John Nathaniel Avery was born on July 19, 1979 in Anchorage, Alaska. He attended elementary school at Kyrene de Los Ninos and high school at Marcos de Niza. After high school John attended MCC. John moved to Japan where he met his wife Kazuyo Tajiri. John and Kazuyo were married in 2012.
John is survived by his son, mother, father, brother, stepbrother, stepsister, and many aunts and uncles.
