Tamlyn Tomita

Explore Tamlyn Tomita’s films. Browse credits and ratings, see where to watch, and find your next movie with ReelBot.

Acting

Tamlyn Naomi Tomita is an American actress. She made her screen debut as Kumiko in The Karate Kid Part II and reprised the character for the streaming series Cobra Kai. She is also well known for her role as Waverly in The Joy Luck Club.

Filmography

• Enough (2026)
• Ultraman: Rising (2024)
• Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp (2022)
• The Right Mom (2021)
• I Will Make You Mine (2020)
• Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
• The Living Worst (2019)
• John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
• Real Artists (2017)
• The Good Neighbor (2016)
• The Unbidden (2016)
• Daddy (2015)
• Teacher of the Year (2015)
• The Real Miyagi (2015)
• Operation Marriage (2014)
• Awesome Asian Bad Guys (2014)
• Nomads (2010)
• The Mikado Project (2010)
• Tekken (2010)
• Why Am I Doing This? (2009)
• The Eye (2008)
• Only the Brave (2006)
• Wendy... Uh... What's Her Name (2006)
• Gaijin 2: Love Me as I Am (2005)
• Jane Doe: Now You See It, Now You Don't (2005)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Robot Stories (2003)
• Walking Shadow (2001)
• Runaway Virus (2000)
• The Last Man on Planet Earth (1999)
• Life Tastes Good (1999)
• Living Out Loud (1998)
• Hundred Percent (1998)
• The Killing Jar (1997)
• Touch (1997)
• Four Rooms (1995)
• Requiem (1995)
• Picture Bride (1995)
• Vanishing Son IV (1994)
• Vanishing Son II (1994)
• Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• Raven: Return of the Black Dragons (1992)
• Come See the Paradise (1990)
• Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
• Vietnam Texas (1990)
• To Heal a Nation (1988)
• Hiroshima Maiden (1988)
• Hawaiian Dream (1987)
• The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
• We Could Be in Love
• The Joy Luck Club 2