Michi Kobi (2 November 1924 – 1 March 2016), born Machiko Kobinata Okamoto, was an American actress.

[1][2][3] Kobi was born 2 November 1924 in Sacramento, California as Machiko Kobinata Okamoto.

After the war she went to New York City, seeking to become an actor, and lived there the rest of her life.

In addition to acting on stage, screen, and television, she worked as a model, secretary, and translator.

She was very outspoken about the sanitized depictions of the conditions in the World War II internment camps and also campaigned for an apology and reparations.