- Kent Derricott
Kent Derricott is an actor and celebrity television personality, or "
gaijin tarento ", inJapan who was born on3 March 1955 in Lethbridge,Alberta ,Canada .cite web|url=http://deseretnews.com/misc/abroad/12.htm|title=Lingual diversity: Abundance of language skills gives Utah a competitive edge|publisher=Deseret News|date=1998-11-25|first=Jason|last=Swensen|accessdate=2008-01-03] He first learned Japanese while working as aMormon missionary in Japan when he was 19 years old.en icon cite web|url=http://www.lds.org/news/archiveday/0,5287,16192,00.html|title=Returned Missionaries Find Success in Japan|publisher=Deseret News via LDS.org|accessdate=2007-06-20|date=2003-03-28] He is known as one of "the two Kents" (along withKent Gilbert ).cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20030328/ai_n11384981|title=2 Utahns tire of fame in Japan|date=2003-05-28|first=Dennisllast=Lythgoe|publisher=Deseret Morning News |accessdate=2008-01-03] Derricott was the first thing to come to the mind of Japanese when asked about Utah for a 2002 study for the2002 Winter Olympics inSalt Lake City, Utah .cite web|url=http://travel.utah.gov/research_and_planning/2002_olympics/documents/OlympicTTRA.pdf|format=PDF|title=2002 Winter Olympic Games – Impacts, Images and Legacies|date-2001-06-21|accessdate=2008-01-02]While he has been offered celebrity jobs in the
United States (such as the opportunity to be the replacement forRichard Dawson on "Family Feud "), he is not interested in becoming a celebrity outside of Japan. After returning from Japan in the 1990s, Derricott started his own television production company. Derricott is a consultant for businesses working in—or expanding to—Japan, and he now lives inBountiful, Utah . He still makes occasional appearances on Japanese television.Books
Derricott has written several books published in Japan.
*nihongo|"Kent Derricott's OK! English Conversation"|ケント・デリカットのだいじょうぶ!英会話|Kento Derikatto no Daijōbu! Eikaiwa (Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō, November 1988, ISBN 4881311190)
*nihongo|"Becoming a Papa!"|パパになる!|Papa ni Naru! (KTC Chūō Shuppan, July 1999, ISBN 4877581480)
*nihongo|"Gum Trouble"|ガムふんじゃった|Gamu Funjatta (Hakusensha , October 2005, ISBN 459276109X)
*nihongo|"Kent Derricott's Icebreaker"|ケント・デリカットのアイスブレーカー|Kento Derikatto no Aisuburēkā (Takeshobo , June 1991, ISBN 4884750837)References
External links
* [http://www.sankeipro.co.jp/KentDerricott.html Official site at Sankei Pro]
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