---
name: "Charlie Tanimoto"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charlie-tanimoto"
fi1m_id: "charlie-tanimoto"
imdb_id: "nm0849482"
tmdb_id: 56118
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 June 1905"
died: "8 October 1988"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:36:46.151256+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Charlie Tanimoto

## Identity

Charlie Tanimoto

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charlie-tanimoto
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charlie-tanimoto
- **IMDb ID:** nm0849482
- **TMDB ID:** 56118
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56118

Actor. Born 9 June 1905 in Territory of Hawaii, USA. Died 8 October 1988.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 June 1905, Territory of Hawaii, USA
- **Died:** 8 October 1988
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0849482/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56118

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Karate Kid Part II*](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Charlie Tanimoto was an American actor. He was born Katsumu Tanimoto on 9 June 1905 in the Territory of Hawaii and died on 8 October 1988 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

His screen credits comprise a single episode of the television series *The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove* (1979), in which he appeared as Mr Nakamura under the name Katsumu Tanimoto, and the role of Miyagi's Father in the film *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, as Miyagi's Father — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), as Miyagi's Father — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)

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