Biography
Yuji Okumoto is an American actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, he attended Hollywood High School and studied acting at California State University, Fullerton. He began his career in the mid-1980s with early film roles in Real Genius (1985) and Better Off Dead (1985).
Okumoto is best known for playing Chozen Toguchi in The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and reprising the role in the television series Cobra Kai (2021–2025). His other credits include appearances in The Truman Show (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Inception (2010) and Johnny Tsunami (1999). He is also a producer and co-owner of a restaurant in Seattle.
