Career
In 2000, West collaborated with his then-girlfriend, J-pop singer Olivia Lufkin, on two tracks for her debut solo studio album, Synchronicity, which was released by Avex Trax. He co-wrote and performed on “Liquid Skies”, a whimsical fairy tale about a pegasus and a mermaid coming together to fulfill her longing for wings and “Soulmate”, a duet that explores the theme of reincarnation. The album peaked at number twenty on the Oricon Charts.[3]
In 2016, West starred alongside Pamela Anderson and Dree Hemingway in the Canadian-Japanese drama The People Garden. He played a mysterious driver and worker.[4][5]
In 2018, West was announced as the Iron Chef Canada chairman, which premiered on October 17 on Food Network.[6]
In 2021, West portrayed the arch-villain Lyon Arkland in the Kamen Rider film Zero-one Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai. The movie’s release coincided with the 50th anniversary of the historic tokusatsu superhero franchise. Lyon Arkland is the CEO of ZAIA Enterprise, a global weapons manufacturing company and transforms into Kamen Rider Zaia.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
| 1995 | Once in a Blue Moon | Mexican Bandito | ||
| 2000 | Worst Contact | Kerara | Short film | |
| 2001 | Bus Panic!!! | The Busjacker | Short film | |
| 2004 | Survive Style 5+ | J – Burglar | ||
| Lost Samurai | Bob | Short film Writer Co-producer |
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| 2005 | Hazard | Lee | ||
| 2006 | Hachimitsu to Clover | Man at party | ||
| 13 no tsuki | Mori | |||
| Big Bang Love, Juvenile A | Deranged Prisoner | |||
| Cherry Girl | Joji | Direct-to-video | ||
| 2007 | Tokyo no uso | Tamura | ||
| Tengu Gaiden | Louis | Short film | ||
| 2008 | Love Exposure | Bosozoku Leader | Credited as Jei Uesuto | |
| 2010 | King Game | Johnny B. | ||
| 2014 | Pancakes | Billy | ||
| 2016 | The People Garden | Mak | Credited as Jai Tatsuto West | [4][5] |
| El Diablo | Foreigner | Short film | ||
| 2017 | My Little Guidebook | Luke Gardener | [4] | |
| 2018 | Sid & Aya: Not a Love Story | Club Customer | ||
| 2020 | Sayo | The Driver | ||
| 2021 | Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider MetsubouJinrai | Lyon Arkland/Kamen Rider ZAIA | V-cinema | |
| Prisoners of the Ghostland | Jay | |||
Television
| Television | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 1992–1998 | KidZone | Himself | ||
| 1990 | 21 Jump Street | Young Ioki | ||
| 1993 | Highlander | The Kid | ||
| 1992 | The Odyssey | Feelgood | Episode: “Checkpoint Eagle” | |
| 1994 | The Odyssey | Spook | 2 episodes | |
| 1995 | The Surrogate | Matt | TV film | |
| 2001 | Yonimo kimyô na monogatari: Aki no tokubetsu hen | Jack the Rabbit | TV film Segment: “Mama shin hatsubai!” Credited as Jei Uesuto |
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| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike | Jake the Bellhop | Known as “Shiritsu tantei Hama Maiku” in Japanese | |
| 2004 | X’smap: Tora to raion to gonin no otoko | TV film | ||
| The Great Horror Family | Tonaka Kyoojoorou | |||
| 2005 | Tameiki no riyû | Tetsuya Ihara | ||
| 2007 | Ojisan Sensei | Nakategawa | 12 episodes | |
| 2018 | Iron Chef Canada | The Chairman | 2 seasons Chairman of Iron Chef Canada |
[6] |
References
- ↑ “Collective Ink Essentia Books Dragon Man”.
- ↑ “JaiTatsutoWestOfficialPublisherPage”.
- ↑ “OLIVIAの歌詞一覧リスト”.
- 1 2 3 O’Hara, Matthew (May 10, 2016). “The People Garden: A mysterious bi-lingual role for Japanese Canadian actor Jai West”. Nikkei Voice. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- 1 2 Monk, Katherine (April 24, 2016). “Nadia Litz and Jai West dig deep in The People Garden”. The Ex-Press. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- 1 2 Clapson, Dan (September 18, 2018). “Daily bite: Iron Chef Canada to debut on October 17”. Eat North. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ↑ 映画ナタリー編集部, Natasha. “Vシネ「ゼロワン Others 仮面ライダー滅亡迅雷」あらすじ解禁、敵役はジェイ・ウェスト”. 映画ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-04-14.