Emily Kaiho was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Caucasian-American mother and Japanese father. She grew up in Japan and speaks both English and Japanese fluently. Emily studied jazz and modern dance, as well as theatre and acting, because she always had a strong desire to become an entertainer. As a teenager, she worked regularly as a beauty and fashion model in Japan, and performed on stage as a dancer as well. In early 2008, Emily decided to advance her career by moving to Los Angeles. Her first week there, she started working at a Japanese restaurant. Soon she was spotted by a casting director and invited to audition for the part of Momoko in the stylized martial arts film Bunraku. A few days after that, Emily found herself in Romania filming with all the big name actors. Her Hollywood debut had happened like a streak of lightening. During filming she started training her martial arts skills, such as Karate, Taekwondo, Weapons, Wushu and boxing. She has been so fascinated by martial arts, that she continues training back in LA.