Gordon Tokumatsu Biography
Gordon Tokumatsu is an American reporter working with KNBC-NBC4 as a general assignment reporter and an anchor. He joined the station in 1993 and is an Emmy award-winning journalist.
Gordon Tokumatsu Education
Tokumatsu has not disclosed any information about his academic background and qualifications and it is not known where he attended College or University.
Gordon Tokumatsu Career
Tokumatsu started working as a newswriter at KNX News Radio in Los Angeles, where he was bitten by the broadcasting bug. He started his television career at KESQ-TV in Palm Springs, California, and then moved to KLAS-TV in Las Vegas as a general assignment reporter. Tokumatsu then joined KCRA-TV, the NBC affiliate in Sacramento, as a general assignment reporter prior to joining NBC4. He hosted and produced Perceptions, a quarterly documentary-style Asian public affairs program. Tokumatsu was the only person in 1992, to provide live coverage of Hurricane Iniki from Hawaii for all satellite news networks. His reports aired on the NBC News Channel and other networks around the world.
Tokumatsu joined NBC4 in 1993, as the anchor and general assignment reporter. He has covered a number of high-profile news stories such as the one about an LAPD officer who ticketed an elderly woman for moving too slowly in a crosswalk. The story sparked national interest and was covered by various media outlets. He was the first to reveal the identities of 2 men arrested in the deadly 1997 North Hollywood bank robbery/shoot-out and the first to report on the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office’s controversial cornea harvesting. Tokumatsu also reported on the tragic Oklahoma City bombing and the Northridge earthquake in 1994.
Gordon Tokumatsu Age
Tokumatsu was born and brought up in Hawaii and is half ”Nisei,” or second-generation Japanese-American. He is also half English and half Norwegian. Tokumatsu likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is therefore not known when he celebrates his birthday. However, he might be in his 50s.
Gordon Tokumatsu Height
Tokumatsu stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches (Approx 1.72 meters) tall.
Gordon Tokumatsu Family
Tokumatsu was born and brought up in Hawaii and is half ”Nisei,” or second-generation Japanese-American. He is also half English and half Norwegian. Tokumatsu has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Gordon has any siblings.
Gordon Tokumatsu Wife
Tokumatsu is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone.
Gordon Tokumatsu Net Worth
Tokumatsu has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being an anchor and reporter.
Gordon Tokumatsu Salary
Tokumatsu earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
NBC4
Tokumatsu works at KNBC where he works alongside other famous NBC4 anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;
- Adrian Arambulo
- David Biggar
- Michael Brownlee
- Ted Chen
- John Cádiz Klemack
- Randy Mac
- Carolyn Johnson
- Eric Leonard
- Robert Kovacik
- Belen De Leon
- Toni Guinyard
- Joel Grover
- Lolita Lopez
- Mekahlo Medina
- Lauren Coronado
- Hetty Chang
- Robin Winston
- Annabelle Sedano
- Darsha Philips
- Tony Shin
- Gordon Tokumatsu
- Michelle Valles