Spotlight on Alumni Yuki Matsuzaki
Hard work and TOA training was recognized when Edward Zwick cast alumni Yuki Matsuzaki for The Last Samurai in 2003. He booked roles in the films Drunken Sword (2005) and Roku (2005). Clint Eastwood then cast him as Nozaki in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006). Yuki also was cast in the TV shows Heroes and Better Off Ted (2006).
In 2009, Matsuzaki was cast in the supporting role of Kenji alongside Steve
Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai as a member of an international dream team of detectives in Pink Panther 2 (2009). In 2010 he was cast in the romantic comedy How Do You Know as the supporting role of Tori with Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson, and Owen Wilson.
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