Toyo earned a reputation as a talented actor on the stage in Japan, and later moved to the United States, where he appeared in theatrical productions in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
[1] He later settled down in Los Angeles, where he owned and operated a theater in the city's Little Tokyo neighborhood.
Apparently this is where he met Sessue Hayakawa, an actor he often worked with in Hollywood films.
[2] He told reporters he was fond of reading about pirates.
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