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Jai West

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Jai West in Bus Panic!!!
SURVIVE STYLE 5    dir. Gen Sekiguchi GOOD PEOPLE         dir. Yasu Shibuya TENGU GAIDEN        dir. Hideyoshi Oneda HAZARD                     dir. Sion Sono PEOPLE GARDEN     dir. Nadia Litz
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Jai West was born Jai Tatsuto West in Vancouver, British Columbia to a Japanese mother and French father and began his acting career in his teens as a series regular on the popular kid's show 'Kidzone' and many roles on TV and film in the US and Canada including guest appearances in 'The Surrogate', 'Once in a Blue Moon', 'Highlander', 'The Odyssey' and '21 Jump Street'. In Japan he has starred in such high-grossing feature films 'Worst Contact', 'Bus Panic' and 'Private Detective Mike' as well as appearing in several high profile TV commercials. In 2004, Jai took on a key role in the Japanese box office hit 'Survive Style 5+' the directorial debut of stellar advertising industry creative duo Tada Taku and Sekiguchi Gen. Jai has also received praise for the poetry he creates under the pseudonym 'Lotus Chamelion'. He's a bi-cultural artist that possesses a distinguished energetic presence and chameleon-like versatility, able to uniquely portray comedic and serious characters.
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Bill Moseley, Jai West, and Tak Sakaguchi in Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
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Jai West as the Chairman on Iron Chef Canada

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Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart in Equals (2015)
Equals
6.0
  • SOS Patient
  • 2015
Yûko Genkaku, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Ando, and Sô Hirosawa in Love Exposure (2008)
Love Exposure
8.0
  • Bosozoku Rîdâ(as Jei Uesuto)
  • 2008
Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Survive Style 5+
7.5
  • J - Burglar
  • 2004
Kamen Rider Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai (2021)
Kamen Rider Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai
7.0
  • Lyon Arkland
  • Kamen Rider Zaia
  • 2021

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Actor

  • Kamen Rider Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai (2021)
    Kamen Rider Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Metsuboujinrai
    • Lyon Arkland
    • Kamen Rider Zaia
    • 2021
  • Nicolas Cage in Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021)
    Prisoners of the Ghostland
    • Jay
    • 2021
  • Sayo (2020)
    Sayo
    • The Driver
    • 2020
  • Dingdong Dantes and Anne Curtis in Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story (2018)
    Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story
    • Club Customer
    • 2018
  • Jai West and Xinti Wu in My little guidebook ICE (2017)
    My little guidebook ICE
    • Luke Gardner
    • Short
    • 2017
  • El Diablo (2016)
    El Diablo
    • Foreigner
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Pamela Anderson in The People Garden (2016)
    The People Garden
    • Mak (as Jai Tatsuto West)
    • 2016
  • Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart in Equals (2015)
    Equals
    • SOS Patient
    • 2015
  • Pancakes (2014)
    Pancakes
    • Billy
    • 2014
  • Seen
    • J.J. Beatbox
    • 2011
  • King Game (2010)
    King Game
    • Johnny B
    • 2010
  • Yûko Genkaku, Hikari Mitsushima, Takahiro Nishijima, Sakura Ando, and Sô Hirosawa in Love Exposure (2008)
    Love Exposure
    • Bosozoku Rîdâ (as Jei Uesuto)
    • 2008
  • Ojiisan sensei (2007)
    Ojiisan sensei
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Tengu gaiden (2007)
    Tengu gaiden
    • Louis
    • Short
    • 2007
  • Sayuri Oyamada in Tokyo no uso (2007)
    Tokyo no uso
    • Tamura
    • 2007

Writer

  • The Lost Samurai (2004)
    The Lost Samurai
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2004

Producer

  • The Lost Samurai (2004)
    The Lost Samurai
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2004
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    • Jei Uesuto
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    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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    French-Japanese.

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