Opened first restaurant, "385 North", in 1984 in Los Angeles (was close to Wolfgang Puck's "Spagos"). Restaurant closed shortly, thereafter, because of financial mismanagement.
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Plays drums in a band.
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Father of son, Roy Yamaguchi Jr., and daughter, Nicole Yamaguchi.
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Hawaiian-based chef/owner of "Roy's" restaurant in Toyko and New York.
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Educated at Culinary Institute of America in New York. Graduated in 1976.
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Born in Toyko, Japan to Hawaiian father and Japanese mother.