Akira Kurosawa
Akira
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Character Information
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Akira is one of Springfield's Japanese-American citizens, who is the sensei of a karate dojo, a waiter at 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 Mr. Sparkle dishwashing detergent box (Mr. Sparkle bearing a striking resemblance to Homer).[1] He nearly killed Homer when he served him the fugu blowfish, which can only be properly prepared by the master chef (who is busy making out in his car).[2] Akira, Luigi, Captain McAllister, and other restaurant proprietors of Springfield attempted to assassinate Homer for giving their restaurants bad reviews.[3] He trained Marge Simpson in karate for an MMA fight.[4] Akira had to take a citizenship test when a proposition called for all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported.[5]
Non-canon appearances
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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.
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
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