Masakazu Yoshizawa was born on 10 September 1950 in Takayama, Gifu, Japan. He was an actor, known for Bir geyşanın anıları (2005), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and Ninja Kaplumbağalar 4: Ölümsüz (2007). He died on 24 October 2007 in San Gabriel, California, USA.