
Mako was born in Kobe, Japan, the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Taro Yashima. His parents moved to the United States when he was a small child. He joined them there after World War II, in 1949, joining the military in the 1950s. He became a naturalized American citizen in 1956. When Mako first joined his parents in the USA, he studied architecture. During his military service, he discovered his theatrical talent, and trained at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Mako was married to actress Shizuko Hoshi with whom he had two daughters (both are actresses) and three grandchildren.

as Aku (voice)

as Poe

as Splinter (voice)

as Tan

as Himself

as Sakamoto

as Self/Narrator

as Mr. Kojima

as Straw Hat

as Self - Voice of Henry Sugimoto

as Admiral Yamamoto

as Mr. Yamaguchi (voice)

as The Wizard (archive footage)

as Santos

as Old Momo

as Shen

as Kungo Tsarong

as Mr. Lee

as Mr. Young

as Todo Matsumoto

as Buun Som

as Shudo Shimazaki

as Nakano

as Sensei

as Buntoro Iga

as Yoshida-san

as Kanemitsu

as Mr. Lee

as Narrator (voice)

as Frank Machida

as Kim

as Toshio Watanabe

as Mr. Sakamoto

as Sgt. Moritaki

as Trang

as Capt. Kilalo

as Max Chin

as Nobu Matsumoto

as Jimmy

as Oyama

as Akira Tanaka

as Capt. Vinh

as The Manchu

as Maj. Taro Oshira

as Akiro 'The Wizard'

as Mori

as Mike

as Aitaro Sakura

as Gardener / Minister

as The Wizard

as James Chan

as Nakomuri

as Enjiro

as Herbert

as Maj. Bai

as Reciter/Shogun/Jonathan Goble

as Fukimoto

as Narrator

as Yuen Chung

as Sgt. Nguyen

as Narrator

as Tao Gan

as Oomiak

as Low Sing

as Rooster (voice)

as Kenji

as Tadashi

as Kichijiro

as Psychiatrist

as Mun Ki

as Yuro

as Secret Agent Fong

as Calvin Coolidge Ishimura

as Po-han

as Kenji

as Japanese Submarine Captain (uncredited)

as Soldier in Hospital