Masa Yamaguchi

Hidemasa Yamaguchi (山口 英勝), known professionally as Masa Yamaguchi, is a Japanese-Australian actor, stunt performer and fight choreographer.

Biography
Yamaguchi was born in London to Japanese parents, and raised in Tokyo, Japan. At the age of 15, his family moved to Melbourne, Australia, where he attended Brighton Grammar School. He graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2001, the first Japanese student to do so.

He later appeared in the film The Condemned as Go Saiga, a Japanese killer, who later teams up with McStarley. He has also acted on stage, including in Katherine Thomson's King Tide for the Griffin Theatre Company.

Yamaguchi has practiced martial arts since the age of 3. He holds 2nd dan black belts in judo and taekwondo, and practices kenjutsu.

Filmography

 * Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Senator (uncredited)
 * Feed (2005) - Dog Boy
 * The Great Raid (2005) - Lt. Hikobe
 * Dark Love Story (2006) - Kiyoshi
 * The Jammed (2007) - Dyce
 * The Condemned (2007) - Saiga
 * Onshinfutsu (2008) - Yutaka Honjo
 * Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) - Sergeant (uncredited)
 * 10 Terrorists (2012) - Japan
 * The Wolverine (2013) - Yakuza 4
 * The Railway Man (2013) - Kempei Officer
 * Top Knot Detective (2017) - Haruto Kioke / Kurosaki Itto / Sperm
 * The Brighton Miracle (film) (2019) -
 * The Narrow Road to the Deep North (miniseries) - Lieutenant Fukuhara (upcoming miniseries)