- Born
- Birth nameYoshinori Ando
- Height1.83 m
- Born and raised in Tokyo and moving to the U.S. in 2001, Yoshi was previously a successful businessman in Tokyo, but he decided to become an actor inspired by renown actors such as Daniel Day-Lewis and Mifune Toshiro (with love of classic samurai films). Along with lead roles in independent films, he was cast in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film, Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), quickly establishing himself as a promising bi-cultural actor able to perform in Japanese, or English language films with equal skill. Yoshi began his martial arts study as a youth in Japan, and is continuing his training under the intensive tutorship of Shinkendo master Obata Toshishiro.- IMDb mini biography by: Michael Shu
- Graduated from Japan's Ivy League Sophia University with a Degree in International Relations. Earned full scholarship from his High School in Yokohama finished in the top 1% grades among 900 students.
- Earned 2nd place in the English proficiency test at Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.
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