Mako
Mako was born in Kobe, Japan, the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Taro Yashima. His parents moved to the United States when he was a small child. He joined them there after World War II, in 1949, joining the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1956. When Mako first joined his parents in the USA, he studied architecture. During his military service, he discovered his theatrical talent, and trained at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Mako was married to actress Shizuko Hoshi with whom he had two daughters (both are actresses) and three grandchildren.
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- Born:
- Dec 10, 1933 In Kobe, Japan
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 147
- First Appeared:
- In the series 77 Sunset Strip 1958-10-10
- Latest Project:
- Movie Fear of Missing Out 2021-07-31
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Fear of Missing Out | 2021-07-31 | |
| Series | Star☆Twinkle PreCure | (voice) | 2019-02-03 |
| Series | Onyankopon | ハムスター（チュー丸） | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie | Aku | 2017-10-16 |
| Movie | Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova DC- | Maya | 2015-01-31 |
| Movie | Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova Cadenza- | Maya | 2015-10-03 |
| Series | Arpeggio of Blue Steel: Ars Nova | Maya | 2013-10-08 |
| Series | Saki Episode of Side A | Matumi Yuu (voice) | 2012-04-09 |
| Series | The Everyday Tales of a Cat God | Yoshino (voice) | 2011-07-09 |
| Series | C³ Cube x Cursed x Curious | Maker Mummy (voice) | 2011-10-01 |
| Series | Hanamaru Kindergarten | Koume | 2010-01-11 |
| Series | The Girl Who Leapt Through Space | Akiha Shishido | 2009-01-05 |
| Movie | TMNT | Splinter (voice) | 2007-03-23 |
| Movie | Rise: Blood Hunter | Poe | 2007-04-28 |
| Movie | The Slanted Screen | Himself | 2006-01-03 |
| Movie | Cages | Tan | 2005-10-07 |
| Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Uncle Iroh | 2005-02-21 |
| Series | Kamichu! | Yurie Hitotsubashi (voice) | 2005-06-29 |
| Movie | Maid In Akihabara | Shinohara Saki | 2005-12-01 |
| Series | Maid in Akihabara | 2005-12-01 | |
| Movie | Memoirs of a Geisha | Sakamoto | 2005-12-06 |
| Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
| Movie | Bulletproof Monk | Mr. Kojima | 2003-03-28 |
| Series | Duck Dodgers | Unknown | 2003-08-23 |
| Series | Black Sash | Unknown | 2003-03-30 |
| Series | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
| Series | Monk | Unknown | 2002-07-12 |
| Movie | Cruel Game | Straw Hat | 2002-11-27 |
| Movie | Pearl Harbor | Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto | 2001-05-21 |
| Series | Samurai Jack | Aku | 2001-08-10 |
| Movie | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | The Wizard (archive footage) | 2000-05-30 |
| Series | The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne | Unknown | 2000-06-18 |
| Movie | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Mr. Yamaguchi (voice) | 2000-11-17 |
| Movie | Alegría: An Enchanting Fable | Old Momo | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The West Wing | Unknown | 1999-09-22 |
| Movie | The Accomplice | 1999-04-10 | |
| Movie | The Bird People in China | Shen | 1998-06-10 |
| Series | Martial Law | Unknown | 1998-09-26 |
| Movie | The Sea Wolf | 1997-01-01 | |
| Movie | Riot | Mr. Lee | 1997-04-27 |
| Movie | Seven Years in Tibet | Kungo Tsarong | 1997-09-12 |
| Series | Dexter's Laboratory | 1996-04-28 | |
| Movie | Balance of Power | Todo Matsumoto | 1996-06-25 |
| Movie | Sworn to Justice | Mr. Young | 1996-10-01 |
| Series | 7th Heaven | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
| Movie | Crying Freeman | Shido Shimazaki | 1995-04-23 |
| Movie | Midnight Man | Buun Som | 1995-05-09 |
| Series | JAG | Unknown | 1995-09-23 |
| Movie | Nama honban inran kyonyū | 1994-09-23 | |
| Movie | Red Sun Rising | Buntoro Iga | 1994-09-01 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Place | Sensei | 1994-11-14 |
| Movie | Highlander III: The Sorcerer | Nakano | 1994-11-29 |
| Movie | (Nama) Tôchô Ripôto: Chiwa | 1993-03-05 | |
| Series | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown | 1993-01-27 |
| Movie | RoboCop 3 | Kanemitsu | 1993-01-21 |
| Series | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown | 1993-04-21 |
| Movie | Young Wife Reveals Affair | 1993-07-02 | |
| Series | Diagnosis: Murder | Unknown | 1993-10-29 |
| Series | Frasier | Sam Tanaka | 1993-09-16 |
| Movie | Rising Sun | Yoshida-san | 1993-07-30 |
| Movie | My Samurai | 1992-01-01 | |
| Movie | Chô waisetsu ikizukai | 1992-05-16 | |
| Movie | Sidekicks | Mr. Lee | 1992-12-17 |
| Movie | Nightingale | Narrator (voice) | 1992-10-04 |
| Movie | The Perfect Weapon | Kim | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | Strawberry Road | Frank Machida | 1991-04-27 |
| Movie | Murder in Paradise | Capt. Kilalo | 1990-01-19 |
| Movie | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Sgt. Moritaki | 1990-08-06 |
| Movie | Fatal Mission | Trang | 1990-07-25 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Toshio Watanabe | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | Taking Care of Business | Mr. Sakamoto | 1990-08-16 |
| Movie | An Unremarkable Life | Max Chin | 1989-10-12 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | Supercarrier | Unknown | 1988-03-06 |
| Movie | Silent Assassins | Oyama | 1988-05-18 |
| Movie | The Wash | Nobu Matsumoto | 1988-08-17 |
| Movie | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Jimmy | 1988-08-12 |
| Series | Tour of Duty | Unknown | 1987-09-24 |
| Series | Lovejoy | Unknown | 1986-01-10 |
| Movie | Kung Fu The Movie | The Manchu | 1986-02-01 |
| Movie | Armed Response | Akira Tanaka | 1986-10-01 |
| Movie | P.O.W. The Escape | Capt. Vinh | 1986-04-01 |
| Series | The Equalizer | Unknown | 1985-09-18 |
| Series | Spenser: For Hire | Unknown | 1985-09-20 |
| Movie | Conan the Destroyer | Akiro 'The Wizard' | 1984-06-29 |
| Series | Hawaiian Heat | Maj. Taro Oshira | 1984-09-14 |
| Movie | Hawaiian Heat | Maj. Taro Oshira | 1984-09-14 |
| Movie | The Nightingale | Gardener / Minister | 1983-05-10 |
| Series | The A-Team | Pastry Chef | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | The Last Ninja | Aitaro Sakura | 1983-07-07 |
| Movie | Testament | Mike | 1983-11-04 |
| Movie | Girls of the White Orchid | Mori | 1983-11-28 |
| Movie | Conan the Barbarian | The Wizard / Narrator | 1982-04-02 |
| Series | Voyagers! | Unknown | 1982-10-03 |
| Series | Flamingo Road | Unknown | 1981-01-06 |
| Movie | An Eye for an Eye | James Chan | 1981-08-14 |
| Series | The Greatest American Hero | Unknown | 1981-03-18 |
| Movie | The Bushido Blade | Enjiro | 1981-06-19 |
| Movie | Under the Rainbow | Nakomuri | 1981-07-31 |
| Movie | Hito Hata: Raise the Banner | Oda | 1980-12-06 |
| Movie | The Big Brawl | Herbert | 1980-08-18 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | The Facts of Life | Unknown | 1979-08-24 |
| Movie | When Hell Was in Session | Maj. Bai | 1979-10-08 |
| Series | A Man Called Sloane | Unknown | 1979-09-22 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Movie | Farewell to Manzanar | Fukimoto | 1976-03-11 |
| Movie | Pacific Overtures | Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble | 1976-09-06 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Series | Wonder Woman | Unknown | 1975-11-07 |
| Movie | Prisoners | Sgt. Nguyen | 1975-07-01 |
| Movie | The Killer Elite | Yuen Chung | 1975-12-19 |
| Movie | The Green Hornet | Low Sing | 1974-03-21 |
| Movie | The Island at the Top of the World | Oomiak | 1974-12-16 |
| Movie | Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders | Tao Gan | 1974-12-29 |
| Series | Anna and the King | Unknown | 1972-09-11 |
| Series | M*A*S*H | Unknown | 1972-09-17 |
| Movie | Yokahama Mama | Rooster (voice) | 1972-12-24 |
| Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
| Series | Columbo | Unknown | 1971-09-15 |
| Movie | If Tomorrow Comes | Tadashi | 1971-12-07 |
| Movie | Silence | Kichijiro | 1971-11-13 |
| Movie | The Hawaiians | Mun Ki | 1970-06-17 |
| Movie | The Challenge | Yuro | 1970-02-10 |
| Movie | Fools | Psychiatrist | 1970-12-23 |
| Movie | The Great Bank Robbery | Secret Agent Fong | 1969-06-24 |
| Series | Room 222 | Unknown | 1969-09-11 |
| Series | Love, American Style | Unknown | 1969-09-29 |
| Movie | The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell | Calvin Coolidge Ishimura | 1968-05-08 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Mannix | Unknown | 1967-09-16 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | The Ugly Dachshund | Kenji | 1966-02-16 |
| Series | The Green Hornet | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
| Movie | The Sand Pebbles | Po-han | 1966-12-20 |
| Series | The Time Tunnel | Unknown | 1966-09-09 |
| Series | F Troop | Unknown | 1965-09-14 |
| Movie | McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force | Japanese Submarine Captain (uncredited) | 1965-07-09 |
| Series | Gidget | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
| Series | I Dream of Jeannie | Unknown | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Unknown | 1965-09-19 |
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Series | The Gallant Men | Unknown | 1962-10-05 |
| Series | McHale's Navy | Unknown | 1962-10-11 |
| Movie | Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959-12-07 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |