Background
Yoshio James Yoda was born March 31, 1934 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Yoshio Yoda
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Education
He attended high school and studied law in Japan prior to studying at the University of Southern California in the late 1950s, earning a degree in cinema arts
Career
Yoda began his career in acting as Sergeant Roy Tada in the movie The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962). He is best known for his portrayal of Fuji Kobiaji in the television series McHale"s Navy and in the 1964 movie McHale"s Navy and in an identical role as Takeo Fujiwara in McHale"s Navy Joins the Air Force.
In McHale"s Navy Season 2, Episode 13, "A Letter for Fuji," his character is given the full name "Fujiwara Takeo Kobiaji." After finishing McHale"s Navy in 1966, Yoda appears to have had just one further role, in the 1969 segment of Love American Style entitled Love and the Letter.
In the cast reunion extra feature on the McHale"s Navy first season Digital Video Disc set, Edson Stroll (Virgil in the series) stated that Yoda began primarily using his middle name of James and worked as a Toyota vice-president He also reported that Yoda had secured his American citizenship.
Yoda had lived in Honolulu, Hawaii for fifteen years, serving as vice president of marketing for Toyota in Hawaii, where he had become a United States citizen and was active in the Lions Club. Since 2012, Yoda has been living in Fullerton, California.
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