Asian Latin Americans or Latinasians are

Latin Americans Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-ethn ...

of Asian descent. Asian immigrants to Latin America have largely been from

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

West Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

. Historically, Asians in Latin America have a centuries-long history in the region, starting with

Filipinos Filipinos ( tl, Mga Pilipino) are the people who are citizens of or native to the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos today come from various Austronesian ethnolinguistic groups, all typically speaking either Filipino, English and/or othe ...

in the 16th century. The peak of Asian immigration occurred in the 19th and 20th centuries. There are currently more than four million Asian Latin Americans, nearly 1% of

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...

's population.

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

and the Lebanese are the largest Asian ancestries; other major ethnic groups include

Syrians Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...

, Indians,

Koreans Koreans ( South Korean: , , North Korean: , ; see names of Korea) are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans mainly live in the two Korean nation states: North Korea and South Korea (collectively and simply refe ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

is home to the largest population of East Asian descent, estimated at 2.08 million. The country is also home is a large percentage of West Asian descendants. With as much as 5% of their population having some degree of Chinese ancestry, Peru has the highest ratio of any country for East Asian descent. Though the most recent official census, which relied on self-identification, gave a much lower percentage. There has been notable emigration from these communities in recent decades, so that there are now hundreds of thousands of people of Asian Latin American origin in both

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and the

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History

The first Asian Latin Americans were

who made their way to Latin America (primarily to

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and secondarily to

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

and

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) in the 16th century, as slaves, crew members, and prisoners during the Spanish colonial rule of the Philippines through the Viceroyalty of

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, with its capital in Mexico City. For two and a half centuries (between 1565 and 1815) many Filipinos and Chinese sailed on the Manila-Acapulco Galleons, assisting in the

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's monopoly in trade. Some of these sailors never returned to the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

and many of their descendants can be found in small communities around

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

and others, thus making Filipinos the oldest Asian ethnic group in Latin America. While South Asians had been present in various forms in Latin America for centuries by the 1800s, it was in this century that the flow into the region spiked dramatically. This rapid influx of hundreds of thousands of mainly male South Asians was due to the need for indentured servants. This is largely tied to th
abolition of black slavery in the Caribbean colonies in 1834
Without the promise of free labor and a hostile working class on their hands, the Dutch colonial authorities had to find a solution – cheap Asian labor. Japanese immigrant family in Brazil 02

Many of these immigrant populations became such fixtures in their adopted countries that they acquired names of their own. For example, the Chinese men who labored in agricultural work became known as "

coolie A coolie (also spelled koelie, kuli, khuli, khulie, cooli, cooly, or quli) is a term for a low-wage labourer, typically of South Asian or East Asian descent. The word ''coolie'' was first popularized in the 16th century by European traders acros ...

s". While these imported Asian laborers were initially just replacement for agricultural slave labor, they gradually began to enter other sectors as the economy evolved. Before long, they had entered more urban work and the service sector. In certain areas, these populations assimilated into the minority populations, adding yet another definition to go on a

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. In some areas, these new populations caused conflict. In Northern Mexico, tensions became inevitable when the United States began to shut off Chinese immigration in the early 1880s. Many who were originally bound for the United States were re-routed to Mexico. The rapid increase in population and rise to middle/upper class standing generated strong resentment among existing residents. These tensions lead to riots. In the state of Sonora, the entire Chinese population was expelled in 1929. Today, the overwhelming majority of Asian Latin Americans are either of East Asian (namely

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), or West Asian descent (mostly the Lebanese or

). Many of whom arrived during the second half of the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s. Japanese migration mostly came to a halt after World War II (with the exception of

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), while Korean migration mostly came to an end by the 1980s and Chinese migration remains ongoing in a number of countries. Settlement of war refugees has been extremely minor: a few dozen ex-North Korean soldiers went to Argentina after the

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and some Hmong went to

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after the

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Roles in labor

Asian Latin Americans served various roles during their time as low wage workers in Latin America. In the second half of the nineteenth century, nearly a quarter of a million Chinese migrants in Cuba worked primarily on sugar plantations. The Chinese "coolies" who migrated to Peru took up work on the Andean Railroad or the Guano Fields. Over time the Chinese progressed to acquiring work in urban centers as tradesmen, restaurateurs and in the service industry. By the second decade of the nineteenth century, approximately 25,000 Chinese migrants in Mexico found relative success with small businesses, government bureaucracy, and intellectual circles. In the 1830s, the British and Dutch colonial governments also imported South Asians to work as indentured servants to places such as Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Curaçao and British Guiana (later renamed Guayana). At the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Japanese immigrants reached Brazil and Peru. Much like the Chinese, the Japanese often worked as indentured servants and low wage workers for planters. Japanese work contracts were notably more short term than those of the Chinese and the process was closely monitored by the Japanese government to dissuade abuse and foul play. In both cases, the influx of Asian migrant workers was to fill the void left in the Latin American work forces after the abolition of slavery. Employers of all kinds were desperate for a low cost replacement for their slaves so those who did not participate in any illegal slave operations turned to the Asian migrants.

Geographic distribution

Four and a half million Latin Americans (almost 1% of the total population of Latin America) are of Asian descent. The number may be millions higher, even more so if all who have partial ancestry are included. For example, Asian Peruvians are estimated at 5% of the population there, but one source places the number of all Peruvians with at least ''some''

ancestry at 5 million, which equates to 20% of the country's total population. Liberdade sao paulo

The Chinese are the most populous Asian Latin Americans. Significant populations of Chinese ancestry are found in

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...

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and

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(where they make up about 1% of the total population; or about 9,000 residents).

is home to 14,000 ethnic Chinese; the majority reside in

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and on the

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coast. Smaller communities of Chinese, numbering just in the hundreds or thousands, are also found in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

and various other Latin American countries. Many Latin American countries are home to barrios chinos (Chinatowns). Most who are of Japanese descent reside in Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay. Japanese Peruvians have a considerable economic position in Peru.Lama, Abraham. Asian Times. Home is where the heartbreak is. 1999. 6 September 2006.. Many past and present Peruvian Cabinet members are ethnic Asians, but most particularly Japanese Peruvians have made up large portions of Peru's cabinet members and former president

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is of Japanese ancestry who is currently the only Asian Latin American to have ever served as the head of any Latin American nation (or the second, if taking into account

Arthur Chung Arthur Raymond Chung (10 January 1918 – 23 June 2008) was the 1st President of Guyana from 1970 to 1980.

is home to the largest

community outside

, numbering about 1.7 million with ancestry alone. Brazil is also home to 10,000 Indians, 5,000 Vietnamese, 4,500 Afghans, 2,900 Indonesians and 1,000 Filipinos.

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are the third largest group of Asian Latin Americans. The largest community of this group is in Brazil (specially in Southeast region) with a population of 51,550. The second largest is in Argentina, with a population of 23,603 and with active

Koreatown A Koreatown (Korean: 코리아타운), also known as a Little Korea or Little Seoul, is a Korean-dominated ethnic enclave within a city or metropolitan area outside the Korean Peninsula. History Koreatowns as an East Asian ethnic enclave have ...

s in

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. More 10,000 in Guatemala, and Mexico, This last with active communities in

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Guadalajara Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Me ...

, Yucatan and

. More than 1,000 in Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Honduras and Peru where Jung Heung-won, a Korean Peruvian, was elected mayor in City of Chanchamayo. He is the first Mayor of Korean origin in Peru and all of Latin America. There are small and important communities (less 1,000 peoples) in Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Puerto Rico and Haiti.

Emigrant communities

Japan

Japanese Brazilian immigrants to Japan numbered 250,000 in 2004, constituting Japan's second-largest immigrant population. Their experiences bear similarities to those of Japanese Peruvian immigrants, who are often relegated to low income jobs typically occupied by foreigners.

United States

Most Asian Latin Americans who have migrated to the

live in the largest cities, often in

Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

Hispanic and Latino Hispanic and Latino Americans ( es, Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; pt, Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of Spaniards, Spanish and/or Latin Americans, Latin American ancestry. More broadly, these demographics include a ...

communities in the

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San Francisco Bay area The San Francisco Bay Area, often referred to as simply the Bay Area, is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun Bay estuaries in Northern California. The Bay Area is defined by the Association of Bay Area Go ...

Greater Houston Greater Houston, designated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land, is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States, encompassing nine counties along the Gulf Co ...

, the San Diego area,

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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

, Dallas–Fort Worth and

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(mainly

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). They and their descendants are sometimes known as Asian Hispanics and Asian Latinos. In the

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, 119,829 Hispanic or Latino

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identified as being of Asian race alone. In 2006 the Census Bureau's

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estimated them at 154,694, while its Population Estimates, which are official, put them at 277,704.

Composition

Notable persons

Argentina *

Juliana Awada María Juliana Awada (born 3 April 1974) is an Argentine businesswoman who served as the First Lady of Argentina from 2015 to 2019. She is the first woman in this role to have received the distinction of the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Is ...

, former First Lady of Argentina, Lebanese Argentine. *

Carlos Balá Carlos Salim Balaa (13 August 1925 – 22 September 2022), known as Carlitos Balá, was an Argentine actor who specialized in children's entertainment. His trademarks were his bowl-cut hairstyle and nonsense catchphrases that include "¿Qué gus ...

, actor of Lebanese descent. *

Yamila Diaz-Rahi Yamila Díaz-Rahi (born March 9, 1976), also Yamila Diaz, is an Argentine model. She has appeared in the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' a total of 11 times, and made the cover of the magazine first in 2002 and again in 2006. She also featur ...

, model of Lebanese descent. *

Dumbfoundead Jonathan Edgar Park (born February 18, 1986), known by his stage name Dumbfoundead (), is an Argentinian-born American rapper and actor. He began his career in the 2000s as a battle rapper in Los Angeles and has since become one of the most pro ...

, rapper Argentine-born Korean American Rapper. *

Liu Song Song, known as Liu Song (), Former Song (前宋) or Song of (the) Southern Dynasty (南朝宋) in historiography, was an imperial dynasty of China and the first of the four Southern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. ...

, table tennis player; Chinese Argentine. *

Ignacio Huang Ignacio Huang (, born January 1, 1980), is a Taiwanese actor and graphic designer based in Argentina. He is best known internationally for his role of Jun in the 2011 film '' Chinese Take-Away''. Huang also appeared in ''Filmatrón'' in 2007 and ...

, actor; Taiwanese Argentine. *

Hoshitango Imachi is an Argentine-born Japanese former professional sumo wrestler and current professional wrestler. His highest rank was ''jūryō'' 3. Life and career A former swimming instructor, Salomon was spotted by a visiting Japanese coach at a gym in Bue ...

, ex-sumo wrestler, Japanese Argentine. *

Mario Alberto Ishii Mario Alberto Ishii (born 22 June 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, currently serving as ''intendente An intendant (; pt, intendente ; es, intendente ) was, and sometimes still is, a public official, especially in ...

, political and mayor of the region José C. Paz, Japanese Argentine. *, actress and model, Korean Argentine. *

Chang Sung Kim Chang Sung Kim is a Korean-Argentine actor. He works in the 2012 telenovela ''Graduados'' and has received the Tato Award for his work in Graduados. Biography Chang Sung Kim (Korean:김창성) moved from South Korea to Buenos Aires with his fami ...

, actor, Korean Argentine. * María Kodama, writer of Japanese descent. *, martial artist, Japanese Argentine. * "Señorita Lee"; model, actress and television host; Korean Argentine. *, martial artist, Japanese Argentine. *

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...

, lawyer and politician, former president of Argentina, Syrian Argentine. * Eduardo Menem, politician and brother of Carlos Menem, Syrian Argentine. *

Jessica Michibata Jessica Michibata is a Japanese fashion model. Personal life Michibata was born in Fukui Prefecture, Japan, to a Japanese mother and an Argentine father of Spanish and Italian descent. Michibata was married to British Formula One driver Jenson ...

, fashion model; Japanese Argentine. * producer and TV director, Japanese Argentine. *

Leonardo Nam Leonardo Nam (born November 5, 1979) is an Australian actor. He made his breakthrough as Roy in ''The Perfect Score'' (2004), and gained further recognition for his roles as Morimoto in '' The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' (2006) and Brian ...

, actor; Korean Argentine. *

Jae Park Park Jae-hyung ( ko, 박제형; born September 15, 1992), better known as Jae ( ko, 제이), is an Argentine-born American musician, singer and songwriter of Korean descent, best known as a former vocalist and lead guitarist of South Korean roc ...

, Korean American singer-songwriter born in Argentina. *, painter, Japanese Argentine. *

María Eugenia Suárez María Eugenia Suárez Riveiro (born 9 March 1992), better known as China Suárez, is an Argentine actress, singer and model. Biography María Eugenia Suárez Riveiro was born on March 9, 1992 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is the daughter ...

, actress and singer; Japanese Argentine. *

Alicia Terada Alicia Terada (born 26 December 1956) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Chaco Province. A member of the Civic Coalition ARI, Terada was first elected in 2009, serving a four-year term until 2013. Despite run ...

, politician, Japanese Argentine. *

, actor, Korean Argentine. *

Marco Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish c ...

, actor; Korean Argentine. * Chantal Videla, actress, model and singer; Filipino Argentine Bolivia *

Chi Hyun Chung Chi Hyun Chung (, ; ; born 7 March 1970) is a Korean-Bolivian doctor, evangelical pastor and politician. He became notable in the country's media for his statements against the LGBT community. Chung was a candidate for the President of Bolivi ...

, politician; Korean Bolivian *

Juan Pereda Juan Pereda Asbún (17 June 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Bolivians, Bolivian military general who served as the ''de facto'' 52nd president of Bolivia in 1978. Although he ruled for only four months, his ascent to the presidency ...

, politician; Palestinian Bolivian *

Pedro Shimose Pedro Shimose Kawamura (born 30 March 1940) is a poet, journalist, professor and essayist from Bolivia. He has been based in Madrid, Spain since 1971. Shimose is considered one of Bolivia's most notable poets. Biography Shimose was born in 1 ...

, poet; Japanese Bolivian Brazil *

Erica Awano Erica or ERICA may refer to: * Erica (given name) * ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus * Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America * ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game * ''Erica'' (spider), a jumping spider genus * Eric ...

, manga artist; Japanese Brazilian *

Suresh Biswas Captain Suresh Biswas (1861 – 22 September 1905) was a famous 19th-century adventurer from India. Life SuresBiswaswas born in 1861 in Nathpur, Krishnaganj CD block) in Nadia district in West Bengal. He ran away from home as a teen and worked a ...

, adventurer; Indo-Brazilian *

Ken Chang Ken Chang or Chang Tzu-yao () is a Taiwanese actor and Mandopop singer who grew up in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin Ame ...

, singer; Chinese Brazilian *

Sérgio Echigo is a Brazilian former footballer and commentator of Japanese descent who played as a midfielder. He joined the Corinthians in 1963 and played for Towa Real Estate S.C. in the Japan Soccer League between 1972 and 1974. Playing style A highl ...

, former footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Boris Fausto, historian, political scientist and writer; Turkish Brazilian *

Alexandr Fier Alexandr Hilário Takeda Sakai dos Santos Fier (born 11 March 1988) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster. He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. Career Fier won five gold medals at the Pan American Youth Chess Festiva ...

, chess grandmaster; Japanese Brazilian *

Ashok Gandotra Ashok Gandotra (born 24 November 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1969. Gandotra was born in Brazil where his father was posted in foreign services, while the family was from Delhi. He played domestically f ...

, cricketer; Indo-Brazilian *

Kaio Felipe Gonçalves Kaio Felipe Gonçalves or simply Kaio (born July 6, 1987 in Curitiba), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently a free agent. Career Made professional debut in 2-1 victory over Iraty in the Campeonato Par ...

, striker; Japanese Brazilian *

Luiz Gushiken Luiz Gushiken (8 May 1950 – 13 September 2013) was a Brazilian union leader and politician. He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial ran ...

, union leader and politician; Japanese Brazilian *

Sandro Hiroshi Sandro Hiroshi Parreão Oi (born 19 November 1979) is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played domestically for Tocantinópolis, Rio Branco, São Paulo, Flamengo, Figueirense, Guarani, América RN, Santo André and Red Bull Bra ...

, footballer; Japanese Brazilian *

Hugo Hoyama Hugo Hoyama (born May 9, 1969) is a retired Brazilian table tennis player of Japanese origin who has won several medals in single, double and team events in the Latin American Table Tennis Championships. Along with Gustavo Tsuboi and Thiago M ...

, tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Fabiane Hukuda, judoka; Japanese Brazilian *

Kaisei Ichirō is a retired third generation Japanese Brazilian professional sumo wrestler (''rikishi'') from São Paulo, Brazil. Making his debut in September 2006, he reached the top ''makuuchi'' division in May 2011. His highest rank was ''sekiwake''. He ...

, sumo wrestler; Japanese Brazilian *

Thereza Imanishi-Kari Thereza Imanishi-Kari is an associate professor of pathology at Tufts University. Her research focuses on the origins of autoimmune diseases, particularly systemic lupus erythematosus, studied using mice as model organisms. Previously she had been ...

, professor; Japanese Brazilian *

Ryoki Inoue Ryoki Inoue (born José Carlos Ryoki de Alpoim Inoue; 22 July 1946) is a Brazilian writer of both Japanese and Portuguese descent, acknowledged by the Guinness World Records as the world's most prolific writer. Since he began his career in 1986, ...

, the world's most prolific writer; Japanese Brazilian *

Vânia Ishii Vânia Yukie Ishii (バニア・ユキエ・イシイ, born August 19, 1973, in São Paulo) is a female judoka from Brazil, daughter of Chiaki Ishii who won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vânia Yukie Ishii won th ...

, judoka; Japanese Brazilian * Cláudio Kano, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian *

Nathalia Kaur Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins, known professionally as Nathalia Kaur, is a Brazilian model and actress who works in Indian cinema. Early life Kaur was born as Nathalia Pinheiro Felipe Martins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother has Portu ...

, model and actress; Indian descent *

Reishin Kawai Munenori Kawai (1931-2010) was an 8th dan Shihan (rank), dan aikido practitioner and Acupuncture, acupuncturist, who held the roles of President of the South American Aikido Federation and Vice-President of the International Aikido Federation. He ...

, aikido practitioner and acupuncturist; Japanese Brazilian * Pedro Ken, footballer; Japanese Brazilian *

Allam Khodair Allam Khodair (born May 15, 1981) is a Brazilian racing driver, currently driving in Stock Car Brasil. His mother is Japanese Brazilian and his father is Lebanese. Career Karting * 1999: Win the Brazilian karting championship; Win the Seletiva ...

, race car driver; Japanese Lebanese Brazilian *

Felipe Kitadai Felipe Kitadai (born July 28, 1989) is a judoka from Brazil. He won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and a gold at the 2011 Pan American Games. He also won gold medals six consecutive times in the Pan American Games Judo Championships: at 20 ...

, judoka; Japanese Brazilian *

Paulinho Kobayashi Paulo Ricardo Kobayashi (born 9 January 1970), known as Paulinho Kobayashi, is a Brazilian football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current head coach of Ferroviário. Kobayashi began his career with Associação Des ...

, footballer; Japanese Brazilian *

Luca Kumahara Luca Aiko Kumahara (formerly Caroline Aiko Kumahara, born July 27, 1995, in São Paulo, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics The , offic ...

, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian *

Yanna Lavigne Yanna Lavigne Inagaki Gissoni (born 29 November 1989) is a Brazilian television actress and model. Biography Born in Osasco, she is the daughter of a Japanese man and a woman from Bahia state, due to her exotic looks, her school colleagues i ...

, actress and model; Japanese Brazilian *

Iara Lee Iara Lee (Ponta Grossa, Brazil, 1966) is a Brazilian film producer, director and activist of Korean descent who works mainly in the Middle East and Africa. Her recent projects include ''From Trash to Treasure: Turning Negatives into Positives'' (20 ...

, producer, director and activist; Korean Brazilian *

Gui Lin Gui Lin (, born 1 October 1993 in Nanning, China) is a table tennis player from Brazil. She was naturalized as a Brazilian in 2012 and was selected to be part of the Brazilian National Team competing in table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ...

, table tennis player; Chinese Brazilian *

Lovefoxxx Luísa Hanae Matsushita (born February 25, 1984), known by her stage name Lovefoxxx, is the lead singer of the Brazilian indie band Cansei de Ser Sexy (CSS). Early life and career Lovefoxxx was born in Campinas, Brazil. She is of Portuguese, G ...

, singer; Japanese Brazilian *

Manabu Mabe (September 14, 1924 – September 22, 1997) was a Japanese- Brazilian painter. Mabe worked as a vendor of hand-painted ties in São Paulo before becoming a famous artist. In the late 1950s, Mabe won the top award in São Paulo's Contemporary Ar ...

, painter; Japanese Brazilian *

Lyoto Machida (born 30 May 1978), is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and karateka, who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light ...

, mixed martial artist; Japanese Brazilian *

Mitsuyo Maeda ,Virgílio, pp. 22–25 a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda (),Virgílio, p. 9 was a Japanese ''judōka'' (judo practitioner) and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions, also being one of the first documented mixed martial artists of t ...

, judo master and developer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu; Japanese Brazilian *

Daniel Matsunaga Daniel Kenji Silva Matsunaga (born November 28, 1988) is a Brazilian model, actor, professional footballer, host and businessman. He became known in the Philippines by appearing in ''Cosmopolitan Philippines''’ September 2009 "Cosmo Men" supp ...

, model, host, actor and footballer; Japanese Brazilian *

Jo Matumoto Jo Matumoto (born February 5, 1971) is a Brazilian former professional baseball player. He is a left-handed pitcher. Matumoto was born in Brazil and is of Japanese descent. He emerged from relative baseball obscurity, signed by the Toronto Blue J ...

, former pro baseball player; Japanese Brazilian *

Froilano de Mello Indalencio Pascoal Froilano de Mello (17 May 1887 – 9 January 1955) was a Goan microbiologist, medical scientist, professor, author and an independent MP in the Portuguese parliament. During his scientific career, Mello was responsible for t ...

, microbiologist; Indo-Brazilian *

Paulo Miyashiro Paulo Henrique Miyashiro de Abreu (born June 7, 1976) is an athlete from Brazil. He competes in triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete f ...

, triathlete; Japanese Brazilian *

Carlos Morimoto Carlos Eduardo Morimoto is the author of Kurumin, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix. It was the most popular Linux distribution in Brazil. After almost ending the project, due to many complaints from users in his forums and technical problems, ...

, author; Japanese Brazilian *

Andrews Nakahara Andrews Nakahara (born March 12, 1983) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and kyokushin karateka currently signed with K-1. He made his MMA pro debut against Kazushi Sakuraba at the Dream 2: Middleweight Grand Prix 2008 ...

, MMA fighter; Japanese Brazilian * Mariana Ohata, triathlete; Japanese Brazilian *

Ruy Ohtake Ruy Ohtake (27 January 1938 — 27 November 2021) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of artist Tomie Ohtake. History Son of Japanese artist Tomie Ohtake, Ruy Ohtake was known for his unusual architectural designs. Examples of his proje ...

, architect; Japanese Brazilian *

Tomie Ohtake was a Japanese Brazilian visual artist. Her work includes paintings, prints and sculptures. She was one of the main representatives of informal abstractionism in Brazil. Biography Ohtake was born in 1913 in Kyoto. In 1936, when she was twen ...

, artist; Japanese Brazilian * Oscar Oiwa, painter, visual artist and architect; Japanese Brazilian * Leandro Okabe, model; Japanese Brazilian * Tetsuo Okamoto, swimmer; Japanese Brazilian *

Poliana Okimoto Poliana Okimoto (born March 8, 1983) is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer. Career She was at the 2002 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Moscow, where she finished 18th in the 800-metre freestyle. She won the Travessia dos Fortes in 20 ...

, long-distance swimmer and gold medalist; Japanese Brazilian *

Pedro Okuda Pedro Okuda (born in Marilia, Brazil) is a former professional baseball shortstop. Though he was born in Brazil, Okuda attended Honjo Daiichi High School in Saitama, Japan. He played for the Brazil national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseb ...

, baseball shortstop; Japanese Brazilian *

Luís Onmura Luís Onmura (born 29 June 1960) is a retired judoka from Brazil. He represented Brazil at the Brazil at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1980, Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 and the Brazil at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics. ...

, judoka; Japanese Brazilian *

Hiroo Onoda was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who fought in World War II and was a Japanese holdout who did not surrender at the war's end in August 1945. After the war ended, Onoda spent 29 years hiding in the Philippines until his former ...

, former Japanese Army officer; Japanese Brazilian *

Angela Park Angela Park ( ko, 박혜인, born August 25, 1988) is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States. Childhood and personal life Park was born in Foz do Iguaç ...

, golfer; Korean Brazilian *

Andrew Pi Andrew Pi (nicknamed Andy; ; born 1973) is a Chinese Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner and businessman. He is best known as a founder of Art of War Fighting Championship (AOW), the first professional mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion in Chi ...

, martial artist; Chinese Brazilian *

Rogério Romero Rogério Aoki Romero (born 22 November 1969 in Londrina, Paraná) is a former backstroke swimmer from Brazil, who competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. A resident of Belo Horizonte, he won the ...

, swimmer; Japanese Brazilian *

Lucas Salatta Lucas Vinícius Yokoo Salatta (born 27 April 1987 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian backstroke swimmer. At his 1998 state championship, Salatta set two age records in the 100m freestyle (1:04.50) and 100m butterfly (1:09.30) with only 11 years old. ...

, backstroke swimmer; Japanese Brazilian *

Silvio Santos Senor Abravanel, known professionally as Silvio Santos (Portuguese: /ˈsiwvju ˈsɐ̃tus/) (born December 12, 1930), is a Brazilian entrepreneur, media tycoon and television host. He is the owner of holdings that include SBT, the second largest ...

, television host and entrepreneur; Turkish Brazilian * Daniella Sarahyba, model; Lebanese descent * Akihiro Sato, model; Japanese Brazilian *

Sabrina Sato Sabrina Sato Rahal (born 4 February 1981) is a Brazilian television presenter. She was a contestant on '' Big Brother Brasil 3'' (2003) and a hostess on comedy program ''Pânico na TV'' from 2004 until 2013. Since 2014, she has her own show on ...

, model; Japanese and Lebanese descent *

Luis Shinohara Luis Juniti Shinohara (born August 29, 1954) is a retired judoka from Brazil, who won a total number of three medals at the Pan American Games during his career. He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. H ...

, former judoka; Japanese Brazilian *

Lígia Silva Lígia Silva (born March 6, 1981 in Manaus, Amazonas) is a table tennis player from Brazil. She has competed in three Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international s ...

, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Marcos Sugiyama, volleyball player; Japanese Brazilian * Mahau Suguimati, track hurdler; Japanese Brazilian *

Jung Mo Sung Jung Mo Sung (born 1957) is a Roman Catholic lay theologian trained in theology, ethics, and education. He works within the paradigm of liberation theology and can be considered a "next generation" theologian-practitioner. He has served as a ...

, lay theologian; Korean Brazilian *

Manabu Suzuki is a former racing driver, journalist, sport announcer and radio and TV presenter for the automotive industry. He is a Japanese citizen and is nicknamed Mana-P (マナＰ in katakana). Suzuki competed in the Formula Toyota and Saurus Cup until t ...

, racer; Japanese Brazilian *

Rafael Suzuki Rafael "Hideo" Suzuki (born August 13, 1987 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Japanese born Brazilian racing driver. He has competed in several Formula Three series before the All-Japan Formula Three Championship, such as the Formula Three Sudamerican ...

, racer; Japanese Brazilian *

Rodrigo Tabata Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata (born 19 November 1980) or simply Rodrigo Tabata, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd. Born in Brazil, he played for the Qatar national team. Club career Career i ...

, footballer; Japanese Brazilian *

Marlon Teixeira Marlon Luiz Teixeira (born September 16, 1991) is a Brazilian fashion model. Career He started his career when his grandmother introduced him to Anderson Baumgartner, owner of Way Model Management and friend of the family. He has walked for nu ...

, model; Japanese Brazilian *

Alex Yuwan Tjong Alex Yuwan Tjong (born 1 March 1991) is a Brazilian male badminton player. He started playing badminton in his hometown in 1997 at age six because his father took him and his brothers to play badminton on a weekend. In 2004, at age 13, he selecte ...

, badminton player; Indonesian Brazilian *

Geovanna Tominaga Geovanna de Oliveira Tominaga (born April 12, 1980) is a Brazilian actress and television host. Biography Tominaga is of Japanese, Italian and Amerindian descent. She started her career when she was 12 years old, working in a show of Angéli ...

, television host and actress; Japanese Brazilian *

Gustavo Tsuboi Gustavo Tsuboi (born 31 May 1985, São Paulo) is a table tennis player from Brazil, he won three medals in double and team events in the Pan American Games. Along with Hugo Hoyama and Thiago Monteiro, Tsuboi was part of the winning team at the ...

, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian *

Felipe Wu Felipe Almeida Wu (born 11 June 1992 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sport shooter. He won a silver medal in the Men's 10m air pistol event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Career He won a silver medal in the boys' air pistol at t ...

, sport shooter; Chinese Brazilian *

Jenifer Widjaja Jenifer Widjaja (born 7 December 1986) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. Biography Widjaja, a right-handed player, is originally from São Roque near the city of São Paulo and is of Indonesian descent. Coached by her father ...

, tennis player; Indonesian Brazilian *

Stênio Yamamoto Stênio Akiro Yamamoto (born June 24, 1961 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian sport shooter of Japanese descent. He won a silver medal in the free pistol at the 2007 ISSF World Cup series in Munich, Germany, with a score of 660.8 points. At age forty ...

, sports shooter; Japanese Brazilian *

Mario Yamasaki Mario Yamasaki (born in São Paulo, Brazil on April 22, 1964) is a Brazilian mixed martial arts referee licensed in many states, most recognizable from his duties with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), as well as founder and chief instru ...

, MMA fighter; Japanese Brazilian * Carlos Yoshimura, baseball pitcher; Japanese Brazilian *

Marcus Tulio Tanaka is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Club career Born in Palmeira d'Oeste, Brazil to an Italian Brazilian mother and second generation Japanese Brazilian father, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete ...

, football player; Japanese Brazilian Chile *

Alfonso Leng Alfonso Leng Haygus (11 February 1884 – 11 November 1974) was a post-romantic composer of classical music. He was born in Santiago, Chile. He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, "La Muerte de Alcino", a symphoni ...

, composer; Chinese Chilean *

Carlos Ominami Carlos Octavio Ominami Pascual (born 18 June 1950 in Santiago) is a Chilean economist and politician, former parliamentarian and former Chilean Minister of State. Family Ominami is the son of Edith Pascual Pascual (born 1928), of partially ...

, economist and politician; Japanese Chilean * Rafael Tarud, politician, Palestinian Chilean Colombia *

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977), professionally known by the mononym Shakira, is a Colombian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Barranquilla, she has been referred to as the " Queen of Latin Music" and is ...

, of partial Lebanese descent * Farina, Colombian rapper and reggaeton singer of Peruvian and Lebanese descent. *Yokoi Kenji, speaker; Japanese Colombian. *, ex-soccer player and ex-military; Japanese Colombian. *, Colombian actress, partial Japanese descent. *, mathematical; Japanese Colombian. *, actress and model; Japanese Colombian. *Paublo Ng Choi, Chef, Chinese Colombian. * Laura González, Miss Colombia 2017; Lebanese descent. *

Jordy Monroy Jordy Joao Monroy Ararat ( hy, Ժորդի Ժոաո Մոնրոյ Արարատ; born 3 January 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back or right midfielder for Colombian side Deportivo Pereira. Born in Colombia, he represents t ...

, footballer, born in Colombia; Armenian origin *Sayaka Osorio, Karateka, Korean Colombian. *

Nydia Quintero Turbay Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 28 August 1932) is the ex-wife of the List of Presidents of Colombia, 25th President of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married. She is ...

, former First Lady of Colombia, Lebanese descent. *

Manuel Teodoro Manuel Teodoro is an American journalist. He was born in 1960 in New Orleans. His father is a Filipino and his mother was born in Cartagena de Indias. Teodoro majored in journalism from the University of Miami and started his career in 1984 ...

, American journalist of Colombian and Filipino descent. Costa Rica *

Franklin Chang-Diaz Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral div ...

, former

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

; Chinese Spanish Costa Rican *

Cheng Siu Chung Cheng Siu Chung (; born 29 September 1972 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong football manager and former professional player. He is currently the head coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Southern. He served as a commentator for the 2010 FIFA ...

, retired football player, coach; Chinese Costa Rican *

Eduardo Li Eduardo Li Sánchez (, born 11 November 1958) is a Costa Rican football administrator, FIFA executive committee member-elect, CONCACAF executive committee member, and former Costa Rican Football Federation (FEDEFUT) president. He co-founded Punt ...

, president of the Costa Rican football federation; Chinese Costa Rican *

Harry Shum Jr. Harry Shum Jr. (born April 28, 1982) is an American actor, dancer, choreographer, and singer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series ''Glee'' (2009–15), Benson Kwan on the ABC television series ''Grey's Anato ...

, actor; Chinese Costa Rican Cuba *

Fulgencio Batista Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...

, former President of Cuba; of partial Chinese heritage * Yamil Chade, boxing manager; Lebanese Cuban *

Yat-Sen Chang Yat-Sen Chang Oliva (born 1971 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a Cuban former principal dancer. Biography Yat-Sen Chang is a Chinese Cuban born in Matanzas, Cuba. Yat-Sen Chang studied dance at the Cuban National Ballet School, beginning his studies a ...

, ballet dancer; Chinese Cuban *

Emilio Estefan Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban Americans, Cuban-born American musician and producer. Estefan has won 19 Grammy Awards. He first came to prominence as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria ...

, musician; Lebanese Cuban *

Wifredo Lam Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in conta ...

, artist; Afro-Chinese-Cuban * Alfredo Abon Lee, army officer; Chinese Cuban *

Jeronimo Lim Kim Jeronimo Lim Kim (1926–2006) was a Korean Cuban who was known for being a part of the Cuban Revolution. He was a law school classmate of Fidel Castro. Early life Jeronimo's father, Lim Cheon-taek (1903–1985), left Korea in hope of a better lif ...

, Korean Cuban known for being a part of the

Cuban Revolution The Cuban Revolution ( es, Revolución Cubana) was carried out after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which placed Fulgencio Batista as head of state and the failed mass strike in opposition that followed. After failing to contest Batista in cou ...

Dominican Republic *

Elías Wessin y Wessin Elías Wessin y Wessin (July 22, 1924 – April 18, 2009) was a Dominican politician and Dominican Air Force general. Wessin led the military coup which ousted the government of Dominican President Juan Bosch in 1963, replacing it with a triumv ...

, politician; Lebanese Dominican * Wu Xue, table tennis player; Chinese Dominican *

Akari Endo Akari Endo Sepúlveda (born November 8, 1989) is a Dominican actress. Her first major role was as a supporting actress in the film '' Who's the Boss?'' (2013), Spanish: "¿Quién Manda?" as Melissa, for which she received a nomination in La Sill ...

, Japanese-Dominican actress * Lian "Jenifer" Qian, Chinese Dominican table tennis player Ecuador * Li Jian - midfielder; Chinese Ecuadorian *

Jinsop Jinsop Ho Odirling, known as "Jinsop" (Seoul, South Korea, 1959 – Santa Elena, Ecuador, Santa Elena, Ecuador, June 24, 2012) was an Ecuadorian singer of Korean and American heritage who sang Spanish ballads, pop, and rock music. He reached fame ...

, singer; Korean Ecuadorian *

Alberto Dahik Alberto Dahik Garzozi (born 27 August 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician of Lebanese ancestry. He was Vice President of Ecuador from 10 August 1992 to 11 October 1995 during the Sixto Durán Ballén administration. In 1995, he was forced out o ...

, politician; Lebanese Ecuadorian *

Carlos Moncayo Carlos Moncayo (Simplified Chinese 卡罗斯) is an Ecuadorian businessman best known for being co-founder and CEO of Asiam Business Group. Early life Moncayo was born in Quito, Ecuador. He studied law at the Catholic University of Ecuador but ...

, co-founder and CEO of Asiam; Chinese Ecuadorian *

Jaime Nebot Jaime José Nebot Saadi (born October 22, 1946) is an Ecuadorian lawyer and politician. He formerly served as mayor of Guayaquil, which is Ecuador's largest city. He is affiliated with the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the . Nebot ran twice f ...

, lawyer and former mayor Guayaquil; Lebanese Ecuadorian *

Julio Teodoro Salem Julio Teodoro Salem Gallegos (26 September 1900 – 3 September 1968)"Síntesis histórica de la República del Ecuador: legislación y principales hechos" Trabucco, Federico E., 1968, pg. 692 was an Ecuadorian politician of Lebanese backg ...

, politician; Lebanese Ecuadorian El Salvador *

Nayib Bukele Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez (; born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who is the 43rd president of El Salvador, serving since 1 June 2019. He is the first president since José Napoleón Duarte (1984–1989) not to have ...

, Politician and El Salvador's President of Palestine descent. *

Takeshi Fujiwara Takeshi Salvador Fujiwara Salazar (''Japanese'': 藤原武; born 5 August 1985 in San Salvador) is a Japanese sprinter and former Salvadorian athlete specializing in the 400 meters. Takeshi Fujiwara is currently the Record Holder in the 400mts ...

, sprinter and athlete; Japanese Salvadorean *

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi is a Japanese actor. Ikeuchi's mother is Salvadoran and his father is Japanese. He is an avid martial artist, notably holding a black belt in judo, and is also a keen fisherman. Career Ikeuchi played a supporting role as General Miura in Wilson ...

, Japanese Actor of Salvadorean descent. Guatemala *

Myrna Mack Myrna Mack Chang (24 October 1949 – 11 September 1990) was a Guatemalan anthropologist. In 1990, she was assassinated by elements in the Guatemalan military due to her criticism of the Guatemala government's treatment of the indigenous May ...

, anthropologist; Chinese and

Maya Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...

descent *

Helen Mack Chang Helen Beatriz Mack Chang (born 19 January 1952)
is a

Hajime waki, Musician; Japanese Honduran Mexico *

Alberto Arai Alberto T. Arai (March 29, 1915 – May 25, 1959) was a Mexican architect, theorist and writer, of Japanese descent. Born in Mexico City, the fourth son of a Japanese ambassador in Mexico, Kinta Arai, Alberto T. Arai studied also philosophy, e ...

, architect, theorist and writer; Japanese Mexican * Eduardo Auyón, artist and cultural promoter; Chinese Mexican *

Jesús Chong Jesús Alberto Chong (born 7 January 1965) is a Mexican former professional boxer. He is a former Mexican National, NABF, and the WBO Light Flyweight Champion. Professional career Chong, who is of Chinese Mexican heritage, made his professiona ...

, boxer; Chinese Mexican * Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, secretary of the interior of Mexico; Chinese Mexican *

Axel Didriksson Axel Didriksson Takayanagui is a writer, a professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and member of the board of the ''UNESCO Chair on Regional Integration and University'' at the Autonomous University. He is also the coordinator ...

, writer and professor; Japanese Mexican *

Jocelyn Enriquez Jocelyn Enriquez (born December 28, 1974) is a Filipino American dance-pop singer born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her most popular songs are "Do You Miss Me", "A Little Bit of Ecstasy", and the Stars on 54 (Enriquez alongside Ult ...

, singer and songwriter, Filipino Mexican *

Ana Gabriel María Guadalupe Araujo Yong (born December 10, 1955), better known as Ana Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mexico. She first sang on the stage at age six, singing "Regalo A Dios" by José Alfredo Jiménez. S ...

, Mexican singer and composer; Chinese on her mother's side *

Zhenli Ye Gon Zhenli Ye Gon (born January 31, 1963 in Shanghai) is a Chinese-Mexican businessman currently under suspicion of trafficking pseudoephedrine or ephedrine precursor chemicals into Mexico from Asia. He is the owner and legal representative of Un ...

, businessman and alleged drug trafficker; Chinese Mexican *

Xóchitl Hamada is a Mexican semi-retired ''Luchadora'' or professional wrestler. She is the daughter of professional wrestler Gran Hamada, the sister of wrestler Ayako Hamada and the sister-in-law of Tiger Mask IV. Hamada was once married to Mexican wrestler ...

, pro wrestler; Japanese Mexican *

Hiromi Hayakawa Marla Hiromi Hayakawa Salas (October 19, 1982 – September 27, 2017), known professionally as Hiromi Hayakawa, was a Japanese-born Mexican actress and singer who began her music career as a contestant in the reality show ''La Academia''. She w ...

, singer; Japanese Mexican *

Salma Hayek Salma Hayek Pinault ( , ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela ''Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well as the ...

, actress and producer; Lebanese descent * Gilberto Hirata, state deputy; Japanese Mexican *

Tomoki Kameda Tomoki Kameda (born July 12, 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBO bantamweight champion, having held the title from 2013 to 2014, and former WBC super bantamweight title challenger, having fought for the title in 2019. P ...

, undefeated Boxer; Japanese Mexican * Su Muy Key, actress and dancer; Chinese Mexican * Pandurang Sadashiv Khankhoje, revolutionary, scholar, agricultural scientist and historian; Indo-Mexican *

Pablo Larios Pablo Larios Iwasaki ( ja, パブロ・ラリオス・イワサキ, July 31, 1960 – January 31, 2019) was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed "El Arquero de la Selva" (The Goalkeeper of the Jungle), bo ...

, goalkeeper; Japanese Mexican * Juan Manuel Ley, founder and chairman of

Casa Ley Casa Ley is a Mexican grocery store chain based in Culiacán founded in 1954 by Juan Ley Fong. Most of its stores are located in western Mexico, in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Coahuila, Durango, ...

; Chinese Mexican * Alejandro Gómez Maganda, politician and former governor of the state of

Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capital city is Chilpancingo and its largest city is Acapulcocopied from article, GuerreroAs of 2020, Guerrero the pop ...

; Filipino Mexican *

Eizi Matuda (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. In scholarly works his name is generally romanised Romanization or romanisation, in linguistics, is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) scri ...

, botanist; Japanese Mexican *

Lyn May Lilia Guadalupe Mendiola Mayares (born December 12, 1952), better known by her stage name Lyn May, is a Mexican vedette, exotic dancer and actress. She was one of the most popular Mexican vedettes during the 1970s and 1980s, a popular sex symb ...

, actress, exotic dancer and acrobat; Chinese Mexican * Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto, swimmer; Japanese Mexican * Daiwon Moon, martial artist; Korean Mexican *

Kenya Mori Kenya Mori (born Kenya Mori Ochoa on January 15, 1976, in Montevideo, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan-born Mexican actress. Mori studied acting in TV Azteca TV Azteca, S.A.B. de C.V. is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate owned by Grupo Salinas. It is ...

, actress; Japanese Mexican *

Noé Murayama Noé Murayama (July 4, 1930 – August 25, 1997) was a Mexican actor, who starred in numerous Mexican films. Biography Noé was born in Ciudad del Maíz in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. His father was Japanese Mexican. His name is a ...

, actor; Japanese Mexican *

Úrsula Murayama Úrsula Murayama ( born 1972 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. She currently lives in Spain. Biography and career Murayama is the best known for the role of Jacinta in ''Esmeralda (Mexican TV series), Esmeralda'' (1997). The main he ...

, actress; Japanese Mexican *

Fumiko Nakashima is a Japanese artist who lives in Mexico. She began exhibiting works in various galleries in Japan but has since settled in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City. Her interest in Mexico came when she was seventeen, visiting the country tw ...

, artist; Japanese Mexican *

Carlos Nakatani Carlos Nakatani (Mexico City 1934 – Mexico City February 2, 2004) was a painter, sculptor, cinematographer and writer, the son of a Japanese immigrant to Mexico, noted for his introduction of a snack simply called “Japanese peanuts” in Mexico ...

, artist; Japanese Mexican *

Isidoro Montes de Oca Isidoro Montes de Oca (1789–1847) was a Mexican of Spanish Filipino descent who was a revolutionary general who fought in the Mexican War of Independence between 1810 and 1821. He was among the commanders of the army of Vicente Guerrero and J ...

, revolutionary general; Filipino Mexican *

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, sculptor; Japanese Mexican *

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, pro wrestler; Chinese Mexican *

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, painter and printmaker; Filipino Mexican *

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, martyr of the 1979

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, web comic creator of

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, pitcher for the

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, Chinese Panamanian. *

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, Panamanian footballer of Chinese descent *

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, model, part Chinese on her father's side *

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, Panama's delegate to the

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competition, Chinese Panamanian. *

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, American writer (Chinese-Panamanian father, German mother) *

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, Indian Panamanian. Peru *

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, footballer; Japanese Peruvian *

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, former Prime Minister of Peru; Chinese Peruvian *

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from 1990 to 2000; Japanese Peruvian *

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, Congresswoman; Japanese Peruvian *

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, Congressman; Japanese-Peruvian *

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, politician and engineer; Japanese Peruvian *

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, international football player; Japanese Peruvian * Fernando Iwasaki, writer and historian; Japanese Peruvian *

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, goalkeeper; Japanese Peruvian *

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, volleyball player; Kazakh Peruvian *

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, architect and cleric; Chinese Peruvian *

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, tennis player; Chinese Peruvian * Aldo Miyashiro, artist; Japanese Peruvian *

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, engineer and politician; Japanese Peruvian *

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, futsal player; Japanese Peruvian *

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, Wing Chun grandmaster; Chinese Peruvian *

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; Chinese Peruvian *

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, artist; Japanese Peruvian *

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, Olympic shooter; Chinese Peruvian *

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, poet; Japanese Peruvian *

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, chef; Chinese Peruvian *

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, businessman, owner of various retail chains; Chinese Peruvian *

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, politician; Japanese Peruvian *

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, newscaster on

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, author; Indo-Puerto Rican *

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, Uruguyan-born Mexican actress; Japanese and Lebanese descent Venezuela *

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first baseman and right-handed batter who played in

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and

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; Japanese Venezuelan *

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, singer; Japanese Venezuelan *

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, American actress, director, and political activist (born in

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but raised in Venezuela); Indian Venezuelan *

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, Venezuelan judoka; Japanese Venezuelan *

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, Venezuelan actor; Japanese Venezuelan *

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, Prosecutor General of Venezuela and former ombudsman; Lebanese Venezuelan *

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, former Vice President of Venezuela; Lebanese Venezuelan *

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