Tak Toyoshima (born April 11, 1971, in
New York
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,
New York
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) is an American art director with the
Weekly Dig
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and the author of the comic strip ''
Secret Asian Man
''Secret Asian Man'' is a discontinued weekly comic strip written and drawn by Tak Toyoshima. The strip covers the author's biography and Asian American, Asian-American issues. ''Secret Asian Man'' often centers its discussion on what it means ...
''.
According to an interview with AArisings, Toyoshima is a second-generation
Japanese American
are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian Americans, Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 United States census, 2000 census, they have declined in ...
born in
New York City
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. He received a degree in
advertising
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from
Boston University
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, and currently resides in
Boston
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.
External links
Secret Asian Man home pageUnited Media home page
1971 births
American comic strip cartoonists
American people of Japanese descent
Artists from New York City
Boston University alumni
Living people
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