# Kent Gilbert > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kent_Gilbert > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kent_Gilbert.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Gilbert > Source revision: 1344076317 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actor in Japan (born 1952)}} {{Infobox person |name = Kent Gilbert |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|25}} |birth_place = [Idaho](/source/Idaho), United States |death_date = |death_place = |othername = |occupation = Actor |yearsactive = |spouse = |website = }} '''Kent Sidney Gilbert''' (born May 25, 1952, in [Idaho](/source/Idaho), United States) is an American commentator working in Japan, lawyer of California. He first came to Japan in 1971 as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After returning to the United States, he received a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) as well as an [M.B.A.](/source/M.B.A.) from [Brigham Young University](/source/Brigham_Young_University). While working in Japan as an attorney in 1983, he had a chance to perform as a stand-in for a foreign theatrical company, which led to other opportunities on Japanese television and in films. He is a foreign celebrity (''[gaijin tarento](/source/Tarento)'') and is often on news programs as a commentator with a "foreign" point of view.{{cite news|title=Orem Native Kent Gilbert Is Top Celebrity In Japan|newspaper=Orem-Geneva Times|date=April 4, 1984|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19212667/orem_native_kent_gilbert_is_top/}}{{cite news|title=Ferraris, Sing-Alongs, Sexy Ads Help Tokyo Language Schools Sell ABCs|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 21, 1992|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19212831/ferraris_singalongs_sexy_ads_help/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} Gilbert lives in Tokyo and also maintains a residence in [Orem, Utah](/source/Orem%2C_Utah).{{cn|date=September 2014}} He made an appearance in [Kazuki Ōmori](/source/Kazuki_%C5%8Cmori)'s ''[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah](/source/Godzilla_vs._King_Ghidorah)''. Gilbert has been described as a "far-right online influencer".{{Cite web |last=L |first=Aaron |date=2021-12-15 |title=Katō Kōko's Meiji Industrial Revolution –Forgetting forced labor to celebrate Japan's World Heritage Sites – Part 2 |url=https://apjjf.org/2021/24/johnsen |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus |language=en-US}} Gilbert maintains the Japanese government never forced women to work as prostitutes or [comfort women](/source/Comfort_women) during World War II.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwumVaUQi2M Who Are the Revisionist? Check the Facts] Kent Gilbert Official[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpmFSn2d5x4 Japanese Still Brainwashed by the War Guilt Information Program] Kent Gilbert Official He was prominently featured denying the forcing of comfort women to work in a documentary film.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Joanne Rhim |date=2020-05-19 |title=Battle for the truth |url=https://www.koreanquarterly.org/global-news/battle-for-thbe-truth/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Korean Quarterly |language=en-US}} He reportedly claimed in an interview that Koreans should be grateful that [they had been colonized by Japan](/source/Korea_under_Japanese_rule). In 2017, he published a book entitled "The tragedy of Chinese and Koreans who are controlled by Confucianism" where he denies Japan's [Confucian](/source/Confucianism) traditions. The book became a best seller and led to "a new wave of hate books".{{Cite web |date=2020-01-31 |title=New book attacks profusion of 'hate books' on store shelves |url=https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/new-book-attacks-profusion-of-'hate-books'-on-store-shelves |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Japan Today |language=en}} He has associated himself with [Toshio Motoya](/source/Toshio_Motoya), a far-right figure who denies the [Nanjing Massacre](/source/Nanjing_Massacre) and the forcing of comfort women to work.{{Cite news |last=Schieder |first=Chelsea Szendi |date=2021-05-26 |title=The History the Japanese Government Is Trying to Erase |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ramseyer-comfort-women-japan-nationalism/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}} In April 2018, Gilbert was appointed visiting professor at [Okayama University of Science](/source/Okayama_University_of_Science).{{twitter|kentgilbert01|ケント・ギルバート}}{{in lang|ja}}{{Cite tweet|user=kentgilbert01|number=985790951007268864|date= 16 April 2018|title= 正しくは岡山理科大学客員教授ですね。プロフィールにも入れておきました。決着する日を楽しみをにしていますよ。|access-date=7 June 2018}}{{in lang|ja}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0318134|name=Kent Gilbert}} * [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-gilbert,%20kent%20s$1952 Gilbert, Kent S. 1952-] in libraries ([WorldCat](/source/WorldCat) catalog) * {{twitter|kentgilbert01|ケント・ギルバート}}{{in lang|ja}} * {{facebook|kent.gilbert.5|Kent Gilbert}}{{in lang|ja}} * [https://ameblo.jp/workingkent/ You Are Going To Know?] (blog, last update Aug. 25, 2017) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilbert, Kent}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Mormon missionaries Category:American lawyers Category:Latter Day Saints from Utah Category:American Mormon missionaries in Japan Category:Brigham Young University alumni Category:Expatriate television personalities in Japan Category:Nanjing Massacre deniers Category:People from Orem, Utah Category:Comfort women denial Category:American historical negationists {{LDS-bio-stub}} {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kent Gilbert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Gilbert) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Gilbert?action=history)). 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