Jon Miyahara, who recurred because the stoic, largely silent Cloud 9 worker Brett Kobashigawa on all six seasons of NBC’s 2015-2021 office comedy Superstore, has died. He was 83.
His dying was confirmed on Instagram by Superstore forged mate Colton Dunn. Neither a reason behind dying nor particular date of dying was cited.
Dunn wrote that Miyahara “was a very superior man and as a performer might communicate volumes with only a look. He was such a memorable a part of the Cloud 9 workforce. It was an honor to know him and work with him. I used to be fortunate sufficient to satisfy a few of his household and my ideas are with them.”
Showing in all however eight of the sequence’ 113 episodes, Miyahara hardly ever spoke, his character most frequently offering silent, deadpan stares as punctuation to comedian or outlandish scenes. His solely memorable line of dialogue – “Oh, shit” – coming when a twister tore by way of the shop. (Watch that second in a clip under, with Miyahara’s line arriving on the 2:06 mark).
The twister storyline on the finish of Season 2 additionally gave Miyahara considered one of his most elaborate plots. Once they presume that Brett has been blown away by the tornado, the opposite workers maintain a memorial for him, with Kaliko Kauahi’s Sandra performing Radiohead’s “Creep.” When Season 3 started, the ever-tranquil and utterly alive Brett merely returned to work.
Born Jonathan Yasushi Miyahara on August 8, 1941, in Los Angeles, Miyahara briefly reprised the position of Brett in a cameo on NBC’s American Auto. Each sitcoms have been created by Justin Spitzer. He had not different main performing credit.
Following Dunn’s announcement, different Superstore vets provided their social media condolences. Wrote Kelly Stables, who performed Kelly, “Oh man! He was at all times so candy.” Irene White (Carol) added, “What an unbelievable man.” And Michael Bunin (Jeff) wrote, “I’m so unhappy to listen to this information. Many enjoyable days and lots of enjoyable conversations. Very good man.”
