Lane Nishikawa

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Lane Nishikawa
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Novelist, playwright

Lane Nishikawa is a Japanese American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist who was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and is Sansei (third generation Japanese American).^[1] His work often deals with Asian American history and identity issues. He is widely known for many one-man shows, including Life in the Fast Lane, I'm on a Mission From Buddha, Mifune and Me and others. In 2005 he directed and played the lead role for the independent feature film, Only the Brave, a fictional account of the rescue of the Lost Battalion by the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team. He has also written and directed two short films about World War II veterans, Forgotten Valor and When We Were Warriors.

Nishikawa has a long history in Asian-American theater, having served as artistic director for the Asian American Theater Company in San Francisco, California, for 10 seasons. He was co-artistic director of the Eureka Theatre and resident director at the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.