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Arts and Entertainment

• Keiko Agena, actress (Gilmore Girls TV series)
• Toshiko Akiyoshi, musician, jazz
• Devon Aoki, model and actress
• Tsuru Aoki (1892 - 1961), Issei, actress
• Gregg Araki, film director
• Danielle Arikawa, Nisei, Christian singer, songwriter; she is 1/4 Japanese on her mother's side
• Tadashi Asoma, a contemporary art painter;in the television series 24
• Marie Eguro, actress, model, musician
• Takayo Fischer, Nisei, actress
• Tak Fujimoto, Nisei, cinematographer of many Hollywood films including The Silence of the Lambs and Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• John Fujioka, actor
• Dale Furutani, novelist
• Philip Kan Gotanda, Sansei, playwright
• Kayo Hatta (1958 - 2005), filmmaker (Sundance Award winner Picture Bride)
• Sessue Hayakawa (1889 - 1973), Issei, Academy Award nominated actor
• Matt Heafy, Lead vocalist of band Trivium - mother is Japanese
• Naomi Hirahara, novelist and journalist
• Shizuko Hoshi, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), actress
• Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, Nisei, novelist, author of Farewell to Manzanar
• James Iha, Guitarist for Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle
• Naomi Iizuka, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), playwright
• Jeff Imada, actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator
• Carrie Ann Inaba, dancer, actress
• Lawson Fusao Inada, Nisei, poet
• Tatsuya Ishida, creator of the webcomic Sinfest
• Robert Ito (Canadian-born), actor, best known as "Dr. Sam Fujiyama" on the popular TV series Quincy, M.E.
• Kenn Kashima, film editor, filmmaker
• Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Nisei, poet, playwright, actor
• Janice Kawaye, voice actress
• Ariane Koizumi, film actress
• Sho Kosugi, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), actor and martial artist
• Eric Koyanagi, filmmaker
• Denise Kumagai, actress (Night Court TV series)
• Dan Kuramoto, Sansei, musician, composer, band-leader of Hiroshima
• Emily Kuroda, actress (Gilmore Girls TV series)
• Clyde Kusatsu, actor
• Bob Kuwahara animator for Walt Disney and Terrytoons. Created Hashimoto-san series.
• Sean Ono Lennon, Hapa, musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• Mako (1933 - 2006), Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), Oscar and Tony nominated actor, Founder of East West Players
• Lily Mariye, actress (ER), filmmaker
• Keiko Matsui, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), jazz musician
• Nobu McCarthy (1934 - 2002), Actress
• Meiko, L.A.-based singer/songwriter; she is 1/4 Japanese on her mother's side
• Kim Miyori, actress (St. Elsewhere TV series)
• Diane Mizota, dancer, actress, TV host
• Ken Mochizuki, author
• Pat Morita (1932 - 2005), Nisei, Academy Award nominated actor and comedian
• Doris Muramatsu, Girlyman band member
• Kent Nagano, conductor, Los Angeles Symphony
• Eric Nakamura, founder of Giant Robot magazine
• Suzy Nakamura, Sansei, actress
• Desmond Nakano, Sansei, director and screenwriter
• George Nakashima (1905 - 1990), Nisei, cabinetry, crafts movement, internment survivor
• Ken Narasaki, Sansei, actor and playwright (brother of Karen Narasaki)
• Hiro Narita, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), cinematographer
• Nigo, member of the Teriyaki Boyz and owner of "a Bathing Ape"
• Lane Nishikawa, Sansei, actor and filmmaker
• Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988), Issei, artist, sculptor, designer
• Sophie Oda (1991 - ) child actress^[1]
• Masi Oka, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), Golden Globe nominated television actor (Heroes)^[2]
• Daryn Okada, cinematographer, current president of American Society of Cinematographers
• Steven Okazaki, Sansei, Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker
• Ryo Okumoto, Spock's Beard band member
• Yuji Okumoto, Sansei, actor
• Lisa Onodera, film producer (Picture Bride, The Debut, Americanese)
• Seiji Ozawa, conductor, director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973-2002
• Douglas Robb, Hapa, lead singer of Hoobastank, whose mother is Japanese American
• Bianca Ryan, Hapa, winner of America's Got Talent, Japanese American descent from mother's side
• Stan Sakai, cartoonist, creator of Usagi Yojimbo comic series
• Ed Sakamoto, Nisei, playwright
• Harold Sakata (1920 - 1982), Nisei, actor ("Odd Job" from James Bond film Goldfinger) and wrestler (see also Sports below)
• Sueo Serisawa (1910 - 2004), Issei, noted Californian Impressionist artist
• Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso
• James Shigeta, Nisei, actor
• Jenny Shimizu, fashion model
• Masahiko Shimo, Renowned Classical Pianist
• Yuki Shimoda (1921 - 1981), Nisei, actor
• Gary Shimokawa, television director
• Sab Shimono, actor
• Larry Shinoda, automotive designer noted for his work on the Corvette and the Boss 302 Mustang
• Mike Shinoda, Hapa, Linkin Park band member (father is Japanese)
• Jon Shirota, novelist and playwright
• Jack Soo (1916 - 1979), Nisei, actor ("Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana" from Barney Miller TV series)
• Pat Suzuki, Nisei, female singer in Broadway hit musical Flower Drum Song
• Shoji Tabuchi, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), famous fiddler
• Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), actor
• Rene Tajima-Peña, Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker (Who Killed Vincent Chin?)
• Rea Tajiri, Sansei, filmmaker
• Miiko Taka, actress, starred opposite Marlon Brando in Sayonara
• Iwao Takamoto (1925 - 2007), Nisei, animator/producer for Hanna Barbera, creator of Scooby Doo
• Cyril Takayama, illusionist
• George Takei, Nisei, actor, "Sulu" from Star Trek TV series and films
• Sara Tanaka, actress
• Chris Tashima, Sansei, actor, Academy Award winning director
• Teppei Teranishi, Thrice band member
• Brian Tochi, Sansei, actor
• Marcus Toji, Yonsei, actor
• Marilyn Tokuda, Sansei, actress
• Tamlyn Tomita, Sansei on father's side (mother is Japanese/Filipina), actress
• Miyoshi Umeki, Shin-Issei (Japanese-born), Academy Award winning actress (Sayonara)
• Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Academy Award nominated director
• Hikaru Utada, singer/songwriter. Multi-million selling Japanese pop music star. Topped Billboard Club chart with "Devil Inside" in 2004
• Gedde Watanabe, Sansei, actor, Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles
• Don "the Dragon" Wilson, Hapa, actor in Hollywood action films, mother is Japanese (see also Sports below)
• Rachael Yamagata, singer (second-generation Japanese American father & German-Italian mother)
• Hiro Yamamoto, original bass player for Soundgarden
• Minoru Yamasaki (1912 - 1986), Nisei, architect, best known for the New York World Trade Center "Twin Towers."
• Iris Yamashita, Academy Award nominated screenwriter (Letters from Iwo Jima)
• Wakako Yamauchi, Nisei, playwright
• Patti Yasutake, actress who played "Nurse Alyssa Ogawa" on Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series

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Bob Kuwahara was a Japanese-born animator best known for his work with Walt Disney and Terrytoons between the 1930s and 1960s. ... Mighty Mouse, the signature character of the studio. ... Hashimoto-san was an animated Japanese mouse created by the Japanese-born animator Bob Kuwahara for the Terrytoons animation company. ... Sean Taro Ono Lennon (aka Sean Ono Lennon, born October 9, 1975) is the son of musician and peace activist John Lennon by his second wife, artist Yoko Ono. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... Makoto Iwamatsu (マコ 岩松, also 岩松 ä¿¡ Iwamatsu Makoto, December 10, 1933 – July 21, 2006) was an Academy Award-nominated Japanese American actor. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Category: ... ER is a long-running, Emmy-winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. ... Keiko Matsui (松居慶子), born in Tokyo as Keiko Doi on July 26, 1961, is a Japanese smooth jazz/new age pianist and composer whose career spans three decades, during which time she has released twenty CDs (in addition to various compilations) and has received international acclaim. ... 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Kent Nagano is the current music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. ... Giant Robot Magazine is an Asian-American pop culture magazine founded by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong in 1994 as a small punk-minded zine that covered a variety of Asian-American alternative culture from music, movies, history, toys, technology, to food and skateboarding. ... Suzy as Inger in Help Me Help You Suzy Aiko Nakamura is an Asian American actress. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... George Katsutoshi Nakashima (1905 – 1990) was a Japanese American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th Century furniture design. ... The Nisei Japanese Americans (二世 pronounced , lit. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Hiro Narita (born June 26, 1941 in Seoul, South Korea) is an Korean-based cinematographer who works in the USA since the 1960s. ... Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker and performance artist. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... Isamu Noguchi , November 17, 1904 - December 30, 1988) was a prominent Japanese -American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. ... Categories: | | ... Sophie Tamiko Oda Sophie was born on October 23, 1991, in San Fransico, Califronia. ... Masayori Masi Oka ) (pronounced //) (born December 27, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Golden-Globe and Emmy-nominated Japanese-American actor and digital effects artist. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is not a labor union or guild, but rather an educational, cultural and professional organization. ... Steven Okazaki (born 1952 in Venice, California) is an American filmmaker. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Ryo Okumoto (born in Osaka, Japan) is a keyboardist, best known for his work with progressive rock group Spocks Beard. ... Spocks Beard is a progressive rock band formed in 1992 in Los Angeles by brothers Neal and Alan Morse. ... 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Sayonara is a 1957 film which tells the story of an American soldier during the Korean War. ... Michael Toshiyuki Uno is a film and television director, credited with directing television programs such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (the remake series that began in 1985), China Beach, The Outsiders, Early Edition, and Dawsons Creek. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Utada (宇多田ヒカル Utada Hikaru, born January 19, 1983) is a J-Pop star. ... J-pop is an abbreviation of Japanese pop and refers to Japanese popular music. ... Gedde Watanabe (born June 26, 1955, Ogden, Utah) is the stage name of Gary Watanabe, a Japanese American actor. ... The Sansei Japanese Americans (三世 lit. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Don The Dragon Wilson (born September 10, 1954 in Illinois) is an American champion kickboxer and actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Hiro Yamamoto (born July 24, 2007 [1]) hiro yamamoto aoki is the best math teacher in the world and we learn alot famous words: ahhhhhhhh thank you, sit downnnnnnnn, stand up nooowwww! and gerry sit down , do some work! ty from blue ***** oil ... Soundgarden was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. ... Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 – February 6, 1986) was an American architect best known for his design of the World Trade Center. ... The Nisei Japanese Americans (二世 pronounced , lit. ... The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred to as the WTC or the Twin Towers) was a complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, mostly designed by American architect Minoru Yamasaki and developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ... Iris Yamashita is a Japanese-American screenwriter. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Letters from Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島からの手紙) a 2006 Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning critically-acclaimed [1][2][3]war film starring Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya among others, and directed by Clint Eastwood, is about the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of Japanese soldiers. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The Nisei Japanese Americans (二世 pronounced , lit. ... Patti Yasutake is a Japanese-American actress. ... 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Business

• Glen Fukushima, Co-President and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd., and former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
• Scott Oki, former senior vice-president of sales and marketing for Microsoft

Glen Fukushima (b. ... Scott Oki (born October 5, 1948 in Seattle, Washington) is a former senior vice-president of sales and marketing for Microsoft who conceived and built Microsofts international operations. ...

News/Media

• Guy Aoki, founder of Media Action Network for Asian Americans
• Rob Fukuzaki, sports anchor for KABC-TV in Los Angeles
• James Hattori, pioneering network news correspondent
• Joseph Heco (1837 - 1897), fisherman and writer, first to publish Japanese language newspaper
• Michiko Kakutani, New York Times literary critic and author
• Ken Kashiwahara, Emmy winning television journalist
• Guy Kawasaki, author, Apple evangelist
• Gordon Morioka, photojournalist based in Cincinnati, Ohio (formerly with the Dayton Journal Herald and the Cincinnati Enquirer)
• David Ono, anchorman for KABC-TV in Los Angeles
• Scott Sassa, former President, NBC West Coast
• Iva Toguri (1916 - 2006), radio broadcaster who has been nicknamed "Tokyo Rose"
• Wendy Tokuda, anchorwoman for San Francisco KPIX 5, previously for KRON 4
• Tritia Toyota, former anchorwoman, founder of Asian American Journalists Association

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Military

• Terry Teruo Kawamura, Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant First Class in Vietnam War
• Alice K. Kurashige, the first Japanese American woman to be commissioned in the United States Marine Corps
• Hiroshi Miyamura, Medal of Honor recipient, Corporal in Korean War
• James H. Mukoyama, Major General, first Asian American to command an Army division
• Sadao Munemori, Medal of Honor recipient, Private First Class in World War II
• Jiro Shimoda, Sergeant in WWII
• Eric Shinseki, United States Army General, Army Chief of Staff, 1999-2003
• Ehren Watada, Army Lieutenant to be tried by court martial (5 Feb. 2007) for refusal to deploy to Iraq.
• Bruce Yamashita, worked to expose racial discrimination in the United States Marine Corps
• Rodney James Takashi Yano, Medal of Honor recipient, Sergeant First Class in Vietnam War

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Politics and Law

• Richard Aoki, civil rights activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party
• George Ariyoshi, first Asian American governor of a U.S. state, Hawaii
• S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian, former Senator from California and linguistics scholar
• Gordon Hirabayashi, plaintiff in Hirabayashi v. United States, which challenged Japanese-American internment during World War II
• Mazie Hirono, former lieutenant governor of State of Hawaii.
• Mike Honda, Congressman from California and community leader
• Paul Igasaki, former Vice Chair and Chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Daniel Inouye, Senator from Hawaii, Medal of Honor recipient
• Lance Ito, judge, presided over O.J. Simpson criminal trial
• Yuri Kochiyama, the Japanese American civil rights activist and friend of Malcolm X
• Fred Korematsu, Medal of Freedom reciepient who argued against the internment
• Mari Matsuda, first tenured Asian American, female law professor in the United States
• Doris Matsui, widow of Robert Matsui who succeeded him in Congress
• Robert Matsui, late Congressman from California and former chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
• Spark Matsunaga, US Senator from Hawaii
• Stan Matsunaka, Colorado State Senator
• Norman Mineta, Congressman from California and Secretary of Transportation
• Patsy Takemoto Mink, first Asian American Congresswoman, Hawaii
• Paula A. Nakayama, Associate Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court
• Karen Narasaki, Executive Director of the Asian American Justice Center.
• Paul Tanaka, Mayor of the City of Gardena and Assistant Sheriff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department
• A. Wallace Tashima, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• Takuji Yamashita, early civil rights pioneer

Richard Aoki is a Japanese American civil rights activist who, along with Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, helped to train the Black Panther Party to use guns in 1966. ... The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was an African American organization founded to promote civil rights and self-defense with a mission of domination in the United States. ... George Ryoichi Ariyoshi (有吉良一, born March 12, 1926), served as the third Governor of Hawaii from 1974 to 1986. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906–February 27, 1992) was an English professor and academic who served as a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi (born April 23, 1918) He was born in Seattle to a Christian family who were associated with the Mukyōkai Christian Movement. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Mazie Keiko Hirono (Japanese: 広野 慶子) , born November 3, 1947 in Fukushima, Japan, is an American politician who was the second Asian immigrant elected lieutenant governor of a state of the United States. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... Michael Makoto (Mike) Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... // Biography The Honorable Paul M. Igasaki The Honorable Paul M. Igasaki is executive director of the Rights Working Group, a unique nationwide coalition of of groups and individuals committed to ensuring liberty and justice for all. ... Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is a recipient of the Medal of Honor and currently serves as the senior United States Senator from HawaiÊ»i. ... 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This article is about Fred Korematsu. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States and is bestowed by the President of the United States (the other award which is considered its equivalent is the Congressional Gold Medal, which is bestowed by an... Holding The exclusion order leading to Japanese American Internment was constitutional Court membership Chief Justice: Harlan Fiske Stone Associate Justices: Owen Josephus Roberts, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas, Frank Murphy, Robert H. Jackson, Wiley Blount Rutledge Case opinions Majority by: Black Joined by: Stone, Reed... Jerome War Relocation Center in Jerome, Arkansas Japanese people heading off to an internment camp. ... Mari Matsuda is a lawyer, is an activist, and is a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center, specializing in the fields of torts, constitutional law, legal history, feminist theory, critical race theory, and civil rights law. ... Doris Matsui Doris Okada Matsui (born September 25, 1944) is an American politician of the Democratic Party who represents the Fifth Congressional District of California (Sacramento County, map) in the United States House of Representatives. ... Robert T. Matsui Robert Takeo Matsui (September 17, 1941–January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the U.S. state of California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Spark Matsunaga Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Japanese: スパーク・松永) (October 8, 1916 - April 15, 1990) was a United States Senator from Hawaii. ... Official language(s) English, Hawaiian Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  Ranked 43rd  - Total 10,931 sq mi (29,311 km²)  - Width n/a miles (n/a km)  - Length 1,522 miles (2,450 km)  - % water 41. ... External link Stan Matsunaka for Congress 2004 website Categories: Politics stubs | Colorado politicians | Japanese Americans | 1953 births | Colorado State Senators ... Norman Yoshio Mineta (born November 12, 1931) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. ... Seal of the United States Department of Transportation The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ... Patsy T. Mink was the first non-white woman to serve in Congress. ... 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Takuji Yamashita (1874-1959), born in Yawatahama on Ehime,Shikoku, Japan, is considered as an early 20th century civil rights pioneer. ...

Religion

• Robert T. Hoshibata, Bishop of the United Methodist Church
• Roy I. Sano, Bishop of the United Methodist Church

Robert Tsugio Hoshibata is a Japanese-American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2004. ... Roy Isao Sano (born 1931) is a retired Japanese-American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1984. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      This article is about a title... This article is about the current denomination africa. ...

Science and Education

• Takeshi Amemiya, economist, Stanford professor
• Ted Fujita, creator of the Fujita scale
• Francis Fukuyama, economist and historian
• Yamato Ichihashi, one of the first Asian academics in the US
• Akira Iriye, historian, Professor at Harvard
• Michio Kaku, scientist known for his string field theory
• Shizuo Kakutani, mathematician, fixed-point theorem, professor at Yale University
• Dorinne K. Kondo, anthropologist
• John Maeda, computer scientist, artist, professor at MIT
• Yoichiro Nambu, physicist
• Ellison Onizuka, first Asian American astronaut; one of the "Challenger Seven"
• Ronald Takaki (author), historian, University of California, Berkeley professor
• Susumu Tonegawa, Nobel Prize, Physiology or Medicine, 1987

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Sports

• Paul Fujii, professional boxer and WBA Junior Welterweight Champion.
• Tadd Fujikawa, Teen golf phenom.
• Miki Gorman, two-time winner of both the Boston and New York City marathons; former American and unofficial world record holder in the marathon.
• Hiroto Hirashima, member of the American Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
• Christian Hosoi, professional skateboarder.
• Bryan Iguchi, professional snowboarder.
• Rena Inoue, first place in the 2004 and 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships (pairs).
• Ford Konno, U.S.A Olympic swimmer and Olympic champion (two golds and a silver in 1952; silver in 1956).
• Tommy Kono, Olympic gold medalist (1952, 1956) and silver medalist (1960) weightlifter.
• Shogo Kubo, professional skateboarder.
• Wataru Misaka, professional basketball pioneer broke the NBA color barrier in 1947.
• Hikaru Nakamura, chess grandmaster and former US champion (2005).
• Keo Nakata swimmer and world record holder
• Corey Nakatani, jockey with seven wins in Breeders' Cup races
• Mirai Nagasu 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships silver medalist
• Apolo Anton Ohno, Olympic short track speed skating competitor.
• Lance Otsubo, won the 2004 U.S. Individual National Spearfishing Championships.
• Yoshinobu Oyakawa, U.S.A Olympic swimmer and Olympic champion (1952).
• Soichi Sakamoto, Olympic swimming coach and member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
• Harold Sakata, 1948 Olympic medalist weightlifter.
• Lenn Sakata, Professional baseball player for the World Series Champions Baltimore Orioles.
• Derek Tatsuno, baseball player and selected to the All-Time All-Star Team of Collegiate Baseball America.
• Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater
• Lindsey Yamasaki, Professional basketball player (Miami Sol, New York Liberty, San Jose Spiders), Stanford University (basketball, volleyball)
• Roger Yasukawa, auto-racing driver (IRL)
• Jason Yokoyama, a notable athlete in both cross country and lacrosse.
• Wally Kaname Yonamine, Football player, first Japanese American in the NFL, as well as a professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball League.

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See also

• Ethnic Japanese

The term Ethnic Japanese, or Nikkei (日系), usually refers to people who live outside Japan, who either emigrated from Japan or are descendants of a person who emigrated from Japan. ...

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