John Tampoya
John Alex Tampoya  is an actor who was a regular background performer on  and , appearing most notably as Ensign Kashimuro Nozawa on the latter one. He also had a background role in  and worked as stand-in on . On Voyager, Tampoya also worked as first unit stand-in and photo double for "Harry Kim" actor Garrett Wang on the first four seasons. As a background actor he received no on-screen credit for his appearances.

A costume from the episode , worn by Tampoya and Wang, was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay.  Tampoya filmed his scenes for "Silicon Avatar" on Wednesday  on location at the Golden Oak Ranch and on Thursday  at Paramount Stage 16. He was scheduled to appear in corridor scenes in the episode  and on the bridge in  but was not part of the final episodes. He had his stand-in interview for Voyager along with two other actors on Thursday .

Outside Star Trek, Tampoya appeared as a lab technician in The Human Factor pilot episode (1992, with Gene LeBell and Vyto Ruginis) and performed stunts in the drama Leather Jackets (1992, with Phil Chong, Jeff Imada, Al Goto, Michael Champion, Bill M. Ryusaki, Tony Cecere, Sandy Free, Peter Lai, and George Wilbur).

Star Trek appearances

Recurring appearances 
  as Enterprise-D ensign
  (Season 5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 7)
 
 
 
 
 
 
  as Kashimuro Nozawa
  (Season 1)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 3)
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (Season 4)
 
  (Season 5)
  (Season 7)

Stand-in work 
  – stand-in for Garrett Wang
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  – stand-in for guest actors
  – stand-in for Kenny Morrison
  – stand-in for James Saito
  – stand-in for Robert Picardo
  – stand-in for Danny Goldring and utility stand-in
  – stand-in for Robert Beltran, Paul S. Eckstein, Mark Deakins and utility stand-in
 
  – stand-in for Eric Steinberg

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Stand-ins
Performers
TNG performers
VOY performers
Film performers
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