Ryan Potter (born September 12, 1995) is a Japanese-American actor and martial artist best known for his role as Mike Fukanaga in the Nickelodeon show Supah Ninjas.
He provided the voice of Hiro Hamada in the 2014 Disney animated feature film Big Hero 6 and will reprise his role in the upcoming 2017 television series of the same name. He also plays Riker in Lab Rats: Elite Force.
Early Life[]
Potter was born on September 12, 1995 in Portland, Oregon. His father is Japanese and his mother Jordanna, whose surname is "Potter", is white. He is Jewish on his mother's side. Ryan's maternal grandmother was Jewish and he has said that he is Jewish. He was raised in Tokyo, Japan, until returning to the United States when he was seven. He was raised by his single mother. Potter grew up fluent in both Japanese and English and the age of eight, he began studying White Tiger kung fu, a discipline which he would continue to pursue throughout his teenage years. Other childhood interests reportedly included baseball, skateboarding, and playing the drums. His first language was Japanese and his second is English.