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Akira

Character Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Status:	Unknown
Hair:	Black
Occupation:	Waiter at The Happy Sumo Karate teacher at Springfield Martial Arts Academy
First appearance:	One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
Voiced by:	Hank Azaria George Takei

Akira is one of Springfield's Japanese-American citizens, who is the sensei of a karate dojo, owner of "The Happy Sumo" sushi restaurant and an employee at Costington's department store.

Biography

Akira helped Homer, Bart, and Lisa Simpson discover the origin of the mysterious Japanese "Mr. Sparkle" dish-washing detergent box (Mr. Sparkle bearing a striking resemblance to Homer)^[1]. He nearly kills Homer due to the fact that Homer asked for the fugu blowfish, which can only be properly prepared by the chef (who's busy making out in his car).^[2]

Akira, Luigi Risotto, Captain McAllister, and other restaurant owners of Springfield, planned an assassination on Homer for giving their restaurants bad reviews.^[3]

He also helps Marge by training karate for an MMA fight.^[4]

Akira is also a permanent resident alien because he is seen taking the citizenship test.^[5]

Non Canon Appearance

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

Video Games

The Simpsons Game

He is seen in the level three of The Simpsons Game, "Around the World in 80 Bites". He is the former winner of the Duff eating contest by using his unique technique of dipping the food in milk then swallowing the moist meal whole.

Appearances

Episode – "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
Episode – "When Flanders Failed"
Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing"
Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields"
Episode – "The Great Wife Hope"
– The Simpsons Movie
Video game – The Simpsons Game

Reference

The Simpsons characters

view • talk • edit • past The Simpsons and relatives
Jacqueline Bouvier • Patty Bouvier • Selma Bouvier • Abraham Simpson • Bart Simpson (Bartman • El Barto) • Homer Simpson • Lisa Simpson • Maggie Simpson • Marge Simpson • Mona Simpson Jub-Jub • Plopper • Santa's Little Helper • Snowball II

view • talk • edit • past Around Springfield
Kumiko Albertson • Ms. Albright • Jasper Beardley • Benjamin • Blue-haired lawyer • Shauna Chalmers • Comic Book Guy • Crazy Cat Lady • Larry Dalrymple • Doug • Eddie • Maude Flanders • Ned Flanders • Julio Franco • Jonathan Frink • Gary • Alice Glick • Barney Gumble • Gil Gunderson • Constance Harm • Bernice Hibbert • Julius Hibbert • Julius Hibbert's daughter • Julius Hibbert's oldest son • Lionel Hutz • Jacques • "Just stamp the ticket" man • Princess Kashmir • Hyman Krustofsky • Akira Kurosawa • Cookie Kwan • Grady Little • Lou • Helen Lovejoy • Jessica Lovejoy • Timothy Lovejoy, Jr. • Barry Mackleberry • Jerri Mackleberry • Jack Marley • Horatio McCallister • Milo • Hans Moleman • Marvin Monroe • Eddie Muntz • Mrs. Muntz • Bleeding Gums Murphy • Lindsey Naegle • Nahasapeemapetilon octuplets (Anoop • Gheet • Nabendu • Poonam • Pria • Sandeep • Sashi • Uma) • Apu Nahasapeemapetilon • Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon • Sanjay Nahasapeemapetilon • Old Jewish man • Ruth Powers • Gareth Prince • Gloria Prince • Joe Quimby (Mayor Quimby's body guards) • Martha Quimby • Raphael • Luigi Risotto • Nick Riviera • Sam • Gerald Samson • Agnes Skinner • Roy Snyder • Spuckler children (Dubya • Whitney) • Brandine Spuckler • Cletus Spuckler • Squeaky-voiced teen • Strawberry • Disco Stu • Moe Szyslak • Kirk Van Houten • Luann Van Houten • Clancy Wiggum • Sarah Wiggum • Yes Guy • Artie Ziff

view • talk • edit • past Celebrities
Bill and Marty • Booberella • Kent Brockman • Bumblebee Man • Scott Christian • Duffman • Matt Groening • Krusty the Clown • Lurleen Lumpkin • Troy McClure • Sideshow Mel • Roger Meyers, Jr. • Arnie Pye • Pyro • Dave Shutton • Jebediah Springfield • Miss Springfield • Drederick Tatum • Mr. Teeny • Rainier Wolfcastle (McBain)

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Chuck Berger • Black weasel • Wendell Borton • Gary Chalmers • Lewis Clark • Database • Lunchlady Dora • E-mail • Rod Flanders • Todd Flanders • Ham • JJ Hibbert • Elizabeth Hoover • Sophie Jensen • Jimbo Jones • Edna Krabappel • Coach Krupt • Dewey Largo • Sherri Mackleberry • Terri Mackleberry • Otto Mann • Audrey McConnell • Nelson Muntz • Nell Nicholson • Brunella Pommelhorst • Janey Powell • Martin Prince • J. Loren Pryor • Report Card • Richard • Dolph Shapiro • Becky Shorter • Nina Skalka • Seymour Skinner • Cosine Tangent • Allison Taylor • Milhouse Van Houten • Wanda • Ralph Wiggum • Groundskeeper Willie • Hubert Wong • Yellow weasel • Jaffee Ziswhisky • Üter Zörker • Kearney Zzyzwicz Blond-haired boy with glasses • Brown-haired boy • Buck-toothed boy • Buck-toothed girl • Girl with glasses • Lewis look-alike • Long haired girl

view • talk • edit • past Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
Blinky • Charles Montgomery Burns (The Hounds) • Carl Carlson • Charlie • Lenny Leonard • Waylon Smithers, Jr. • Smitty

view • talk • edit • past Villains
Sideshow Bob • Frankie the Squealer • Herman Hermann • Snake Jailbird • Kang Johnson • Kodos Johnson • Legs • Louie • The Rich Texan • Hank Scorpio • Johnny Tightlips • Fat Tony

view • talk • edit • past Other characters
Capital City Goofball • Jesus Christ • Santa Claus • Devil • Fallout Boy • Itchy • God • Leprechaun • Richard Nixon • Poochie • Radioactive Man • Scratchy

view • talk • edit • past Families
The Simpsons • The Bouviers • The Flanderses • The Hibberts • The Krustofskys • The Lovejoys • The Spucklers • The Van Houtens • The Wiggums • The Muntzes

view • talk • edit • past Miscellaneous
Doppelgängers • Fictional characters • LGBT characters • Animals • Deceased characters • Crossover characters • One-time characters • Recurring characters • Non-canon characters

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[1] In Marge We Trust

[2] One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

[3] Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

[4] The Great Wife Hope

[5] Much Apu About Nothing

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