Ryan Potter

Potter was born in Portland, Oregon on September 12, 1995. His father is Japanese. His American mother is Jewish. He uses his mother\'s last name, Potter. He was raised in Tokyo, Japan, until returning to the United States when he was seven. He was raised by his single mother. Potter’s first language is Japanese; he’s fluent in both Japanese and English. At 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.\n', ' In 2010, Potter began his acting career at the age of 15 when he received a leaflet in his kung fu class announcing Nickelodeon was looking for teenagers to star in a new martial-arts themed program entitled Supah Ninjas. After a few days of considering an acting career, Potter decided to audition, eventually landing the series\' lead role of Mike Fukanaga, a typical American teen who discovers he is a descendant from a long line of ninjas. In March 2012, Nickelodeon announced it had renewed Supah Ninjas for a second season.\n', ' Following the premiere of Supah Ninjas in January 2011, he became one of Nickelodeon\'s popular young stars, featured in numerous teen magazines and making personal appearances in the network\'s special Nickelodeon\'s Worldwide Day of Play and its reboot of Figure It Out, as well as an appearance on its sister network\'s broadcast of the 2011 TeenNick HALO Awards. In March 2012, Potter began a recurring role on Fred: The Show, portraying Fred\'s best friend.\n', '