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James is a licensed bartender.
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James plays on the piano and the guitar. He even played in a band in junior high school.
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In his spare time James like playing basketball and playing the piano. He also enjoys reading biographies and watching documentaries.
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James had to do the audition for Heroes five times before he got the role.
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James is a jazz singer and he likes performing every now and then at local piano bars in Los Angeles.
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James started his career in theatre and played in the musicals "Hair" and "Lovers Mayhem".
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As a kid James loved reading comic books, his favorites were Spiderman, Batman, Superman and he especially liked Japanese Manga.
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James is playing lead in a number of movies including "Asian Stories: Book 3", "Little Iron Men", "Bunny and Clydo", "Snapdragon" and "Harlequin".
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Learning Japanese has been hard for James, even though his father lived in Japan in the late 60's and early 70's and used to be fluent in Japanese.
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James' middle name, Kyson, is a combination of the 1st letters in his parents' surnames (K & Y) and the word "son" which means "Child of the Spirit".
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Even though Ando, the character he plays in Heroes is Japanese, James has never been in Japan.
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James sold his used car for $1800 and bought a one-way ticket to Hollywood, intending to pursue his showbiz dreams.
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James attended Bronx H.S. of Science in New York City.
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James is 5'10" (1.78 m).
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He was a member of a Hip Hop group as an MC.
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James can speak 4 other languages other than English. He can speak Korean, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese.