I grew up in a unique environment where I was immersed in both Japanese and American cultures equally. - Karen Fukuhara

My mom suggested studying acting in college, but I was a bit scared to choose that path because I couldn't wrap my head around the drama school audition process.

I don't come from a well-off family. We're very middle-class, lower-middle-class, so that's something I cherish.

It was really fun! It’s definitely difficult when you can’t say what you want to say, [but] she [Kimiko] says a lot without uttering a word. Portraying that has been a challenge but I really don’t know how to explain it; it just comes to me and I kind of become that.