Hokuto Konishi

Hokuto Konishi
Born (1984-07-11) July 11, 1984 (age 40)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)Breakdancer, choreographer, television personality
Years active1999–present
SpouseGina Atkinson[1]
Career
Current groupQuest Crew
Former groupsSickStep

Hokuto Konishi (born July 11, 1984), also known as Hok or Falcon, is a Japanese-American breakdancer, choreographer, and television personality. Konishi is a member of the American hip-hop dance crew, Quest Crew and he was also a finalist on the Third Season of the American reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.

Konishi's Season 3 performance on So You Think You Can DanceHummingbird and Flower – choreographed by Wade Robson, won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography in 2008.[2] He was a student in graphic design at Santa Monica College.[3] Konishi also appeared in the 2009 American jukebox musical comedy film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, as a hip-hop dancer participating in a music competition. He is the choreographer of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" and "Champagne Showers" music videos.

Konishi is a judge on the CBS talent competition The World's Best representing the country of Japan.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference people was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 60th Annual Emmy Nominations cdn.emmys.tv. Retrieved July 17, 2008
  3. ^ Konishi, Hokuto. "MySpace". Archived from the original on 2007-08-27. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  4. ^ Steven Rogers (2019-02-02). "Who are 'The World's Best's "Wall of the World" experts? 'The World's Best' experts revealed by CBS". Reality TV World. Retrieved 2 March 2019.