Knife-wielding sushi chef foils restaurant robberyPUBLISHED: January 2, 2015 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: May 21, 2019 at 7:50 p.m. The robber had a pellet gun, the sushi chef a sharp shiny knife. The robber took off. But he didn’t get very far from the Kamakura Japanese restaurant in Champaign Tuesday night. Chef Tetsuji Miwa and a couple of co-workers tackled the robber in the parking lot and held him for police. Nursing a sprained ankle from the ep
