Jai West
JAI TATSUTO WEST is a half Japanese, half French-Canadian actor, screenwriter, and poet, born in Vancouver, BC, and based in Tokyo for over 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 poetry albums in English and Japanese under the pseudonym Lotus Chamelion.
Acting
Movie
Equals
as SOS Patient
2015
Movie
Prisoners of the Ghostland
as Jay
2021
Movie
Love Exposure
as Bosozoku Leader
2008
TV
Highlander: The Series
as The Kid
1992
Movie
Survive Style 5+
as J - Burglar
2004
TV
21 Jump Street
as Young Ioki
1987
Movie
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
as Deranged Prisoner
2006
Movie
Honey and Clover
as Man at Party
2006
Movie
Hazard
as Lee
2005
TV
The Odyssey
as Feelgood
1992
Movie
The People Garden
as Mak
2016
Movie
Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai
as Leon Arkland
2021
TV
The Private Detective Mike
as Jake the bellhop
2002
TV
The Great Horror Family
as Tonaka Kyoojoorou
2004
Movie
Sayo
2020
Movie
Harbour
as Lee
Movie
KING GAME
as Johnny B
2010
Movie
Smap Short Films
2001
Movie
Pancakes
2014
Movie
Bus Panic!!!
as The Busjacker
2001
Movie
Tengu gaiden
as Louis
2007
Movie
Worst Contact
as Kerara
2000
Movie
Tokyo-Uso
2007
Movie
Good People
2019