John Kishi is is a member of the Kishi Family. He is the husband of Rioko Kishi, and the father of Janine and Claudia Kishi.
Biography[]
John was born in Japan and came to the United States shortly after he was married in Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye and Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls. It's mentioned that he has sisters in Claudia Gets Her Guy, one of whom sent Claudia a frilly pink dress.
He and Rioko has been married for twenty years in Kristy's Great Idea. John and Rioko are both very conservative, although Claudia says her dad's not as strict as Mary Anne Spier's father Richard Spier in Kristy's Great Idea.
John once dropped a chicken on the floor at a dinner party with the Pikes in Claudia and the Sad Good-bye.
In Claudia's Big Party, he has a friend named Jim Simpson from work. His family moved to Chicago. While Rioko attends a library convention in Chicago, they visit Jim’s family since it was a long time.
John loaned Claudia his Minolta camera in Claudia and the Clue in the Photograph from when he had an interest in photography. She used his camera for her photography class and eventually helped her build a dark room in the bathroom. They rented, bought, and borrowed some of the materials to make it.
He mentions that Alex Hatt helped him start out in business and he's never forgotten it.
He attends the one month opening gala of the Stoneybrook Museum with Claudia and Don Newman, an artist.
In California Girls!, it's mentioned that he buys Claudia lottery tickets for awhile.
Likes[]
- Playing golf (M#6)
- Mowing the lawn (M#6)
- Doing the crossword puzzle in the Sunday New York Times (#97)
- Photography (M#16)
- Rice and chicken dinner (#26)
Job[]
John’s job isn’t consistent, most likely because of mistakes and not because he changed jobs. InClaudia and Mean Janine, he is a partner in an investment firm in Stamford. His eyes "light up" when he talks about stocks and bonds in Claudia and the World's Cutest Baby. He has a couch in his office where he sometimes takes naps in Claudia and the Terrible Truth. But in Keep Out, Claudia!, Claudia mentions that John is a broker instead of a partner. Jessi says John is a banker in Jessi's Big Break. In Stacey and the Fashion Victim, Claudia implies John is an investment manager. In BSC in the USA, Kristy says John is an investment banker.
Trivia[]
- He celebrated his birthday in Claudia and the Little Liar.
- He is friends with the Hatt Family in Claudia and the Lighthouse Ghost.
- Claudia says that he's really good at social studies in Claudia's Big Party.
- He and Claudia talk about a racist clients in Keep Out, Claudia!
- Claudia mentions that she never saw her father cry until Mimi's death in Claudia and the Sad Good-bye.
- He and Rioko are caffeine addicts who drink coffee every morning as shown in Claudia and Mean Janine.
- Claudia notes that Janine looks a lot like him in Claudia and the Great Search.
- John once received a bigoted comment while on a vacation when Claudia was younger, which Claudia mentioned in Aloha, Baby-sitters!.
Media Portrayals[]
The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix series)[]
He is played by actor Kevan Ohtsji. He is only in the episodes Claudia and Mean Janine and Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls.
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