Ken Mochizuki(I)
- Actor
Ken Mochizuki was born in Seatle, Washington. He attended the
University of Washington and earned a bachelor's degree in
communications. Afer graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an
acting career. After living there for 5 years, he moved back to Seattle
and became a writer. He became a staff reporter and editor for the
"International examiner" newspaper in Seattle, Washington. He has
published 4 books. His first, "Baseball Saved Us", published in 1993,
about a Japanese-American boy during World War II. Along with his
family, he is in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans. He
establishes a camp baseball league to help pass the time for he and his
fellow internees. This story has been made into a play and has been
performed on stage at schools in the Seattle area. Other books
followed. "Heros" in 1997,which honors our veterans; "Beacon Hill Boys"
in 2002. A novel based on his high school days, in Seattle, during the
early 70s. His fourth, ""Pasage to Freedom; The Sugihara Story" in
2003. This is a novel about Chiune Sugihara; A man who has often been
referred to as "The Japanese Oskar Schindler". In 1999, the United
States Army hired him to give presentations on the history of Asian
Americans in the United States Military. Currently, he lives in
Seattle, Washington and is a full-time author, a free-lance writer and
travels extensively to speak to students, teachers and librarians,
about his work.