Yoshi Amao is one of the hottest Asian actors in New York right now. He is well known as the host of the highly rated TV series on OLN (Outdoor Life Network), Samurai Sportsman. On this show, Yoshi faced the challenges of American traditional outdoor sports including: bass fishing, duck hunting, axe throwing, off road biking and eventually rodeo (including bareback riding, bull riding, and steer wrestling). As he learned each of these sports, Yoshi also taught his samurai spirit and sword technique to each outdoor expert he worked with. Before the program aired in 2004, a press conference for this show was held in Hollywood at the beginning of 2004. Yoshi answered a lot of questions from the large group of media that was in attendance. He was also invited as a main guest on The Late Night with Conan O' Brien show on NBC where his discussion of samurai philosophy and his unique sword demonstration touched the hearts of the American audience. Yoshi Amao is also the leader of Samurai Sword Soul, and has led them to many events including The Cherry Blossom Festival at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden since 2003. Here he has been the charismatic MC and the group has entertained huge audiences. He also conducts the Samurai Sword Fighting Workshop each week. His acting career started when he was a DJ on MBS Radio in Osaka, Japan. Since arriving in New York in 1990, Yoshi has been entertaining New Yorkers not only as a samurai/martial artist but also as an actor/comedian/MC/voice talent. He has appeared in a Budweiser Commercial (Wasabi Version) which was selected as the best commercial of the year in 2000. He is also remembered for his funny, solo commercial for ESPN. In 2006, Yoshi acted in a lot of Samurai films including "Shadow of Death", filmed in the Pocono Mountains, and a "Monday Night Football Promo" on ESPN, as well as acting on the stage. He will continue to train in his sword fighting and acting and appear on a big screen soon. Ladies and gentlemen, keep your eye on Yoshi Amao, and watch for what he will do next!     Special Skill/Sports   Karate(Black Belt 3rd Degree), Samurai Sword Fighting(Tate), Stage combat, Kendo, Improvisation, MC, Horse back riding, Bow Hunting, Skeet Shooting, Timber Sports, Bass/Fly Fishing, Rodeo, Mime, Golf, Tennis, Ski, Baseball, Singing, Marathon, Instructor(Sword fighting, Impro, Japanese Speech)     Training       Acting:   Gashee & Anania Acting Studio(Meisner's Technique) HB Studio Emily Stevens Acting Studio Asunaro Theater     Speech:   Lee Kelly/Pamela Prather •Roger Herz (English) Sun Broadcast Academy School(Japanese)     Karate:   World Seido Karate/Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura     Tate:   Keihei Wakisaka Ken Kensei     Mime:   New Dance Group/Chris Yeatman     Nichibu:   Souke Fujima   Film Shadow of Death Father of Mine Sleepy Heads Labor Pains Sabrina Yoshizo (Principal) Shiro Shimura/Choreographer Businessman (Supporting) Father (Day Player) Businessman Raffi Asdourian Aaron_Mcfarlane Elephant Production Todd Hoffman Paramount Film Television Late Night w/Conan O'Brien Samurai Sportsman Monday Night Football Promo MTV2 Promotion Video Today's Show Saturday Night Live Conan O'Brien Show SF Channel NBA Fast Break Main Guest Modem Day Samurai (Main Host) Main Samurai Modern & Traditional Samurai (Main) Samurai Performer Waiter for Halle Berry Karate Guy (U/5) Main Host Sports Announcer NBC TV OLN TV ESPN MTV2 NBC TV NBC TV NBC TV Direc TV TV Asahi Performance Last Samurai Premier Event Cherry Blossom Festival Samurai Sword Comedy Second Generation Concert Lion Dance (shishimai) Comedy Night Amateur Night Samurai Performer Master of Ceremonies Storyteller/Director/Producer Chorus Lion Dancer & MC Comedy Duo "Orei-Mairi" Comedy Rapper Warner Brothers Brooklyn Botanic Garden Samurai Sword Soul Carnegie Hall Japanese Folk Dance Institute NY Comedy Club Apollo Theater Theater The Soul of Samurai The Karaoke Show Cannibal Legend of Japan NY Republic of Japan Masayuki Sasa Angelsan / Rock Singer Indian Chief Main Main Columbia Univ. Miller Theater Project 400 Saturday Player Production Jane Street 2R Jane Street 2R Radio East Meets West MBS Midnight Club New York File Reporter from New York Radio Show Host Radio Personality J-WAVE FM MBS Radio Tokyo FM Commercial List upon request (On-camera principals, voice-overs and prints)