Author Archives: Koji Steven Sakai

About Koji Steven Sakai

Writer/Producer Koji Steven Sakai is the founder of Little Nalu Pictures LLC and the CEO of CHOPSO (www.CHOPSO.com), the first Asian English streaming video service. He has written five feature films that have been produced, including the indie hit, The People I’ve Slept With. He also produced three feature films, a one hour comedy special currently on Netflix, and Comedy InvAsian, a live and filmed series featuring the nation’s top Asian American comedians. Koji’s debut novel, Romeo & Juliet Vs. Zombies, was released in paperback in 2015 and in audiobook in 2016 and his graphic novel, 442, was released in 2017. In addition, he is currently an adjunct professor in screenwriting at International Technological University in San Jose.

Executive Order 13800, A New Film by Koji Steven Sakai

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

I’m working on a new feature film called Executive Order 13800. It’s a film that asks the question, what if what happened to Japanese Americans seventy-five years ago during World War 2, happened today to Arab and Muslim Americans? I … Continue reading →

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8Questions: The Big Bachi Team

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Last week I wrote an article about my involvement with the new feature film, The Big Bachi, and why I thought it was important and worthwhile project. I thought it’d be great opportunity to speak to some of the principals behind the production. … Continue reading →

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Support ‘The Big Bachi’

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

As a programmer at the Japanese American National Museum, I have been on the front lines of Asian American culture for more than a decade. That’s why when Fresh Off the Boat came out on ABC, we were excited and … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Rayven Choi” by Shequeta L. Smith

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

I’m going to let you behind-the-scenes here at 8Asians: Publishers who have any content featuring Asians usually approach the site looking for some publicity with the APIA audience. The requests are then sent out on our internal email list, I … Continue reading →

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“Goofy,” A Short Story Part 3 of 3

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Author’s note: I originally wrote this story 2013 for a children’s book about the Japanese American World War II experience. I published it on 8Asians in 2014. However, with the recent events and rhetoric surrounding our presidential election, I started … Continue reading →

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“Goofy,” A Short Story Part 2 of 3

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Author’s note: I originally wrote this story 2013 for a children’s book about the Japanese American World War II experience. I published it on 8Asians in 2014. However, with the recent events and rhetoric surrounding our presidential election, I started … Continue reading →

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“Goofy,” A Short Story Part 1 of 3

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Author’s note: I originally wrote this story 2013 for a children’s book about the Japanese American World War II experience. I published it on 8Asians in 2014. However, with the recent events and rhetoric surrounding our presidential election, I started … Continue reading →

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The Most Important Video You’ll See Today

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

This is a video I believe every Asian American–heck, every American–should see. In it, the Honorable Ron Dellums from Oakland gave one of the most stirring speeches about the effects of the taking of Japanese Americans had on people outside … Continue reading →

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Tila Tequila and the N-Word

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Tila Tequila became famous for being a MySpace model and somehow turned that into a reality TV career. I had forgotten about her when this news story came out: Here are her tweets, which seem to get progressively worse:  

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8Books Review: “Beyond the Tiger Mom” by Maya Thiagarajan

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

I’ve always seen myself as a Tiger dad. I know saying that has a lot of negative connotations. But I have big dreams for my toddler. First, he’s going to get into Harvard, then either make the NBA or play … Continue reading →

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8Questions with Dr. Sandra Lee, AKA: Dr. Pimple Popper

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

I admit it, I’m a popaholic and I’m proud. Not sure what that is? It’s a person who loves watching videos of pimples, cysts, blackheads. The bigger, the better. For a long long long time, I never told anyone. I mean, … Continue reading →

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Can Asians Fly?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

With the recent ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan and the Asian airplane tragedies in the last couple of years, I thought it was important for me to weigh in on the question of whether Asians pilots can fly airplanes. … Continue reading →

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