Yoji Harada

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name = Yoji Harada
residence = Miami, Florida
other_names = 原田洋二郎
Harada Yōjirō
Yojiro Harada


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occupation = Tattoo artist
Television personality
Musician
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Bonnie Minkus (1996 - 2003)
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Yoji Harada (Japanese: 原田洋二郎　Harada Yōjirō) is a Japanese tattoo artist and tattoo apprentice featured on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink.

Biography

Early life

Born in Tokyo, Harada first went to the United States in 1995 as a tourist and in 1996 married Bonnie Minkus in Chicago, Illinois. They lived in Chicago until 1998 when they moved to New York City. Harada worked at Barmacy and Beauty Bar on the East Side and he and Bonnie lived in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Harada and Minkus divorced in 2003.

Current

Harada is married to Bridgette, and has a daughter, Sydney. In addition to his tattoo career, Harada is also in a band called Big Deal.

Career

Harada is currently a tattoo artist on reality television series Miami Ink.

Trivia

* Harada makes a brief cameo in the Japanese thriller Suicide Club as a comedian whose partner commits suicide on stage.

External links

* [http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/miami-ink/artistsareas/yoji.html Biography at TLC Miami Ink Web site]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=1847998 Yoji @ MySpace.com]

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NAME= Harada, Yoji
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Tattoo artist, Television personality, Musician
DATE OF BIRTH= 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH= Tokyo, Japan
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