Kyle Card
Canadian actor and reporter
Kyle Lawrence Card (born July 27, 1985) is a Canadian actor and television reporter. Card is best known for his role of Kyle in the Japanese on demand series The Benza and spin-off series Benza English on Amazon Prime Video. He also works as a reporter for multiple NHK World programs, including Journeys in Japan, Trails to Oishii Tokyo, and Tokyo Eye 2020. Card is fluent in Japanese and has won awards for his acting abilities in it.
Early life
Card was born in British Columbia, Canada. From the age of six he developed an interest in Japanese culture after watching the animated film Akira on television. This led him to study the Japanese language in university. He participated in a one-year exchange program to Tokyo in 2005 when he was 20 years old.
Career
Card moved back to Japan in 2011 to pursue an acting career in the Japanese entertainment industry. His first regular television job was the live news show Goji ni Muchuu!
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