- Completed his degree in Anthropology and Archaeology, with a focus on Asian mythology, cross cultural practices and antiquities.
- Can speak, read and write Japanese.
- Based in Tokyo, Japan, American author Robert Reilly (aka Rye Dano) has worked in a variety of fields all over the world - as an artist, writer, TV host, private investigator, teacher, racer, fashion model, actor and filmmaker to name a few.
- When he was six years old, while rummaging through boxes in the basement of the family home, little Robbie stumbled upon several books of blank checks belonging to his uncle. The next day the school principal-after calling his parents-rushed around frantically trying to track down all the checks Robbie had written for his classmates, which totaled nearly a million dollars.
- Huge supporter the human space flight programs at NASA, ESA and JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Has stated agreement with many former astronauts, engineers and controllers at NASA that for the sake of saving pennies on the dollar the United States has ended the Shuttle program with no replacement launch vehicle, adding that this decision may go down in history as the most strategic mistake America will have made in modern times.
- Is a licensed HAM radio operator.
- In a packed common room at Harvard college, Robert, scrambling for a question to ask guest actress Linda Hunt (fresh from her Oscar win for "The Year of Living Dangerously") blurted out to the serious gathering what his female classmate hastily whispered in his ear: "Ms. Hunt...what was it like to sit on Mel Gibson's shoulders?" The room suddenly burst into laughter.
- Is forever grateful to Orson Welles for placing his famous version of War of the Worlds in his home state of New Jersey.
- Regards meeting and speaking with Ray Bradbury as one of his life's highlights.
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