Shin Koyamada

is a Japanese actor and producer. He is best known for roles in The Last Samurai and the Disney Channel television movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. Early life Koyamada was born in Okayama, Japan. He graduated from Ichinomiya high school in Okayama in 2000. Koyamada subsequently moved to the United States to further his studies, enrolling in the ESL program at the University of California, Riverside. He later studied at Los Angeles City College, and began taking acting lessons. Acting career