Jai West
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- Name Jai West
- Japanese: ジェイ・ウェスト
- Birthdate: 1974
- Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
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Born in Vancouver to a Japanese mother and French father, Jai Tatsuto West speaks fluent English, French and Japanese. His acting career began in his teens as a series regular on the popular kid's show 'Kidzone' and many roles on TV and film in the US and Canada including guest appearances in 'The Surrogate', 'Once in a Blue Moon', 'Highlander', 'The Odyssey' and '21 Jump Street'.
In Japan he has starred in such high-grossing feature films 'Worst Contact', 'Bus Panic' and 'Private Detective Mike' as well as appearing in several high profile TV commercials.
In 2004, Jai took on a key role in the Japanese box office hit "Survive Style 5+" the directorial debut of stellar advertising industry creative duo Tada Taku and Sekiguchi Gen.
Jai has also received lavish praise for the poetry his creates under the pseudonym 'Lotus Chamelion'. Performing live and having released two spoken word albums, what Jai himself describes as a "cathartic creative outlet", has won him many fans in the contemporary poetry scene in Japan.
[edit] Movies
- Tengu gaiden (2007) - Louis
- Tokyo no uso (2007) - Tamura
- Cherry Girl (2006) - Jyouji
- 13 no tsuki (2006) - Mori
- Honey and Clover | Hachimitsu to Clover (2006) - Man at party
- A Big Bang Love: Juvenile | 46-okunen no koi (2006) - Deranged Prisoner
- Hazard (2005) - Lee
- Tameiki no Riyuu (2005) - Tetsuya Ihara
- The Lost Samurai (2004) - Bob
- Survive Style 5+ (2004) - J - Burglar
- Bus Panic!!! (2001) - The Busjacker
- Worst Contact (2000) - Kerara
