James Morita (Earth-199999)

Jim Morita
Name	James "Jim" Morita
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	U.S. Army, Nisei Squadron, (Howling Commandos)
Relatives	Descendants: Unnamed descendant
Marital Status	Single
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Irises: Brown
Hair	Black
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Human
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-199999
Place of Birth	Fresno, California
Personal Information
Citizenship	American
Occupation	Soldier
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
First	Captain America: First Vengeance (Vol. 2) #3 (June, 2011)
First	Captain America: First Vengeance (Vol. 2) #3 (June, 2011)
Death	Marvel's The Avengers (April 25, 2012) Some time before
Death	Marvel's The Avengers (April 25, 2012) Some time before

 I'm from Fresno, Ace. 

—Jim Morita

History

Jim Morita was a Japanese-American soldier who was born and raised in Fresno, California. He was a soldier in the U.S. Army and a member of a unit that was captured by Hydra and placed in a cell with other allied prisoners.

When Captain America single handedly infiltrated the facility, he freed Jim along with the other prisoners. Dum-Dum Dugan was at first worried about releasing him, but he glibly remarked he was from Fresno! They wreaked havoc on Hydra and the base by controlling a Hydra tank together, before returning to a U.S. military installation immediately thereafter.

Shortly after their break-out, Jim and his comrades were invited to join an elite unit known as the Howling Commandos and led by Captain America himself. Jim accepted, despite the perspective of coming back to the front line immediately after barely escaping with his life. Along with the other Commandos, Jim took part in every assault against Hydra, until Captain America was lost to the ice on board the Valkyrie.

In the final days of the war, Morita was part of a team led by Peggy Carter that captured Hydra's last known remaining outpost in Austria.

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. later created an exhibit which featured Captain America with the Howling Commandos.

Notes

• Kenneth Choi portrays Jim Morita in the film Captain America: The First Avenger, and the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. episode "Shadows." Choi also provided voice-over work as Morita for the video game Captain America: Super Soldier.
• For details of the version of Jim Morita seen in the video game Captain America: Super Soldier please see here: James Morita (Earth-TRN999).

Trivia

• Morita was apparently deceased by the time Steve Rogers was found and revived in the early 2010s. According to a deleted scene from Marvel's The Avengers, Morita's record is seen with word DECEASED stamped on it.
• This is the first character portrayed by Kenneth Choi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the second being Principal Morita, Jim's descendant, of Peter Parker's school in the film Spider-Man: Homecoming.

See Also

• 6 appearance(s) of James Morita (Earth-199999)
• 4 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of James Morita (Earth-199999)
• 4 minor appearance(s) of James Morita (Earth-199999)
• 6 image(s) of James Morita (Earth-199999)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about James Morita (Earth-199999)