There is a small community of French people in Japan, consisting largely of expatriate professionals from France and their families.
Overview
The French community in Japan has been steadily increasing, rising by more than 35% in the last decade. French expatriates who are working in Japan with leading foreign companies came from many different industries such as chemicals and crystal-ware. As far as inbound tourism from France is concerned, France ranked at 15th place in 2018, with 304,900 French tourists visiting Japan.
There are 4 bilingual schools, 60 cultural associations, and over 700 companies in Japan.
Notable Japanese people of French descent
* - Composer, musician and tarento
* Minami Hinase - Model and actress
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Masayoshi "Mabo" Kabe
(5 November 194926 September 2020) often known by his stage name Louise Louis, was a Japanese bassist and guitarist from Yokohama, Japan. Numerous online sources present him as half-French and half-Japanese, but it's actually a marketing creation ...
- Guitarist and a bass player
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Hikari Mitsushima
is a Japanese actress, singer and model. In 2017 she was the vocalist and dancer in Mondo Grosso's videos for "Labyrinth", which has garnered over 32 million views on YouTube as of 2 February 2022, and "In this World".
Career
She began her mus ...
- Actress
* Michel Miyazawa - Football player
* Mitomi Tokoto - A DJ of Cyberjapan
* Anna Ohura - AV (adult video) performer and model
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Maria Ozawa
is a Japanese model and a former pornographic film actress of Canadian and Japanese ancestry. Early in her career as a model, she also used the name .
Biography 1986–2002: Early life
Ozawa was born in Hokkaido, Japan. Her mother is Japanese ...
- AV (adult video) performer and model
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Marc Panther
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- Rapper
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Erika Sawajiri
is a Japanese former actress, singer, and model. After starting out as a junior model, Sawajiri transitioned to acting in 2002 and has starred in ''Break Through!'', '' Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', and '' 1 Litre of Tears'', for all of which sh ...
- Actress, model and musician
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Erika Sema Retrieved 3 July 2010. is a Japanese professional
Yurika Sema
is a former Japanese tennis
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- Tennis player
* Christel Takigawa - TV announcer and TV News presenter
* - Actor
Japanese people in France
Japanese people in France (french: Japonais en France, ja, 在フランス日本人 ''Zai Furansu Nihonjin'') are French residents and citizens of Japanese ancestry, including both those who have settled in France permanently and those born in th ...
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Gaijin
is a Japanese word for foreigners and non-Japanese citizens in Japan, specifically being applied to foreigners of non-Japanese ethnicity and those from the Japanese diaspora who are not Japanese citizens. The word is composed of two kanji: and ...