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 has a mixed relationship with Homer. Akira helped Homer, Bart, and Lisa Simpson discover the origin of the mysterious Mr. Sparkle dishwashing detergent box (Homer was mystfied by Mr. Sparkle's striking resemblance to him).[1] 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).[2] Also, Akira, Luigi, Captain McAllister, and other restaurant proprietors of Springfield attempted to assassinate Homer for giving their restaurants bad reviews.[3]
Akira trained Marge Simpson in karate for an MMA fight.[4] Bart also signed up for one of Akira's karate classes, but skipped the sessions to go play video games [5].
Akira had to take a citizenship test when a proposition called for all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported.[6]
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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