# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rodney-kageyama
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:50:11.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rodney-kageyama"
name: "Rodney Kageyama"
slug: "rodney-kageyama"
description: "Rodney Masao Kageyama was an American stage, film and TV actor. He was a Nisei Japanese American (second-generation) and besides acting in Asian American theater groups, he was also a director and designer. With his roles in the “Gung Ho” film and television series and the “Karate Kid” franchise, he was a trailblazer for Asian Americans in Hollywood."
tagline: "American actor (1941-2018)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/aA7h7ywaVBaQYjo62NDzOYWVG6A.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1941-11-01"
deathDate: "2018-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.75216133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434632/"
    handle:    "nm0434632"
sources:
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    title: "روڈنی کاگیاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودني كاغياما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رودنى كاجياما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رادنی کاقیاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڕۆدنی کاگێیاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Kageyama"
    title: "Rodney Kageyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Kageyama"
    title: "Rodney Kageyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "رادنی کاگیاما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Kageyama"
    title: "Rodney Kageyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ロドニー・カゲヤマ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Kageyama"
    title: "Rodney Kageyama"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6126002"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129463"
    title: "Rodney Kageyama"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump