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{{short description|American actor (born 1959)}}
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| name = Brian Tochi
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| image = Brian Tochi on set of "King of the Nerds" shoot August 2013.jpeg
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| caption = Tochi on set of "King of the Nerds" in August 2013
| caption = Tochi on set of ''King of the Nerds'' in August 2013
| birth_name = Brian Keith Tochihara
| birth_name = Brian Keith Tochihara
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|2|mf=y}}<ref name=nyt/><ref name=mn/>
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| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1968–2014
| years_active = 1968–present
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'''Brian Tochi''' (born '''Brian Keith Tochihara'''; May 2, 1959<ref name=mn>{{cite news|title=Celebrity birthdays for May 2, 2017|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/02/celebrity-birthdays-for-may-2-2017/|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=[[The Mercury News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref name=nyt>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/05/archives/tv-razzmatzz-with-upbeat-youths.html|title=TV: Razzmatzz, With Upbeat Youths|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|date=April 5, 1979|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US}}</ref>) is an American actor. During the late 1960s through much of the 1970s, he was one of the most widely seen [[East Asia]]n [[child actor]]s working in U.S. television, appearing in various TV series and nearly a hundred advertisements. He is best known for his characters Toshiro Takashi from the [[Revenge of the Nerds (franchise)|''Revenge of the Nerds'' film franchise]], Cadet (later Lieutenant) [[List of Police Academy characters#Cadet/Officer Tomoko Nogata|Tomoko Nogata]] from the [[Police Academy 3: Back in Training|third]] and [[Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol|fourth]] films in the [[Police Academy (franchise)|''Police Academy'' film series]], and as the voice of [[Leonardo (TMNT)|Leonardo]] in the first three live-action ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' movies.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-untold-785653 |title='Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Untold Story of the Movie "Every Studio in Hollywood" Rejected |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2015-04-02 |accessdate=2016-07-22}}</ref> He is also known as '''Brian Keith Tochi'''.
'''Brian Tochi''' (born '''Brian Keith Tochihara''')<ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrity birthdays for May 2, 2017|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/05/02/celebrity-birthdays-for-may-2-2017/|accessdate=5 March 2018|work=[[The Mercury News]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=May 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/05/archives/tv-razzmatzz-with-upbeat-youths.html|title=TV: Razzmatzz, With Upbeat Youths|last=O'Connor|first=John J.|date=April 5, 1979|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2018-03-01|language=en-US}}</ref> is an American actor. During the late 1960s through much of the 1970s and 1980's, he was one of the most widely seen [[East Asia]]n [[child actor]]s working in U.S. television, appearing in various TV series and nearly a hundred advertisements. He is recognized around the world for starring in some of the most popular film franchises of all time, and best known for his characters Toshiro Takashi from the [[Revenge of the Nerds (franchise)|''Revenge of the Nerds'' film franchise]], Cadet (later Lieutenant) Tomoko Nogata from the [[Police Academy 3: Back in Training|third]] and [[Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol|fourth]] films in the [[Police Academy (franchise)|''Police Academy'' film series]], and as the voice of [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] in the first three live-action ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' films.<ref name="hollywoodreporter1">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-untold-785653/ |title='Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Untold Story of the Movie "Every Studio in Hollywood" Rejected |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2015-04-02 |accessdate=2022-02-10}}</ref> He is also known as '''Brian Keith Tochi'''.


==Early life==
==Early life==

Tochi was born in [[Los Angeles]], California. He is the son of Joe Isao Tochihara (A.K.A. ‘Tochi’), a Beverly Hills celebrity hair salon owner, and Jane Yaeko (née Harada), both Japanese, and both of whom were [[Internment of Japanese Americans|forcibly interned]] during World War II. While Tochi was still young, the family moved from Los Angeles to [[Orange County, California]], where he divided his education between local public schools and studio tutors (for child actors) on [[movie studio]] lots. After graduation from high school, Tochi also attended [[University of Southern California|U.S.C.]], [[UCLA]], and [[UC Irvine|U.C.I]].
Tochi was born in [[Los Angeles]], California. He is the son of Joe Isao Tochihara (A.K.A. ‘Tochi’), a Beverly Hills celebrity hair salon owner, and Jane Yaeko (née Harada), both Japanese, and both of whom were [[Internment of Japanese Americans|forcibly interned]] during World War II. While Tochi was still young, the family moved from Los Angeles to [[Orange County, California]], where he divided his education between local public schools and studio tutors (for child actors) on [[movie studio]] lots. After graduation from high school, Tochi also attended [[University of Southern California|U.S.C.]], [[UCLA]], and [[UC Irvine|U.C.I]].


Tochi’s introduction into the entertainment industry came as a toddler. His father’s beauty salon, Tochi Coiffure of Beverly Hills, was a popular haunt for many famous clients, including [[Lana Turner]], [[Hedy Lamarr]], [[Lucille Ball]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Petula Clark]] and [[Patty Duke]]. One of his father’s customers, a top child agent, spotted the young Tochi running around the salon, and quickly signed to represent him.
Tochi’s introduction into the entertainment industry came as a toddler. His father’s beauty salon, Tochi Coiffure of Beverly Hills, was a popular haunt for many famous clients, including [[Lana Turner]], [[Hedy Lamarr]], [[Lucille Ball]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Petula Clark]] and [[Patty Duke]]. One of his father’s customers, a top child agent, spotted the young Tochi running around the salon, and quickly signed to represent him.


Being of Japanese descent, Tochi has frequently played characters who are [[Japanese people|Japanese]], [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], or of other East Asian genes, adopting the appropriate accent as needed. (His primary language is [[English language|English]], and his off-stage speech is "fluent American".)
Being of Japanese descent, Tochi has frequently played characters who are [[Japanese people|Japanese]], [[Han Chinese|Chinese]], or of other East Asian genes, adopting the appropriate accent as needed.


==Career==
==Career==
===As a child actor===
===As a child actor===
A beginning role for Tochi was a guest-starring appearance in the short-lived television series ''[[He & She]]'' (1967–68, with [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Paula Prentiss]]) as their newly adopted son. Produced by [[Leonard B. Stern|Leonard Stern]] and cowritten by [[Chris Hayward]] and [[Allan Burns]], it also starred [[Jack Cassidy]] as an egomaniacal actor, [[Kenneth Mars]], and [[Hamilton Camp]]. That same year saw Tochi appearing in "[[And the Children Shall Lead]]", a third-season episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''. Other roles followed, including guest appearances on such popular shows as ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' and ''[[Adam-12]]''.
A beginning role for Tochi was a guest-starring appearance in the short-lived television series ''[[He & She]]'' (1967–68, with [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Paula Prentiss]]) as their newly adopted son. Produced by [[Leonard B. Stern|Leonard Stern]] and cowritten by [[Chris Hayward]] and [[Allan Burns]], it also starred [[Jack Cassidy]] as an egomaniacal actor, [[Kenneth Mars]], and [[Hamilton Camp]].
That same year saw Tochi appearing in "[[And the Children Shall Lead]]", a third-season episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]''. Other roles followed, including guest appearances on such popular shows as ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'', ''[[The Partridge Family]]'' and ''[[Adam-12]]''.

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Tochi's debut as a series regular was as [[Yul Brynner]]'s oldest son and heir [[Crown Prince]] Chulalongkorn in ''[[Anna and the King (TV series)|Anna and the King]]'' on [[CBS]]. It was based on the film version of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[The King and I]]'' and also starred [[Samantha Eggar]] and [[Keye Luke]]. Although the series was short-lived, Tochi and Brynner remained friends until Brynner's death in 1985.

Concurrent with the series, Tochi was cast with fellow actor Luke in his first animated television series ''[[The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan]]. Al''so in the series was a young [[Jodie Foster]], who voiced one of the Chan sisters.


After both series ended, guest-starring roles followed, including ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' with [[Karl Malden]] and [[Michael Douglas]], and ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' with [[David Carradine]], who made his directing debut on the episode, "The Demon God," which was Tochi's largest guest role of three ''Kung Fu'' episodes he appeared in.
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Tochi's debut as a series regular was as [[Yul Brynner]]'s oldest son and heir [[Crown Prince]] Chulalongkorn in ''[[Anna and the King (TV series)|Anna and the King]]'' on [[CBS]]. It was based on the film version of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[The King and I]]'' and also starred [[Samantha Eggar]] and [[Keye Luke]]. Although the series was short-lived, Tochi and Brynner remained friends until Brynner's death in 1985. Concurrent with the series, Tochi was cast with fellow actor Luke in his first animated television series ''[[The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan]]''; also in the series was a young [[Jodie Foster]], who voiced one of the Chan sisters.


After both series ended, guest-starring roles followed, including ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' with [[Karl Malden]] and [[Michael Douglas]]; and ''[[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]'', with [[David Carradine]], who made his directing debut on the episode, "The Demon God" (which was Tochi's largest guest role of three ''Kung Fu'' episodes he appeared in). Tochi also played an undercover informant who was beaten and killed in a gritty two-part episode of ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' on [[NBC]]. He played another character that nearly died on the [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] medical drama ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''.
Tochi also played an undercover informant who was beaten and killed in a gritty two-part episode of ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' on [[NBC]]. He played another character that nearly died on the [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] medical drama ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''.


===Young adulthood in theater===
===Young adulthood in theater===
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Tochi returned to star in another TV series ''[[Space Academy]]'' (1977–1979) with veteran actor [[Jonathan Harris]] (best remembered as Dr. Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]''). Up until that time, ''Space Academy'' was the most expensive Saturday morning television series in broadcast history. His character, Tee Gar Soom, had [[super-strength]] and continued the martial arts traditions of his Asian ancestors. During [[hiatus (television)|hiatus]] of the show, Tochi was asked to shoot a 20-minute promotional "behind-the-scenes" visit to the Space Academy for a popular daytime series, ''[[Razzmatazz (U.S. TV series)|Razzmatazz]]'', on CBS. ''Razzmatazz'' was a highly regarded news magazine show created by ''[[60 Minutes]]'' wizard [[Don Hewitt]] and produced by Joel Heller with the same production team as CBS's ''[[In The News]]'' the long-running Saturday morning news programs for children. ''Razzmatazz'' originally starred [[Barry Bostwick]], who opted to leave the show for a career in features, to capitalize on his recently released [[cult]] classic ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. Searching for a new host, the television network persuaded Tochi to accept their offer of his own daytime show, which aired on the network for 4 more years into the early 1980s.
Tochi returned to star in another TV series ''[[Space Academy]]'' (1977–1979) with veteran actor [[Jonathan Harris]] (best remembered as Dr. Smith from ''[[Lost in Space]]''). Up until that time, ''Space Academy'' was the most expensive Saturday morning television series in broadcast history. His character, Tee Gar Soom, had [[super-strength]] and continued the martial arts traditions of his Asian ancestors. During [[hiatus (television)|hiatus]] of the show, Tochi was asked to shoot a 20-minute promotional "behind-the-scenes" visit to the Space Academy for a popular daytime series, ''[[Razzmatazz (U.S. TV series)|Razzmatazz]]'', on CBS. ''Razzmatazz'' was a highly regarded news magazine show created by ''[[60 Minutes]]'' wizard [[Don Hewitt]] and produced by Joel Heller with the same production team as CBS's ''[[In The News]]'' the long-running Saturday morning news programs for children. ''Razzmatazz'' originally starred [[Barry Bostwick]], who opted to leave the show for a career in features, to capitalize on his recently released [[cult]] classic ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]''. Searching for a new host, the television network persuaded Tochi to accept their offer of his own daytime show, which aired on the network for 4 more years into the early 1980s.


Other appearances include a guest stint on ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', a recurring character in the tropically set ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', starring actor [[Jack Lord]], a two-hour TV movie ''We're Fighting Back'' (with [[Ellen Barkin]] and [[Stephen Lang (actor)|Stephen Lang]]), and regular television roles in the TV dramas ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' and ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''. He later played featured characters in episodes of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' (making him one of only a handful of living actors to ever have appeared on the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series and a subsequent spin-off). Tochi also appeared as the titular character in "[[Wong's Lost and Found Emporium]]," the ninth episode from the first season of the television series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''. The episode is based on the short story "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" by [[William F. Wu]], first published in ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' in 1983. This episode was stretched into a half-hour run time for syndication, as recently shown on the [[Chiller TV]] network.
Other appearances include a guest stint on ''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]'', a recurring character in the tropically set ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', starring actor [[Jack Lord]], a two-hour television film ''We're Fighting Back'' (with [[Ellen Barkin]] and [[Stephen Lang (actor)|Stephen Lang]]), and regular television roles in the TV dramas ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' and ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''. He later played a featured character in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Night Terrors (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Night Terrors]]" (making him one of only a handful of living actors to have appeared on the original ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' series and a subsequent spin-off). Tochi also appeared as the titular character in "[[Wong's Lost and Found Emporium]]," the ninth episode from the first season of the television series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''. The episode is based on the short story "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" by [[William F. Wu]], first published in ''[[Amazing Stories]]'' in 1983. This episode was stretched into a half-hour run time for syndication, as recently shown on the [[Chiller TV]] network.


In the short lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV series ''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]],'' he starred with his friend, [[Patrick Swayze]], as the martial arts expert and former gang leader known as Dragon. Then, exercising his journalistic prowess, Tochi later became part of the core team that created and developed the cutting edge educational news program ''[[Channel One News]].'' During his two-and-a-half-year association, his responsibilities grew to include Hosting and Narrating duties, utilizing his talents as a writer, producer and segment director. He was later named Chief [[Foreign correspondent (journalism)|Foreign correspondent]] for the show.
In the short lived [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] TV series ''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]],'' he starred with his friend, [[Patrick Swayze]], as the martial arts expert and former gang leader known as Dragon. Then, exercising his journalistic prowess, Tochi later became part of the core team that created and developed the cutting edge educational news program ''[[Channel One News]].'' During his two-and-a-half-year association, his responsibilities grew to include Hosting and Narrating duties, utilizing his talents as a writer, producer and segment director. He was later named Chief [[Foreign correspondent (journalism)|Foreign correspondent]] for the show.
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In 2004, Tochi co-wrote, produced and directed ''Tales of a Fly on the Wall'', a scripted, live-action comedy, casting several of his friends in lead roles; it included fellow actors [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], his ''Revenge of the Nerds'' co-star [[Curtis Armstrong]] and his ''[[Police Academy 3: Back in Training]]'' co-star [[Leslie Easterbrook]]. In 2005, he was one of the winners of the [[Hollywood Film Festival]]'s Hollywood Screenplay Awards, taking home top honors for co-writing the screenplay "In the Heat of the Light". He continues with his directing, producing, and screenwriting careers.
In 2004, Tochi co-wrote, produced and directed ''Tales of a Fly on the Wall'', a scripted, live-action comedy, casting several of his friends in lead roles; it included fellow actors [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], his ''Revenge of the Nerds'' co-star [[Curtis Armstrong]] and his ''[[Police Academy 3: Back in Training]]'' co-star [[Leslie Easterbrook]]. In 2005, he was one of the winners of the [[Hollywood Film Festival]]'s Hollywood Screenplay Awards, taking home top honors for co-writing the screenplay "In the Heat of the Light". He continues with his directing, producing, and screenwriting careers.


Tochi has also provided voices for numerous [[animated films]], computer games and [[animated cartoon]] series, including the ''[[Bionic Six]]'' (all 65 episodes), ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'', ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', and ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'' (as its main star [[Liu Kang]]). He performed the voice of [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] in the first three ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' films in the early 1990s. He also is the voice of the Chinese soldier who runs the [[Great Wall]] in Disney's ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'', and more recently had recurring roles in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[Static Shock]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' on [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]].
Tochi has also provided voices for numerous [[animated films]], computer games and [[animated cartoon]] series, including the ''[[Bionic Six]]'' (all 65 episodes), ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]'', ''[[Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979 TV series)|Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo]]'', ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'', ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', and ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'' (as its main star [[Liu Kang]]). He performed the voice of [[Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)|Leonardo]] in the first three ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' films in the early 1990s. He also is the voice of the Chinese soldier who runs the [[Great Wall]] in Disney's ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'', and had recurring roles in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', ''[[As Told by Ginger]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'', ''[[Static Shock]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'' and ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Film===
===Film===
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|1989|| ''One Man Force'' || Stockbroker ||
|1989|| ''One Man Force'' || Stockbroker ||
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|1990|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || rowspan="2"|Leonardo (voice) ||
|1990|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || rowspan="2"|Leonardo || rowspan="2" |Voice<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Brian Tochi (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Brian-Tochi/ |access-date=October 1, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
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|1991|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]'' ||
|1991|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze]]''
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|1992|| ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' || Himself ||
|1992|| ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]'' || Himself ||
|-
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|1992|| ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' || Arabian Villagers || Uncredited
|1992|| ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' || Arabian Villagers || Voice, uncredited
|-
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|1993|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'' || Leonardo (voice) ||
|1993|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III]]'' || Leonardo ||Voice<ref name="btva" />
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|1994|| ''[[The Lion King]]'' || Fighting Hyena (voice) || Uncredited
|1994|| ''[[The Lion King]]'' || Fighting Hyena || Voice, uncredited
|-
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|1995|| ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' || Ship Captain (voice) || Uncredited
|1995|| ''[[Pocahontas (1995 film)|Pocahontas]]'' || Ship Captain || Voice, uncredited
|-
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|1995|| ''[[Toy Story]]'' || Green Army Men || Uncredited
|1995|| ''[[Toy Story]]'' || Green Army Men || Voice, uncredited
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|1996|| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' || Frollo's Soldiers, Horse, Villagers || Uncredited
|1996|| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' || Frollo's Soldiers, Horse, Villagers || Voice, uncredited
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|1997|| ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' || Additional voices || Uncredited
|1997|| ''[[Cats Don't Dance]]'' || Reporters || Voice, uncredited
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|1997|| ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' || Greek Citizen, Scrawny Builder || Uncredited
|1997|| ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' || Greek Citizen, Scrawny Builder || Voice, uncredited
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|1997|| ''[[Fathers' Day (1997 film)|Fathers' Day]]'' || Concert Security Chief || Uncredited
|1997|| ''[[Fathers' Day (1997 film)|Fathers' Day]]'' || Concert Security Chief || Uncredited
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|1997|| ''Critics and Other Freaks'' || Asian Boy ||
|1997|| ''Critics and Other Freaks'' || Asian Boy ||
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|1998|| ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' || Ancestors, Hun Army || Uncredited
|1998|| ''[[Mulan (1998 film)|Mulan]]'' || Ancestors, Hun Army || Voice, uncredited
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|1998|| ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' || Male Ants || Uncredited
|1998|| ''[[A Bug's Life]]'' || Male Ants || Voice, uncredited
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|1998|| ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' || Unknown role (voice) || Uncredited
|1998|| ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'' || Rameses's Soldiers || Voice, uncredited
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|1999|| ''[[The King and I (1999 film)|The King and I]]'' || Soldier (voice) ||
|1999|| ''[[The King and I (1999 film)|The King and I]]'' || Soldier ||Voice<ref name="btva" />
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|1999|| ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]''|| Elephant || Uncredited
|1999|| ''[[Tarzan (1999 film)|Tarzan]]''|| Elephant || Voice, uncredited
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|1999|| ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' || Bob the Soldier, Additional voice ||
|1999|| ''[[The Iron Giant]]'' || Bob the Soldier, additional voices ||
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|1999|| ''[[Fight Club]]'' || Fight Bully || Uncredited
|1999|| ''[[Fight Club]]'' || Fight Bully || Uncredited
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|1999|| ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' || Baggage Handler #1 || Uncredited
|1999|| ''[[Toy Story 2]]'' || Baggage Handler #1 || Voice, uncredited
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|2000|| ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' || Villagers || Uncredited
|2000|| ''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' || Villagers || Voice, uncredited
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|2001|| ''The Boys of Sunset Ridge'' || Charlie Watanabe at 33 ||
|2001|| ''The Boys of Sunset Ridge'' || Charlie Watanabe at 33 ||
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|2001|| ''The Silent Force'' || Kim Pao ||
|2001|| ''The Silent Force'' || Kim Pao ||
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|2001|| ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' || Mighty Steel Leg Sing (voice) || English version
|2001|| ''[[Shaolin Soccer]]'' || Mighty Steel Leg Sing || Voice, English dub
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|2002|| ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' || Male Alien || Uncredited
|2002|| ''[[Treasure Planet]]'' || Male Alien || Voice, uncredited
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|2004|| ''[[Mulan II]]'' || The Palace Advisor (voice) ||
|2004|| ''[[Mulan II]]'' || Palace Advisor ||Voice
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|2004|| ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' || Cowboys || Uncredited
|2004|| ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' || Cowboys || Voice, uncredited
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|2004|| ''[[Shrek 2]]'' || Guards || ADR Group
|2004|| ''[[Shrek 2]]'' || Guards || ADR Group
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|2005|| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' || Additional voices || Uncredited
|2005|| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'' || Additional voices || Uncredited
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|2005|| ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' || Male Dog #3 || Uncredited
|2005|| ''[[Chicken Little (2005 film)|Chicken Little]]'' || Male Dog #3 || Voice, uncredited
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|2006|| ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' || Zoo Animals || Uncredited
|2006|| ''[[Curious George (film)|Curious George]]'' || Zoo Animals || Voice, uncredited
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|2006|| ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' || Various Reporter || Uncredited
|2006|| ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' || Various Reporters || Voice, uncredited
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|2008|| ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'' || Makani || Uncredited
|2008|| ''[[Forgetting Sarah Marshall]]'' || Makani || Uncredited
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|2009|| ''I Do'' || Peacher ||
|2009|| ''I Do'' || Peacher ||
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|2023||''Urkel Saves Santa: the Movie || Mr. Kochiyama || Voice, Direct-to-Video
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===Television===
===Television===
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|1971, 1976 || ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' || Larry, Max Redding || Episodes: "This Is Mac", "Strike Two!"
|1971, 1976 || ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]'' || Larry, Max Redding || Episodes: "This Is Mac", "Strike Two!"
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|1972|| ''[[The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan]]'' || Alan Chan (voice) || 14 episodes
|1972|| ''[[The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan]]'' || Alan Chan || Voice, 14 episodes
|-
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|1972|| ''[[Anna and the King]]'' || Prince Chulalongkorn || 13 episodes
|1972|| ''[[Anna and the King]]'' || Prince Chulalongkorn || 13 episodes
|-
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|1973|| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'''' || Davey || Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
|1973|| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]'' || Davey || Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
|-
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|1973–1974|| ''[[Kung Fu (TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' || Ho Fong, Shen Ung || 3 episodes
|1973–1974|| ''[[Kung Fu (1972 TV series)|Kung Fu]]'' || Ho Fong, Shen Ung || 3 episodes
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|1975|| ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' || Louis Han || 2 episodes
|1975|| ''[[Police Story (1973 TV series)|Police Story]]'' || Louis Han || 2 episodes
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|1981|| ''We're Fighting Back'' || Ling || Television film
|1981|| ''We're Fighting Back'' || Ling || Television film
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|1982|| ''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]]'' || Dragon || Television film
|-
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|1983|| ''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]]'' || Dragon || 6 episodes
|1983|| ''[[The Renegades (TV series)|The Renegades]]'' || Dragon || 6 episodes
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|1984|| ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' || Dr. Alan Poe || Episode: "Playing God: Part 1"
|1984|| ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'' || Dr. Alan Poe || Episode: "Playing God: Part 1"
|-
|-
|1985|| ''[[CBS Storybreak]]'' || Unknown role (voice) || Episode "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China"
|1985|| ''[[CBS Storybreak]]'' || Unknown role || Voice, episode "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China"
|-
|-
|1985|| ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' || David Wong || Episode: "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"
|1985|| ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' || David Wong || Episode: "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"
|-
|-
|1987|| ''[[Bionic Six]]'' || Karate-1, Bunjiro 'Bunji' Bennett / Rivet Rick (voices) || 65 episodes
|1987|| ''[[Bionic Six]]'' || Karate-1, Bunjiro 'Bunji' Bennett / Rivet Rick || Voice, 65 episodes
|-
|-
|1988|| ''Santa Barbra'' || Kai || 26 episodes
|1988|| ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' || Kai || 26 episodes
|-
|-
|1989|| ''[[The Karate Kid (TV series)|The Karate Kid]]'' || Additional voices || Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
|1989|| ''[[The Karate Kid (TV series)|The Karate Kid]]'' || Additional voices || Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
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|1992|| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation]]'' || Takashi || Television film
|1992|| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation]]'' || Takashi || Television film
|-
|-
|1993|| ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'' || Unknown role (voice) || Episode: "Tokyo Bonkers"
|1993|| ''[[Bonkers (American TV series)|Bonkers]]'' || Unknown role || Voice, episode: "Tokyo Bonkers"
|-
|-
|1993|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || Yoku (voice) || Episode: "White Belt, Black Heart"
|1993|| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' || Yoku || Voice, episode: "White Belt, Black Heart"
|-
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|1994|| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love]]'' || Takashi || Television film
|1994|| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love]]'' || Takashi || Television film
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|1994|| ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'' || Zhin Lao, Zhang Lao || Episode: "Opposites Detract"
|1994|| ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'' || Zhin Lao, Zhang Lao || Episode: "Opposites Detract"
|-
|-
|1995|| ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' || Li (voice) || Episode: "In Zarm's Way"
|1995|| ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' || Li || Voice, episode: "In Zarm's Way"
|-
|-
|1995|| ''[[Vanishing Son]]'' || Ricky || Episode: "Lock and Load, Babe"
|1995|| ''[[Vanishing Son]]'' || Ricky || Episode: "Lock and Load, Babe"
|-
|-
|1995|| ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' || Sushi Master (voice) || Episode: "Something Fishy Around Here"
|1995|| ''[[The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries]]'' || Sushi Master || Voice, episode: "Something Fishy Around Here"<ref name="btva" />
|-
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|1995|| ''[[Diagnosis Murder]]'' || Eddie Lok || Episode: "Murder in the Courthouse"
|1995|| ''[[Diagnosis Murder]]'' || Eddie Lok || Episode: "Murder in the Courthouse"
|-
|-
|1995–1997|| ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]'' || Turtle Photographer, Tsui, Prince, The Tailer (voices) || 3 episodes
|1995–1997|| ''[[Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child]]'' || Turtle Photographer, Tsui, Prince, The Tailer || Voice, 3 episodes
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|-
|1996|| ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'' || Liu Kang (voice) || 13 episodes
|1996|| ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]'' || Liu Kang || Voice, 13 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
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|1996–1997|| ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' || Professor Ken Otsuki, Techi #1, Terrorist Pilo (voices) || Episodes: "Nemesis", "Other Space"
|1996–1997|| ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'' || Professor Ken Otsuki, Techi #1, Terrorist Pilo || Voice, 2 episodes
|-
|-
|1997|| ''[[Bruno the Kid]]'' || Unknown role (voice) || Episode: "Book'em Bruno, Murder One"
|1997|| ''[[Bruno the Kid]]'' || Unknown role || Voice, episode: "Book'em Bruno, Murder One"
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|-
|1998|| ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || Toshi, Japanese Dad, Japanese Boy #1 (voices) || Episode: "Last But Not Least"
|1998|| ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' || Toshi, Japanese Dad, Japanese Boy #1 || Voice, episode: "Last But Not Least"
|-
|-
|1999|| ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' || Albino (voice) || Episode: "Mind Games"
|1999|| ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' || Albino || Voice, episode: "Mind Games"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2000|| ''[[The Weekenders]]'' || Hiro (voice) || Episode: "Sense and Sensitivity"
|2000|| ''[[The Weekenders]]'' || Hiro || Voice, episode: "Sense and Sensitivity"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2000–2001|| ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' || Master Hama, Karate Girl (voices) || 4 episodes
|2000–2001|| ''[[Johnny Bravo]]'' || Master Hama, Karate Girl || Voice, 4 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2000–2004|| ''[[Static Shock]]'' || Shiv (voice) || 7 episodes
|2000–2004|| ''[[Static Shock]]'' || Shiv || Voice, 7 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2002|| ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' || Kid B, Boy (voices) || Episode: "XXVI"
|2002|| ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' || Kid B, Boy || Voice, episode: "Jack's Shoes"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2002|| ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' || Chief, Chef, Announcer (voices) || 2 episodes
|2002|| ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'' || Chief, Chef, Announcer || Voice, 2 episodes
|-
|-
|2002–2003|| ''[[What's New Scooby-Doo]]'' || J.J Hakimoto (voice) || Episodes: "3-D Struction", The Vampire Strikes Back"
|2002–2003|| ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]'' || J.J Hakimoto || Voice, 2 episodes
|-
|-
|2003|| ''[[Kim Possible]]'' || Additional voices || Episode: "Exchange"
|2003|| ''[[Kim Possible]]'' || Hirotaka || Episode: "Exchange"
|-
|-
|2003|| ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' || Cheese Ninj, Leader || Episode: "Operation: T.H.E.-S.H.O.G.U.N./Operation: C.O.L.L.E.G.E."
|2003|| ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' || Cheese Ninj, Leader || Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2005|| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Asian Police Pilot (voice) || Episode: "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do"
|2005|| ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Asian Police Pilot || Voice, episode: "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do"
|-
|-
|2005|| ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' || The Tourist Kid #2 (voice) || Episode: "R.V. Having Fun Yet"
|2005|| ''[[All Grown Up!]]'' || Tourist Kid #2 || Voice, episode: "R.V. Having Fun Yet"
|-
|-
|2006|| ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' || The Whoosh (voice) || Episode: "Master & Disaster/All in the Crime Family"
|2006|| ''[[Duck Dodgers]]'' || The Whoosh || Voice, episode: "Master & Disaster/All in the Crime Family"<ref name="btva" />
|-
|-
|2006|| ''[[As Told By Ginger]]'' || Mr. Briggs, Shop Keeper (voices) || Episode: "Stuff'll Kill Ya"
|2006|| ''[[As Told By Ginger]]'' || Mr. Briggs, Shop Keeper || Voice, episode: "Stuff'll Kill Ya"
|-
|-
|2006–2008|| ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' || Ham Ghao, Than (voices) || 3 episodes
|2006–2008|| ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' || Ham Ghao, Than || Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva" />
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|2014|| ''Under the Table'' || Himself || 2 episodes
|2014|| ''Under the Table'' || Himself || 2 episodes
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===Video games===
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! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Video games
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! Role
! Notes
! Notes
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|1998|| ''[[Xenogears]]'' || Fei Fong Wong || English dub
|-
|-
|2002|| ''[[EOE: Eve of Extinction]]'' || Venom, Raven || English dub
|2002|| ''[[EOE: Eve of Extinction]]'' || Venom, Raven || English dub
|-
|-
|2002|| ''[[Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon]]'' || Additional voices ||
|2002|| ''[[Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon]]'' || Additional voices || <ref>{{cite video game | developer=Ronin Entertainment | title=Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon | publisher=[[Universal Interactive]] | scene=Ending credits, 1:15:46 in, Voice Over Talent | year=2002}}</ref><!-- url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dePAooVduoA -->
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|-
|2003|| ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]'' || Kang Brother, Additional voices ||
|2003|| ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]'' || Kang Brother, Additional voices ||
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Brian Tochi
Tochi on set of King of the Nerds in August 2013
Born
Brian Keith Tochihara

Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1968–present

Brian Tochi (born Brian Keith Tochihara)[1][2] is an American actor. During the late 1960s through much of the 1970s and 1980's, he was one of the most widely seen East Asian child actors working in U.S. television, appearing in various TV series and nearly a hundred advertisements. He is recognized around the world for starring in some of the most popular film franchises of all time, and best known for his characters Toshiro Takashi from the Revenge of the Nerds film franchise, Cadet (later Lieutenant) Tomoko Nogata from the third and fourth films in the Police Academy film series, and as the voice of Leonardo in the first three live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.[3] He is also known as Brian Keith Tochi.

Early life

Tochi was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Joe Isao Tochihara (A.K.A. ‘Tochi’), a Beverly Hills celebrity hair salon owner, and Jane Yaeko (née Harada), both Japanese, and both of whom were forcibly interned during World War II. While Tochi was still young, the family moved from Los Angeles to Orange County, California, where he divided his education between local public schools and studio tutors (for child actors) on movie studio lots. After graduation from high school, Tochi also attended U.S.C., UCLA, and U.C.I.

Tochi’s introduction into the entertainment industry came as a toddler. His father’s beauty salon, Tochi Coiffure of Beverly Hills, was a popular haunt for many famous clients, including Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Petula Clark and Patty Duke. One of his father’s customers, a top child agent, spotted the young Tochi running around the salon, and quickly signed to represent him.

Being of Japanese descent, Tochi has frequently played characters who are Japanese, Chinese, or of other East Asian genes, adopting the appropriate accent as needed.

Career

As a child actor

A beginning role for Tochi was a guest-starring appearance in the short-lived television series He & She (1967–68, with Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss) as their newly adopted son. Produced by Leonard Stern and cowritten by Chris Hayward and Allan Burns, it also starred Jack Cassidy as an egomaniacal actor, Kenneth Mars, and Hamilton Camp.

That same year saw Tochi appearing in "And the Children Shall Lead", a third-season episode of Star Trek. Other roles followed, including guest appearances on such popular shows as The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family and Adam-12.

Tochi's debut as a series regular was as Yul Brynner's oldest son and heir Crown Prince Chulalongkorn in Anna and the King on CBS. It was based on the film version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I and also starred Samantha Eggar and Keye Luke. Although the series was short-lived, Tochi and Brynner remained friends until Brynner's death in 1985.

Concurrent with the series, Tochi was cast with fellow actor Luke in his first animated television series The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. Also in the series was a young Jodie Foster, who voiced one of the Chan sisters.

After both series ended, guest-starring roles followed, including The Streets of San Francisco with Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, and Kung Fu with David Carradine, who made his directing debut on the episode, "The Demon God," which was Tochi's largest guest role of three Kung Fu episodes he appeared in.

Tochi also played an undercover informant who was beaten and killed in a gritty two-part episode of Police Story on NBC. He played another character that nearly died on the Robert Young medical drama Marcus Welby, M.D..

Young adulthood in theater

During the mid-1970s, Tochi spent time in the theatre, this time reprising his role as Crown Prince Chulalongkorn in the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera's revival of the musical The King and I at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. There he co-starred with actor Ricardo Montalbán, as the King of Siam, to which they would later accompany the show as it went on tour.

Return to television

Tochi returned to star in another TV series Space Academy (1977–1979) with veteran actor Jonathan Harris (best remembered as Dr. Smith from Lost in Space). Up until that time, Space Academy was the most expensive Saturday morning television series in broadcast history. His character, Tee Gar Soom, had super-strength and continued the martial arts traditions of his Asian ancestors. During hiatus of the show, Tochi was asked to shoot a 20-minute promotional "behind-the-scenes" visit to the Space Academy for a popular daytime series, Razzmatazz, on CBS. Razzmatazz was a highly regarded news magazine show created by 60 Minutes wizard Don Hewitt and produced by Joel Heller with the same production team as CBS's In The News the long-running Saturday morning news programs for children. Razzmatazz originally starred Barry Bostwick, who opted to leave the show for a career in features, to capitalize on his recently released cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Searching for a new host, the television network persuaded Tochi to accept their offer of his own daytime show, which aired on the network for 4 more years into the early 1980s.

Other appearances include a guest stint on Wonder Woman, a recurring character in the tropically set Hawaii Five-O, starring actor Jack Lord, a two-hour television film We're Fighting Back (with Ellen Barkin and Stephen Lang), and regular television roles in the TV dramas St. Elsewhere and Santa Barbara. He later played a featured character in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Night Terrors" (making him one of only a handful of living actors to have appeared on the original Star Trek series and a subsequent spin-off). Tochi also appeared as the titular character in "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium," the ninth episode from the first season of the television series The Twilight Zone. The episode is based on the short story "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium" by William F. Wu, first published in Amazing Stories in 1983. This episode was stretched into a half-hour run time for syndication, as recently shown on the Chiller TV network.

In the short lived ABC TV series The Renegades, he starred with his friend, Patrick Swayze, as the martial arts expert and former gang leader known as Dragon. Then, exercising his journalistic prowess, Tochi later became part of the core team that created and developed the cutting edge educational news program Channel One News. During his two-and-a-half-year association, his responsibilities grew to include Hosting and Narrating duties, utilizing his talents as a writer, producer and segment director. He was later named Chief Foreign correspondent for the show.

Other work

In 2004, Tochi co-wrote, produced and directed Tales of a Fly on the Wall, a scripted, live-action comedy, casting several of his friends in lead roles; it included fellow actors Roscoe Lee Browne, his Revenge of the Nerds co-star Curtis Armstrong and his Police Academy 3: Back in Training co-star Leslie Easterbrook. In 2005, he was one of the winners of the Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Screenplay Awards, taking home top honors for co-writing the screenplay "In the Heat of the Light". He continues with his directing, producing, and screenwriting careers.

Tochi has also provided voices for numerous animated films, computer games and animated cartoon series, including the Bionic Six (all 65 episodes), Challenge of the GoBots, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, and Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (as its main star Liu Kang). He performed the voice of Leonardo in the first three Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films in the early 1990s. He also is the voice of the Chinese soldier who runs the Great Wall in Disney's Mulan, and had recurring roles in Batman Beyond, As Told by Ginger, Kim Possible, Johnny Bravo, Static Shock, Family Guy and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Filmography

Film

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1971 The Omega Man Tommy
1980 The Octagon Seikura at Eighteen
1984 Revenge of the Nerds Takashi
1985 Stitches Sam Boon Tong
1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training Cadet Tomoko Nogata
1987 Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Officer Tomoko Nogata
1989 One Man Force Stockbroker
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Leonardo Voice[4]
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
1992 The Player Himself
1992 Aladdin Arabian Villagers Voice, uncredited
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Leonardo Voice[4]
1994 The Lion King Fighting Hyena Voice, uncredited
1995 Pocahontas Ship Captain Voice, uncredited
1995 Toy Story Green Army Men Voice, uncredited
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Frollo's Soldiers, Horse, Villagers Voice, uncredited
1997 Cats Don't Dance Reporters Voice, uncredited
1997 Hercules Greek Citizen, Scrawny Builder Voice, uncredited
1997 Fathers' Day Concert Security Chief Uncredited
1997 Starship Troopers Male Trooper Uncredited
1997 Critics and Other Freaks Asian Boy
1998 Mulan Ancestors, Hun Army Voice, uncredited
1998 A Bug's Life Male Ants Voice, uncredited
1998 The Prince of Egypt Rameses's Soldiers Voice, uncredited
1999 The King and I Soldier Voice[4]
1999 Tarzan Elephant Voice, uncredited
1999 The Iron Giant Bob the Soldier, additional voices
1999 Fight Club Fight Bully Uncredited
1999 Toy Story 2 Baggage Handler #1 Voice, uncredited
2000 The Emperor's New Groove Villagers Voice, uncredited
2001 The Boys of Sunset Ridge Charlie Watanabe at 33
2001 The Silent Force Kim Pao
2001 Shaolin Soccer Mighty Steel Leg Sing Voice, English dub
2002 Treasure Planet Male Alien Voice, uncredited
2004 Mulan II Palace Advisor Voice
2004 Home on the Range Cowboys Voice, uncredited
2004 Shrek 2 Guards ADR Group
2004 The Incredibles Firefighters, Snug Porter Uncredited
2005 Madagascar Crowd Member ADR Group
2005 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Additional voices Uncredited
2005 Chicken Little Male Dog #3 Voice, uncredited
2006 Curious George Zoo Animals Voice, uncredited
2006 Cars Various Reporters Voice, uncredited
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Makani Uncredited
2009 I Do Peacher
2023 Urkel Saves Santa: the Movie Mr. Kochiyama Voice, Direct-to-Video

Television

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1968 He & She Kim Episode: "Along Came Kim"
1968 Star Trek: The Original Series Ray Episode: "And the Children Shall Lead"
1970 The Brady Bunch Tommy Episode: "What Goes Up..."
1971 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Chin Johnson Episode: "One Lonely Step"
1971 The Partridge Family Young Boy Episode: "A Tale of Two Hamsters"
1971 Nanny and the Professor Jimmy Okura Episode: "One for the Road"
1971 Adam-12 Flower Boy Episode: "Assassination"
1971, 1976 Marcus Welby, M.D. Larry, Max Redding Episodes: "This Is Mac", "Strike Two!"
1972 The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan Alan Chan Voice, 14 episodes
1972 Anna and the King Prince Chulalongkorn 13 episodes
1973 The Streets of San Francisco Davey Episode: "Trail of the Serpent"
1973–1974 Kung Fu Ho Fong, Shen Ung 3 episodes
1975 Police Story Louis Han 2 episodes
1977 Space Academy Tee Gar 15 episodes
1978 Project U.F.O. Student Episode: "Sighting 4006: The Nevada Desert Incident"
1978 Wonder Woman Darrell Episode: "The Deadly Dolphin"
1978–1979 Hawaii Five-O Joey Lee 3 episodes
1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Additional voices 1 episode
1981 We're Fighting Back Ling Television film
1983 The Renegades Dragon 6 episodes
1984 The Master Jonathan Chan Episode: "Out-if-Time-Step"
1984 Challenge of the GoBots Additional voices 1 episode
1984 St. Elsewhere Dr. Alan Poe Episode: "Playing God: Part 1"
1985 CBS Storybreak Unknown role Voice, episode "Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China"
1985 The Twilight Zone David Wong Episode: "Wong's Lost and Found Emporium"
1987 Bionic Six Karate-1, Bunjiro 'Bunji' Bennett / Rivet Rick Voice, 65 episodes
1988 Santa Barbara Kai 26 episodes
1989 The Karate Kid Additional voices Episode: "My Brother's Keeper"
1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation Ensign Kenny Lin Episode: "Night Terrors"
1992 Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation Takashi Television film
1993 Bonkers Unknown role Voice, episode: "Tokyo Bonkers"
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Yoku Voice, episode: "White Belt, Black Heart"
1994 Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love Takashi Television film
1994 Aladdin Zhin Lao, Zhang Lao Episode: "Opposites Detract"
1995 Captain Planet and the Planeteers Li Voice, episode: "In Zarm's Way"
1995 Vanishing Son Ricky Episode: "Lock and Load, Babe"
1995 The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries Sushi Master Voice, episode: "Something Fishy Around Here"[4]
1995 Diagnosis Murder Eddie Lok Episode: "Murder in the Courthouse"
1995–1997 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Turtle Photographer, Tsui, Prince, The Tailer Voice, 3 episodes
1996 Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm Liu Kang Voice, 13 episodes[4]
1996–1997 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Professor Ken Otsuki, Techi #1, Terrorist Pilo Voice, 2 episodes
1997 Bruno the Kid Unknown role Voice, episode: "Book'em Bruno, Murder One"
1998 Dexter's Laboratory Toshi, Japanese Dad, Japanese Boy #1 Voice, episode: "Last But Not Least"
1999 Batman Beyond Albino Voice, episode: "Mind Games"[4]
2000 The Weekenders Hiro Voice, episode: "Sense and Sensitivity"[4]
2000–2001 Johnny Bravo Master Hama, Karate Girl Voice, 4 episodes[4]
2000–2004 Static Shock Shiv Voice, 7 episodes[4]
2002 Samurai Jack Kid B, Boy Voice, episode: "Jack's Shoes"[4]
2002 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Chief, Chef, Announcer Voice, 2 episodes
2002–2003 What's New, Scooby-Doo? J.J Hakimoto Voice, 2 episodes
2003 Kim Possible Hirotaka Episode: "Exchange"
2003 Codename: Kids Next Door Cheese Ninj, Leader Voice, 2 episodes[4]
2005 Family Guy Asian Police Pilot Voice, episode: "Breaking Out Is Hard to Do"
2005 All Grown Up! Tourist Kid #2 Voice, episode: "R.V. Having Fun Yet"
2006 Duck Dodgers The Whoosh Voice, episode: "Master & Disaster/All in the Crime Family"[4]
2006 As Told By Ginger Mr. Briggs, Shop Keeper Voice, episode: "Stuff'll Kill Ya"
2006–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Ham Ghao, Than Voice, 3 episodes[4]
2014 Under the Table Himself 2 episodes
2014 The Bay Dr. Kim Episode: "1.15"

Video games

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Xenogears Fei Fong Wong English dub
2002 EOE: Eve of Extinction Venom, Raven English dub
2002 Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon Additional voices [5]
2003 True Crime: Streets of LA Kang Brother, Additional voices
2004 World of Warcraft Additional voices
2005 Area 51 Additional voices
2008 Jumper: Griffin's Story Paladin, Guard #1, Soldier #1
2008 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Imperial Ore Collector, Imperial Nanocore
2008 Saints Row 2 Unknown role
2012 The Darkness II Inugami, Additional voices
2012 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Unknown role

References

  1. ^ "Celebrity birthdays for May 2, 2017". The Mercury News. Associated Press. May 2, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ O'Connor, John J. (April 5, 1979). "TV: Razzmatzz, With Upbeat Youths". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles': Untold Story of the Movie "Every Studio in Hollywood" Rejected". The Hollywood Reporter. April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Brian Tochi (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 1, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
  5. ^ Ronin Entertainment. Bruce Lee: Quest of the Dragon. Universal Interactive. Scene: Ending credits, 1:15:46 in, Voice Over Talent.
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