Yoshio Yoda is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese actor who played Fuji Kobiaji on the television series McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy is an American television sitcom series which ran for 138 half-hour episodes from October 11,1962, to August 31, 1966, on the ABC network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated in a one-hour drama called Seven Against the Sea, broadcast on April 3, 1962...

. He also appeared in the movie The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant

The Horizontal Lieutenant is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is a military comedy about an unfortunate army intelligence lieutenant who finds himself isolated on a remote Japanese island army outpost during World War II....

(1962). After finishing McHale's Navy in 1966, Yoda appears to have had just one further role, in the 1969 segment of Love American Style entitled Love and the Letter.

In the cast reunion extra feature on the McHale's Navy first season DVD set, Edson Stroll

Edson Stroll

Edson Stroll was an American actor. He made over 20 film and television appearances since 1958.-Career:Stroll began his career as a bodybuilder in the 1950s. He then moved to acting in 1958 with bit parts on television shows such as How to Marry a Millionaire, Sea Hunt and The Twilight Zone...

(Virgil in the series) states that Yoda had later changed his name to James Yoda and worked as a Toyota vice-president. He also reported that Yoda had secured his American citizenship.

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