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Shin Koyamada is a Actor and Producer Japonais born on 10 march 1982 at Okayama (Japon)
Shin Koyamada (小山田 真, Koyamada Shin, born March 10, 1982) is a Japanese-American actor, film producer, philanthropist, entrepreneur and martial artist.
Koyamada is well known for co-starring as “Nobutada” opposite Tom Cruise in the Warner Bros. action epic war film The Last Samurai, with a worldwide box office of $456 million as well as starring in the action-adventure movie Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, which had over 5.7 million viewers at its premiere, making it the fifth highest viewed DCOM. Koyamada has starred in the many movies and television, including The Yokai King (2015), Heart of the Dragon (2014), Ai No Shizuku (2010), Good Soil (2007), Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006), Wine Road of the Samurai (2006) and The Last Samurai (2003). In 2005, Koyamada founded Shinca Entertainment, an American production company that has produced numerous entertainment related projects in the US.
In addition to his acting career, Koyamada is noted for his philanthropic causes, including Japan–United States relations, international education, tourism and cross-cultural. In 2008, Koyamada founded Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), a US non-profit organization with its mission to help youth to achieve their dreams and goals, and promote earth friendly lifestyle. Koyamada currently serves as the Tourism Ambassadors for the Japanese government of Kyoto and Okayama Prefecture as well as the Special Ambassador for Japan-America Society of Southern California. In 2014, Koyamada was appointed as the judge for Miss International.
Koyamada immigrated from Japan to the United States in June 2000. Koyamada holds higher ranked Black belts in martial arts. He is bilingual in Japanese and English. He resides in California.
Installé aux États-Unis, Koyamada commence à étudier l'anglais à 18 ans et rejoint en 2000 la Los Angeles City College. L'année suivante, il chorégraphie et interprète les combats d'arts martiaux d'une production de Coriolan au Knightsbridge Theater et participe à un épisode de la série d'action Power Rangers.
Shin Koyamada a étudié le kung-fu, notamment au sein de First Chinese Athletic Association, et a enchaîné en cinq mois six Tournois National d'Arts Martiaux qui se sont soldés par cinq victoires et un deuxième prix. Il poursuit actuellement sa formation avec divers maîtres, dont certains des meilleurs chefs cascadeurs du cinéma. Le Dernier Samouraï marque ses débuts à l'écran.
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Shin Koyamada
Birth name Shin Koyamada
Nationality Japon
Birth 10 march 1982 (42 years) at Okayama (Japon)
Creator of Shinca Entertainment
Nationality Japon
Birth 10 march 1982 (42 years) at Okayama (Japon)
Creator of Shinca Entertainment
Koyamada is well known for co-starring as “Nobutada” opposite Tom Cruise in the Warner Bros. action epic war film The Last Samurai, with a worldwide box office of $456 million as well as starring in the action-adventure movie Disney Channel Original Movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, which had over 5.7 million viewers at its premiere, making it the fifth highest viewed DCOM. Koyamada has starred in the many movies and television, including The Yokai King (2015), Heart of the Dragon (2014), Ai No Shizuku (2010), Good Soil (2007), Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006), Wine Road of the Samurai (2006) and The Last Samurai (2003). In 2005, Koyamada founded Shinca Entertainment, an American production company that has produced numerous entertainment related projects in the US.
In addition to his acting career, Koyamada is noted for his philanthropic causes, including Japan–United States relations, international education, tourism and cross-cultural. In 2008, Koyamada founded Koyamada International Foundation (KIF), a US non-profit organization with its mission to help youth to achieve their dreams and goals, and promote earth friendly lifestyle. Koyamada currently serves as the Tourism Ambassadors for the Japanese government of Kyoto and Okayama Prefecture as well as the Special Ambassador for Japan-America Society of Southern California. In 2014, Koyamada was appointed as the judge for Miss International.
Koyamada immigrated from Japan to the United States in June 2000. Koyamada holds higher ranked Black belts in martial arts. He is bilingual in Japanese and English. He resides in California.
Biography
Passionné dès son plus jeune âge par les films d'action américains et hongkongais, Shin Koyamada décide très tôt de devenir acteur. Faisant fi des réticences de sa famille, il entreprend une formation athlétique intensive : gymnastique, course, natation, vélo, etc. À seize ans, il aborde le karaté ; deux ans plus tard, il décroche une ceinture noire.Installé aux États-Unis, Koyamada commence à étudier l'anglais à 18 ans et rejoint en 2000 la Los Angeles City College. L'année suivante, il chorégraphie et interprète les combats d'arts martiaux d'une production de Coriolan au Knightsbridge Theater et participe à un épisode de la série d'action Power Rangers.
Shin Koyamada a étudié le kung-fu, notamment au sein de First Chinese Athletic Association, et a enchaîné en cinq mois six Tournois National d'Arts Martiaux qui se sont soldés par cinq victoires et un deuxième prix. Il poursuit actuellement sa formation avec divers maîtres, dont certains des meilleurs chefs cascadeurs du cinéma. Le Dernier Samouraï marque ses débuts à l'écran.
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Constellation (2007)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Billy Dee Williams, Gabrielle Union, Melissa De Sousa, Hill Harper, Zoe Saldana, Alec Newman
Roles Yosito
Rating44%
Returning to Huntsville, Alabama—a town that once held back their opportunities but now glistens as a modern, technology-based city—the Boxer family and its extended members discover in the memory of a loved one what binds them together.
Good Soil (2007)
, 30minutesOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shin Koyamada
Roles Jinbei Masuda
Rating75%
Jinbei Masuda, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class, draws his strength from his faith, family, and fencing. However, he is caught up in the shogun’s policy of religious persecution and must choose between his loved ones and his God.
Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (2006)
, 1h37Directed by John Laing
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films, Children's films
Actors Brenda Song, Shin Koyamada, Sally Martin, Anna Hutchison, James Gaylyn, Justin Chon
Roles Shen
Rating54%
The plot was described by the author and numerous critics as a teen installment to a Jackie Chan plot with a Disney twist. Gary Marsh called the film "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon".
The Last Samurai (2003)
, 2h34Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Ken Watanabe, Chad Lindberg, Tony Goldwyn, Hiroyuki Sanada
Roles Nobutada
Rating77%
In 1876, U.S. Army captain Civil War veteran Nathan Algren is traumatized by his participation in atrocities during the Indian Wars, and has become an embittered alcoholic. Algren is approached by his former commanding officer, Colonel Bagley, on behalf of Japanese businessman Omura, who wishes to hire distinguished U.S. soldiers to train the Imperial Japanese Army to suppress a samurai rebellion, led by Katsumoto Moritsugu. In exchange, Japan would ratify a lucrative trade agreement that would grant the U.S. exclusive rights to supply arms to the Japanese government. Although Algren despises Bagley for having ordered atrocities during the Indian wars, he accepts the job for the money and sails to Japan. Most of the soldiers being trained are little more than inexperienced peasants and farmers.The training is interrupted when the samurai rebels attack a railroad owned by Omura; Bagley orders the regiment to mobilize, overruling Algren's objection that the soldiers are not ready. Algren is proved correct: during a battle in a foggy forest in Yoshino Province, the undisciplined and intimidated soldiers panic and are quickly routed by the samurai horsemen. Algren kills several samurai with his revolver and saber but is eventually knocked from his horse. Algren desperately fights using a spear tipped flagstaff with a flag of a white tiger until he collapses from complete exhaustion. As he is about to be vanquished, he kills his would-be executioner with the staff's spear tip. His ferocity and refusal to surrender, as well as the image of the white tiger on the flag he is fighting with, reminds Katsumoto of a recurring dream. As a result, Algren is spared and taken captive to the rebels' village in the mountains.
A Ninja Pays Half My Rent (2003)
, 5minutesOrigin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Timm Sharp, Shin Koyamada
Roles Black Ninja
Rating66%
When your roommate dies from an allergic reaction to fruit and the rent is due and you don't have the cash to cover it, there's no time to mess around picking a new roommate. So it goes that our hero in this short comes to share his home with a ninja. Then another ninja wants to be his roommate. Conditions for disaster, fulfilled.
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Good Soil (2007)
, 30minutesOrigin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Samurai films
Actors Shin Koyamada
Roles Producer
Rating75%
Jinbei Masuda, a Japanese Christian of the samurai class, draws his strength from his faith, family, and fencing. However, he is caught up in the shogun’s policy of religious persecution and must choose between his loved ones and his God.