is an actor and

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television personality or ''

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'', in Japan. He first learned Japanese while working as a Mormon missionary in Japan when he was 19 years old. He is known as one of "the two Kents" (along with

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). Derricott was the first thing to come to the mind of Japanese when asked about Utah for a 2002 study for the

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. While he has been offered celebrity jobs in the

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(such as the opportunity to be the replacement for

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on ''

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''), he is not interested in becoming a celebrity outside Japan. After returning from Japan in the 1990s, Derricott started his own television production company. Derricott is a consultant for businesses working in or expanding to Japan and he now lives in

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. He still makes occasional appearances on Japanese television.

Books

Derricott has written several books published in Japan, including: * (Zenkoku Asahi Hōsō, November 1988, ) * (KTC Chūō Shuppan, July 1999, ) * (

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, October 2005, ) * (

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, June 1991, )

References

External links

Official site at Sankei ProDerricott, Kent
in libraries (

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