Jai Tatsuto West is a bilingual and bicultural actor and poet, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and based in Tokyo for 25 years. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows in North America and Japan, making his screen debut in 1991 on the popular show '21 Jump Street'. In 2004, he co-starred in the Japanese box office hits 'Survive Style 5+', 'The Private Detective Mike', and 'Hazard'. In 2018, he became the Chairman of 'Iron Chef Canada'. He has also released two spoken word albums of poetry in English and Japanese under the pseudonym Lotus Chamelion. Jai is the lead actor in a new Sion Sono film titled 'Evaporation'.