. ^[3] In 2017, he published a book entitled "The tragedy of Chinese and Koreans who are controlled by Confucianism" where he denies Japan's Confucian traditions. The book became a best seller and led to "a new wave of hate books". ^[7] He has associated himself with Toshio Motoya, a far-right figure who denies the Nanjing Massacre and the forcing of comfort women to work. ^[8]

In April 2018, Gilbert was appointed visiting professor at Okayama University of Science. ^{[9] [10]}

References

1. "Orem Native Kent Gilbert Is Top Celebrity In Japan". Orem-Geneva Times. April 4, 1984.
2. "Ferraris, Sing-Alongs, Sexy Ads Help Tokyo Language Schools Sell ABCs". Los Angeles Times. April 21, 1992 – via Newspapers.com.
3. L, Aaron (2021-12-15). "Katō Kōko's Meiji Industrial Revolution –Forgetting forced labor to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites – Part 2". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
4. Who Are the Revisionist? Check the Facts Kent Gilbert Official
5. Japanese Still Brainwashed by the War Guilt Information Program Kent Gilbert Official
6. Lee, Joanne Rhim (2020-05-19). "Battle for the truth". Korean Quarterly. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
7. "New book attacks profusion of 'hate books' on store shelves". Japan Today. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
8. Schieder, Chelsea Szendi (2021-05-26). "The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase". ISSN   0027-8378 . Retrieved 2024-11-24.
9. ケント・ギルバート on Twitter (in Japanese)
10. @kentgilbert01 (16 April 2018). "正しくは岡山理科大学客員教授ですね。プロフィールにも入れておきました。決着する日を楽しみをにしていますよ。" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 June 2018– via Twitter.(in Japanese)

External links

• Kent Gilbert at IMDb
• Gilbert, Kent S. 1952- in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• ケント・ギルバート on Twitter (in Japanese)
• Kent Gilbert on Facebook (in Japanese)
• You Are Going To Know? (blog, last update Aug. 25, 2017)