Editing Akira Kurosawa

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{{Character
|name = Akira Kurosawa
|image = [[File:Akira.png|200px]]
|caption = Artwork of Akira from ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''
|gender = {{Male}}
|status = Alive
|hair = Black
|age = 
|job = Waiter at [[The Happy Sumo]] (later [[Swanky Fish]])<br>Karate teacher at [[Springfield Martial Arts Academy]]
|relatives = 
|appearance = "[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"
|voiced by = [[Hank Azaria]]<br>[[George Takei]]
}}

'''Akira Kurosawa'''<ref>[https://twitter.com/NellSco/status/1220903516312567813 Nell Scovell on Twitter - "Akira Kurosawa"]</ref> is an Asian man who has served as the sensei of a [[Springfield Martial Arts Academy|karate dojo]], a waiter at [[The Happy Sumo]] and [[Swanky Fish]] and an employee at [[Costington's]] department store.

== History ==
Akira has a mixed relationship with [[Homer]]. Akira helped [[Homer Simpson|Homer]], [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and [[Lisa Simpson]] discover the origin of the mysterious [[Mr. Sparkle]] dishwashing detergent box (Homer was mystified by Mr. Sparkle's striking resemblance to him).<ref>"[[In Marge We Trust]]"</ref> However, he nearly killed Homer (albeit not intentionally) when he served him the fugu blowfish, which can only be properly prepared by the [[Master Sushi Chef]] (who was busy making out in his car with [[Mrs. Krabappel]] when Homer ordered the fugu).<ref>"[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"</ref> Also, Akira, [[Luigi Risotto|Luigi]], [[Captain McAllister]], and other restaurant proprietors of [[Springfield]] attempted to assassinate Homer for giving their restaurants bad reviews.<ref>"[[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?]]"</ref>

On yet another occasion, Akira demonstrated a vibrating recliner for Homer in the furniture department at [[Costington's]]—at Homer's insistence, with the chair set to full power. Homer loved the chair, but [[Marge]] talked him out of buying it.<ref>"[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"</ref>

He took part in the world's tallest human pyramid record attempt.

Akira trained Marge in karate for an MMA fight working with her in his own karate studio.<ref>"[[The Great Wife Hope]]"</ref> Bart also signed up for one of Akira's karate classes, but skipped the sessions to go play video games.<ref>"[[When Flanders Failed]]"</ref>

Akira had to take a citizenship test when a proposition called for all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported.<ref>"[[Much Apu About Nothing]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
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=== ''The Simpsons Game'' ===
Akira is featured in level three of ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'', "[[Around the World in 80 Bites]]". He is shown as the former winner of the [[Duff]] eating contest because of his technique of dipping food in milk then swallowing it whole. In the Wii Version, he is the opponent of the minigame [[Bite Night]] found in the level Game Over.

=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
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== Appearances ==
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*{{ep|One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
*{{ep|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe's}}
*{{ep|Much Apu About Nothing}}
*{{ep|In Marge We Trust}}
*{{ep|Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?}}
*{{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
*{{mov}}
*{{ep|The Great Wife Hope}}
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}}
*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
*{{ep|Dark Knight Court}}
*{{ep|What Animated Women Want}}
*{{ep|Labor Pains}}
*{{ep|Covercraft}}
*{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}}
*{{ep|Halloween of Horror}}
*{{ep|Dogtown}}
*{{ep|Girl's in the Band}}
*{{cg|The Fat Blue Line/Gags|The Fat Blue Line}}
*{{ep|Marge the Lumberjill}}
*{{ep|Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?}}
*{{ep|Warrin' Priests: Part Two}}
*{{bk|Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20}}
*{{ad|Bart's Karate Lesson}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
*{{merch|Simpsons Mania! (Inkworks)|Simpsons Mania!}} 
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== References ==
{{Images|Akira}}
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