Joey Miyashima

Joseph Paul Miyashima (born November 18, 1957) is an American television and film actor.

Joey Miyashima
Born	(1957-11-18) November 18, 1957 (age 65) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985-present

Early life

Miyashima was born in Los Angeles to Japanese parents on November 18, 1957.

Career

Miyashima played Pee-wee Herman's Japanese pen pal, Oki Doki, in "Accidental Playhouse", an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse. He had a role in an episode ("9 Minutes and 52 Seconds Over Tokyo") of The Tracey Ullman Show, and another in its spin-off, The Simpsons, as the voice of Toshiro, the apprentice chef, in the episode called "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish". In 2006, he played the role of Principal Dave Matsui in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, and reprised it in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008). In 2009 he had a cameo as a police officer in the DCOM Dadnapped.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1985	Stand Alone	Japanese Soldier #2
1986	The Karate Kid Part II	Toshio^[1]^[2]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Tracey Ullman Show	Marty Jr.	Episode: "9 Minutes and 52 Seconds Over Tokyo"
	Police Story: The Watch Commander	Niko	Television movie
1989	Mother, Mother	Dale Chang
	Doogie Howser, M.D.	Orderly	Television series (Episode "Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
1990	Bad Influence	Man at Tar Pit
	Partners in Life	Police Assistant Morty Wong	Television movie
	True Colors	Delivery Person	Television series (Episode "Pilot")
	Pee-wee's Playhouse	Oki Doki	Television series (Episode "Accidental Playhouse")
1991	The Simpsons	Toshiro	Television series (Episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish") voice
	Defending Your Life	Casio tipster
	Reasonable Doubts	Dr. Brown	Television series (Episodes "Pilot" and "Hard Bargains")
1993	Rising Sun	Young Japanese Negotiator
1995	Behind the Waterfall	E.R. Doctor Xiao
	In the Shadow of Evil	Dr. Neilsen	Television movie
	Whose Daughter Is She?	Resident Doctor Wong
1996	Terror in the Family	Attorney
	Unabomber: The True Story	Man	Television movie
	The Paper Brigade	Milkman
1997	In My Sister's Shadow	Uniformed Cop #1	Television movie
	Night Sins	Doctor Lomax	Television movie
	Dying to Belong	Police #1	Television movie
	Mother Knows Best	Bill Yamazaki	Television movie
	Detention: The Siege at Johnson High	Mr. Braddock	Television movie
	Con Air	Tech Guy
	Dead by Midnight	Mr. Charles Mizoguchi	Television movie
1998	Meet the Deedles	Man
	No Laughing Matter	Worker	Television movie
1999	A Secret Life	Man	Television movie
	The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All	ER Doctor Li
	The Runner	Dr. Jack Andrews
	Absence of the Good	Childress	Television movie
	Touched by an Angel	Steve Wong	Television series (Episodes "The Whole Truth and Nothing But..." and "Jagged Edges")
	The Test of Love	Man	Television movie
2000	The Crow: Salvation	Radio Guard
	The Huntress	Ken Mitoguchi	Television series (Episode "Pilot")
2001	Dumb Luck	Agent Kurumada
	Little Secrets	Dr. Mezzie
2002	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Mr. Weber
	Double Teamed	Wendall Yoshida	Television movie
	Firestarter: Rekindled	Registrar Secretary	Television movie
2003	Right on Track	Mr. Jones	Television movie
	Everwood	Dr. Friesen	Television series (Episode "Vegetative State")
2004	Paradise	Johnny Kim	Television movie
	Benji: Off the Leash!	Vet
2005	Down and Derby	Kyosho Yakimoto
	ER	Deputy One	Television series (Episode "Cañon City")
2006	High School Musical	Principal Matsui	Television movie
	Blind Dating	Dr. Tony Sato
2007	American Pastime	Dissident
	Moving McAllister	Japanese Man
2008	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	Principal Matsui
	Forever Strong	Lawyer
2009	Dadnapped	Cop	Television movie
2013	Storm Rider	Sheriff Kikuchi

References

1. Ching, Gene (January 4, 2021). "Cobra Kai Season 4: What to Expect". www.denofgeek.com. Den of Geek. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
2. Carvalho, Gabriel (April 29, 2018). "Review: The Karate Kid 2 – The Moment of Truth Continues". www.planocritico.com. Plano Critico. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

External links

• Joey Miyashima at IMDb