Koji has the real-life mixed martial arts skills to back up his résumé, but he has a complex relationship with the sport. “Martial arts was something that I did because I did love it, and I still do have a love for it. But around the time I knew I wanted to act, I was like, ‘I don’t want to be boxed in as the martial arts guy,’ so I stopped it intentionally,” he says. “I was very skeptical [about] jumping into ‘Warrior,’ because I thought, ‘Have I sold out? Am I perpetuating this stereotype?’” But Koji’s wariness gave way to excitement for the series once he got ahold of scripts revised by showrunner and creator Jonathan Tropper and executive producer Shannon Lee, the daughter of Bruce Lee.
Despite Koji’s love for “Warrior,” he’s also picking a real-life fight against Hollywood's attempts to pigeonhole him as a solely martial arts actor. And while it might be surprising to hear from an actor with a “G.I. Joe” starring credit to his name, Koji says he much prefers to work on heartfelt indie movies instead of the studio blockbusters that dominate theaters.
excerpt from Andrew Koji's Interview with Character Media (2022) (x)
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KnB General Hcs - Part 2
I love them so much the entire knb cast so skrunkly...
contents: sfw
Kasamatsu is famously (canonically) TERRIBLE at talking to women, so I think that one time at a job interview, he was composing himself in the lobby, prepared to make the best impression of allt ime, but when he was called over by an attractive lady around the same age as him, he disintegrated.
(While we're talking about him, I think he'd be super SUPER respectful to the elderly, just because he feels a sense of responsibility for his elders)
Akashi, personally, I think wouldn't photograph well. (I know he was one or two pictures of him in the show and looks normal but HEAR ME OUT) I just think he gets in his head about how he should appear, and he ends up looking a little too stern, like his eyebrows are just always furrowed.
Kobori, Reo, Kiyoshi, and Kimura probably all take the big sibling/brother roles in their respective teams. (i don't imagine tōō or yōsen having anybody like that) Like, they'd go out of their way to buy everybody drinks after practice or a match, no matter their mood.
Miyaji, our resident Miyu-Miyu stan, once attended a concert, ran into his female classmates, and while i don't think he's the kind of guy to be incredibly 'i wanna die' embarrassed type, he definitely didn't want to admit that he was there for his own enjoyment. So when the girls eventually notice their literal 6'3 (anybody else surprised by his height btw?? he gives short energy LMAO) giant of a classmate, he psh'ed and just said "I'm waiting for somebody." No, he has not been able to avoid the girlfriend allegations since.
Kagami sleeps with so many pillows, and it's because of his muscle pains, but holy shit his bed is just a clump of fluff.
Izuki, for whatever reason, always has crap falling about of his locker. Whether it's his piles of joke books, the rare sheet of schoolwork, or an old coffee can, you can never EVER trust him to keep his locker clean for more than 4 days.
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Kasamatsu deserves the world I don't care what you think (i care ily <3)
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did you know Kuwana and Yagami once acted in a drama together?
Its called Karei-naru Ichizoku (I highly recommend it!)
Kimura Takuya, Yamamoto Koji for TVNavi: 2007.3
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So. I've finished up Digimon Frontier earlier.
Honestly I've ended up liking it much more than I thought I would.
Outside of the pacing being kinda slow at points, I found it very enjoyable overall. So yea
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