Gay japanese actor
Yuji Mitsuya, an experienced voice thespian in Japan, came out as gay on a TV reveal on January 12th. He is well known for anime characters such as Tatsuya Uesugi in Touch, Hyoma Aoi in Combattler V, Tongari in Kiteretsu Daihyakka, and Virgo Shaka in SAINT SEIYA,
He kept dodging the subject by saying Im in the gray zone for so long every time people asked whether he was gay or not. One of the cast on the show asked him why he stayed in the closet. I have a brother and I wanted to linger for his retirement because I thought he would have got some troubles if I had come out before that. He retired from his job last year, so I thought this is the right moment. He answered. Everyone around me knows that I am gay, but I have never said Im gay in public. If someone asks, I will say Im gay.
What? No gray zone for Yuji Mitsuya? Thats a load off his mind! Well, I already knew he was gay. After the TV show aired on cable, people were talking about his coming out on the Internet.
The gay group in Japan is also supportive of his coming
B+ Documentary
- Directed by Jennifer M. Kroot
Who would have guessed that, almost 50 years after Star Trek first premiered on NBC, George Takei would be the most beloved member of the first cast. But why not. He has a friendly, upbeat personality and a great sense of humor. Hes been a political activist for decades, but always came off as a nice activist. Hes a master of social media. And by publically coming out late in life, hes provided his story with a delighted ending of triumph over bigotry.
Jennifer M. Kroot has created an ordinary documentary about an extraordinary gentleman. Its a typical collection of interviews, video of Takei and his husband Brad Altman going about their daily business (except that this time theres a camera on them), and old movie and TV clips. But it works because Takei is such an interesting and likeable personality, with has a great life story to tell.
The bigotry started early. As a childish boy living in Los Angeles, he and his family were rounded up by the army and sent to an internment camp for the sin of
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Who Is George Takei?
George Takei overcame the racial barriers of his day to launch a successful acting career. He starred as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu during the three-year television run of Star Trek, and later reprised the role for six movies. Prominently committed with gay rights and Japanese American groups, Takei has become a highly popular social-media presence.
Early Years
George Hosato Takei was born on April 20, , in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 5, he and his family were uprooted from their house and forced to live at Japanese internment camps in Arkansas and northern California. They returned to Los Angeles after World War II, and Takei enrolled at the University of California at Berkeley to study architecture.
Stage and Screen
While in college, Takei responded to a newspaper ad looking for Asian voiceover actors for the English version of the Japanese monster movie Rodan (). That led to more voiceover work, as skillfully as small parts in television programs such as Perry Mason and the film Ice Palace (). Deciding to focus on acting f
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Circa Lgbtq+ Main role
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