Nakoa is an actor and writer from Maui, Hawai'i. He was a professional big-wave surfer, waterman and, martial arts practitioner for most of his young adult years. After filming a project in Hawai'i, he would make the move to LA to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. He has booked several network TV shows such as S.W.A.T., Magnum P.I., NCIS Hawai'i and RESUCE: HI surf. Nakoa also wrote and starred in his first short-film "The Garden" which premiered at LA shorts international film festival. He has studied acting under Stacy Edwards and Tom Draper with a focus on the Meisner and Stanislavsky methods.