Daniel Kahl (born 30 March 1960 in Monrovia, California) is an American of German descent and a foreign TV personality (gaijin tarento) in Japan. He is famous for speaking fluent Yamagata-ben, the very rural dialect of Yamagata Prefecture. He mainly works as a television reporter for human interest stories in Japan (such as travel and gourmet programs).
He has also acted in dramas and comedies, and appeared in the 1991 movie Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.
Kahl translated the Ninja Gaiden series of video games from Japanese into English.
Following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in eastern Japan on 11 March 2011, Kahl was active in relief efforts in the affected areas, hauling food, supplies, and equipment for fishermen. He also helped in combatting the spread of false information regarding the spread of radiation in Fukushima after the nuclear accident there.
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—Samuel Daniel (c. 1562–1619)