Actors , Japanese actress, comedian, and fashion designer •
Fairouz Ai (born 1993) Japanese voice actress (Egyptian father) •
Elly Akira (born 1986), Japanese AV actress and photographer (
Syrian father) •
Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born 1991), American actor and singer (
White American father) •
Minami Bages (born 1986), Japanese actor (
French father) •
Darren Barnet (born 1991), American actor (American father of German and
Cherokee descent) •
Asia Carrera (born 1973), American former pornographic actress (German mother) •
Charlet Chung (born 1983), American actress (Korean father) •
Ian Anthony Dale (born 1978), American actor (
American father) •
Romi Dames (born 1979), Japanese-American actress and voice actress (Jewish American father) •
Natsuki Deguchi (born 2001), Japanese actress (Chinese mother) •
Ureo Egawa (1902–1970), Japanese actor (German father) •
Maya Erskine (born 1987), American actress (European American father is
Peter Erskine) •
Yu Shirota Fernández (born 1985), Japanese actor and singer (
Spanish mother) •
Christopher Sean Friel (born 1985), American actor (
White American father) •
Ayako Fujitani (born 1979), Japanese actress (
White American father) •
Kimiko Glenn, (born 1989), American actress (
European American father) •
Jeananne Goossen (born 1985), Canadian actress (Canadian father) •
Kenji Haga (born 1961), Japanese tarento and actor (American father) •
Emily Hatoyama (born 1955), Japanese former actor (
Australian father) •
Janet Hatta, Japanese actress (American father) •
Amy Hill (born 1953), American actor and comedian (
Finnish American father) •
Tae Hitoto (born 1970), Japanese actress (Taiwanese father) •
Nico Hiraga (born 1997), American actor and skateboarder (
French American mother) •
Lalla Hirayama (born 1988), South African television host, actress, dancer and model (Father is South African, mother is Japanese). •
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (born 1976), Japanese actor (
Salvadorian mother) •
Stacy Kamano (born 1974), American actress (
European American mother) •
Yuki Kato (born 1993), Indonesian actress (Japanese father) •
Andrew Koji (born 1987), British actor (English mother) •
Louis Kurihara (born 1994), Japanese tarento and actor (British father) •
Masao Kusakari (born 1952), Japanese actor and model (American father) •
Nobuo Kyo (born 1979), Japanese actor (
Zainichi Korean descent) •
James Hiroyuki Liao (born 1985), American actor (
Taiwanese father, Japanese mother) •
Mara Lopez (born 1991), Filipina actress and surfer (
Filipina mother) •
Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor (Filipina mother) •
Yūsaku Matsuda (1949–1989), Japanese actor (
Zainichi Korean mother) •
Eleanor Matsuura (born 1983), Japanese-born British actress (English mother) •
Siti Nur Syatilla binti Amirol Melvin (born 1991), Malaysian actor and model (
Malay mother) •
Rie Miyazawa (born 1973), Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer (
Dutch father) •
Emma Miyazawa (born 1988), Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer (American father, Japanese mother) •
Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur, American businesswoman and fashion designer (American father, Japanese mother) •
Sonoya Mizuno (born 1986), British actor and
ballet dancer (
Argentine mother) •
Maria Mori (born 1956), Japanese actress and singer (American FBI agent father) •
Noémie Nakai (born 1990), Japanese actor-director (
French mother) •
Philip Nozuka (born 1987), Canadian actor (Canadian mother) •
Naomi J. Ogawa (born 1996), British actress (English father, Japanese mother) •
Masumi Okada (1935–2006), Japanese actor (Danish mother) •
Atsuko Okatsuka (born 1987), Taiwanese-American comedian and actress (Taiwanese mother) •
Louis Ozawa Changchien (born 1975), American actor (Japanese mother,
Taiwanese father) •
Maria Ozawa (born 1986), Japanese
AV idol (
French Canadian father) •
Ryan Potter (born 1995), American actor (
Jewish American mother) •
Greg Roskowski (fl. 1950s–1960s), Polish announcer for
Radio Ceylon (Polish father) •
Nichole Sakura (born 1989), American actor (
Irish American father) •
Erika Sawajiri (born 1986), Japanese actor and singer (Algerian Kabyle mother) •
Will Sharpe (born 1986), English actor, writer, and director (Japanese mother) •
Alan Shirahama (born 1993), Japanese actor and
DJ (
Filipino mother) •
Matthias von Stegmann (born 1968), German actor and stage director (German father) •
Booboo Stewart (born 1994), American actor (American father of Russian, Scottish and
Blackfoot descent) •
Fivel Stewart (born 1996), American actor and singer (American father of Russian, Scottish and
Blackfoot descent) •
Daniele Suzuki (born 1977), Brazilian actress (Brazilian mother of German, Italian, and indigenous descent) •
Maryjun Takahashi (born 1987), Japanese actress and model (Filipino mother) •
Yu Takahashi (born 1993), Japanese actress and model (Filipino mother) •
Tina Tamashiro (born 1997), Japanese actress and model (
American father) •
Kazunori Tani (born 1985), Japanese actor (American father) •
Brian Tee (born Jae-Beom Takata; 1977), American actor (
Japanese American father,
South Korean mother) •
Mayuka Thaïs (born 1979), American actor and singer-songwriter (
European American mother is
Teri Suzanne) •
Reina Triendl (born 1992) Japanese actress, model, and tarento (Austrian father) •
Naomi Watanabe (born 1987), Japanese actress, comedian, and fashion designer (Taiwanese mother) •
Jennifer Wooden (born 1995), Japanese TV announcer for
Akita Broadcasting System (Australian father) •
James Yaegashi, Japanese American actor (American mother) •
Kimiko Yo (born 1956), Japanese actress (
Hakka Taiwanese father) •
Keone Young (born 1947), American actor (Chinese father) •
Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol (Portuguese mother)
Directors, filmmakers and producers , American film director •
Destin Daniel Cretton, American filmmaker •
Cary Joji Fukunaga (born 1977), American film director and
screenwriter (
Swedish American mother) •
Naomi Iizuka (born 1965), American playwright (
Latina American parent) •
Shiori Itō (born 1989), Japanese Journalist, filmmaker (Caucasian father) •
Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born 1968), American filmmaker (
American parent) • Satsuki Mitchell (born 1979), American film producer, former Bond Girl previously engaged to
Daniel Craig (Caucasian father) •
Diane Paulus (born 1966), American stage director (
New Yorker father) •
Joe Rinoie (born 1960), Japanese music producer (
Han Chinese parent) •
Yoichi Sai (born 1949), Japanese film director (
Zainichi Korean parent)
Models and beauty queens •
Devon Aoki (born 1982), American fashion model and daughter of
Hiroaki Aoki (
European American mother) •
Elena Ashmore, reality show star (Australian father) •
Nicole Fujita (born 1998), Japanese model and
tarento (
European New Zealander father) •
Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model (Filipina-
Spanish mother) •
Marie Helvin (born 1952), American fashion model (
European American parent) •
Yo Hitoto (born 1976), Japanese pop singer (Taiwanese parent) •
Saya Ichikawa (born 1987), Japanese model, tarento and newscaster (American parent with Cherokee blood) •
Elaiza Ikeda (born 1996), Japanese model and actress (Spanish Filipina parent) •
Juliana Imai (born 1985) Brazilian model (
Euro-Brazilian mother) •
Joy (born 1985), Japanese fashion model and TV personality (English parent) •
Liza Kennedy (born 1989), Japanese fashion model (
Scottish-
German father) •
Eimi Kuroda (born 1988), Japanese fashion model (English parent) •
Maggy (1992), Japanese model and tarento (
Scottish Canadian father) •
Rika Mamiya (born 1992), Japanese fashion model (Filipina parent) •
Ariana Miyamoto (born 1994), Japanese beauty pageant contestant and first hāfu to win
Miss Universe Japan in 2015 (
African American parent) •
Erena Mizusawa (born 1992), Japanese actor and model (
Korean parent) •
Izumi Mori (born 1982), Japanese model and tarento (Italian American parent) •
Ayami Nakajo (born 1997), Japanese model (
British father) •
Manami Oku (born 1995), Japanese idol and member of
AKB48 (Italian parent) •
Rina Ōta (born 1988), Japanese model (
Russian parent) •
Kana Oya (born 1987), Brazilian Japanese model (Brazilian parent) •
Rola (born 1990), Japanese fashion model and tarento (
Bangladeshi father) •
Roxana Saberi (born 1977), American beauty queen and journalist (
Iranian father) •
Sheila (born 1973), Japanese model (Cuban parent) •
Priyanka Yoshikawa (born 1994), Japanese beauty pageant contestant and
Miss World Japan 2016 (
Bengali parent) •
Elli Rose (Arakawa), (born 1986), Japanese fashion model, DJ and producer (
British mother) •
Marlon Teixeira (born 1991), is a Brazilian fashion model and actor (Japanese mother)
Musicians and singers , Japanese singer , American singer •
Kiyomi Angela Aki (born 1977), Japanese singer (
Italian-American mother) •
Sayaka Akimoto (born 1988), Japanese television host and singer (
Filipino mother) • Kunimi Andrea (born 1977), American singer-actress (European American mother is
Teri Suzanne) •
Celeina Ann (born 1996), Japanese singer-songwriter (American mother) •
Beni, Japanese R&B singer (European-American parent) •
Miki Berenyi (born 1967), English singer-songwriter and musician (
Hungarian father) •
Hisham Bharoocha (born 1976), American musician (
Lightning Bolt,
Black Dice and
Soft Circle) (
Burmese father) •
Anthony Brown, jazz musician (
Choctaw/African-American parent) •
Mark de Clive-Lowe, New Zealand musician and composer (New Zealander father) •
Marié Digby (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and musician (
Irish American father) •
Duran (born 1984), Japanese musician (Filipino father) •
Elly, Japanese rapper and actor (American father) •
Masato Hayakawa, Japanese musician and lead vocal of
Coldrain (American parent). •
Matt Heafy (born 1986), American musician (
White American father) •
Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming (born 1932), Swedish pianist (
Russo-Swedish father) •
Judith Hill, American singer-songwriter (African-American parent) •
Iconiq (born 1984), Japanese Korean singer (Zainichi Korean parent) •
Suzee Ikeda, American singer (American parent) •
Takamasa "Miyavi" Ishihara (born 1981), Japanese singer-songwriter and musician (
Korean father) •
Yuna Ito (born 1983), American-born Japanese singer and actress (Korean parent) •
Jay'ed (born 1981), Japanese R&B singer-songwriter (
Samoan-
Māori mother) •
Koh Gabriel Kameda (born 1975), German
violinist (
German mother) •
Rie Kaneko (born 1997), Japanese gravure idol and member of
Ladybaby (Spanish Filipina parent) •
Takeshi Kaneshiro (born 1973),
Taiwanese-
Japanese actor and singer (
Taiwanese mother) •
Kangnam (born 1987), Korean-Japanese singer and television personality (Korean parent) •
Oki Kano (born 1957), Japanese musician (
Ainu father) •
Freddy Kempf (born 1977), British pianist (German parent) •
Sean Kennard (born 1984), American pianist (American father) •
Rie Kaela Kimura (born 1984), Japanese singer (
British parent) •
Kylee (born 1994), Japanese singer (
British American parent) •
Jake E. Lee (born 1957), American musician (White American father) •
Sean Ono Lennon (born 1975), American musician and child of
Yoko Ono and
English musician
John Lennon •
Ann Lewis (born 1956), Japanese singer (
American parent) •
Likiya, Japanese musician (
The Rampage from Exile Tribe) (American father) •
LISA (born 1974), Japanese singer (Colombian parent) •
Ken Lloyd (born 1976), British musician and singer-songwriter (English father) •
Olivia Lufkin (born 1979), Japanese-American singer-songwriter (American father) •
Caroline Lufkin (born 1981), Japanese-American singer-songwriter (American father) •
MAA (born 1986), Japanese singer (American father) •
Nina Makino-Hillman (born 2005) Japanese singer, member of girlgroup NiziU (
American father) •
Iwamoto Mari (1926–1979), Japanese violinist (
American mother) •
Emi Maria (born 1987), Japanese Papua New Guinean R&B singer-songwriter (
Papua New Guineas parent) •
Emi Meyer (born 1987), Japanese American jazz singer-songwriter (American parent) •
Anne Akiko Meyers (born 1970), American violinist (American parent) •
MiChi (born 1985), Japanese British singer (English father) •
Joji Kusunoki Miller (born 1993), Japanese singer-songwriter, former internet personality (Australian father) •
Mitski Miyawaki (born 1990), American singer-songwriter and musician (
American father) •
Anna Murashige (born 1998), Japanese singer (
Russian parent) •
Bobby Murray, American electric blues musician-songwriter (Irish father) •
Yukimi Eleanora Nagano (born 1982), Swedish singer-songwriter (
Swedish American parent) •
Kaito Nakahori (born 1989), Chinese-Japanese composer •
Maiko Rivera Nakamura (born 1991), Japanese singer (
Spanish Filipino parent) •
George Nozuka (born 1986), Canadian-American R&B singer (Canadian parent) •
Justin Nozuka (born 1988), Canadian-American singer-songwriter (Canadian parent) •
John Ken Nuzzo (born 1966), Italian tenor (
Italian-American parent) •
Chieko Ochi (born 1987), Japanese singer and actress (Filipina parent) •
Keisuke Ogihara (born 1975), Japanese hip hop singer (Finnish parent) •
Anza Ohyama (born 1976), Japanese actor and singer (
White South African parent) •
Alice Sara Ott (born 1988), Japanese pianist (German father) •
Patty (born 1960), Japanese singer and tarento (American father) •
Sarah Midori Perry (born 1991), British Japanese singer with
Kero Kero Bonito (British parent) •
Pile (born 1988), Japanese singer and seiyu (Korean mother) •
Asuka Saito (born 1998), Japanese singer and actress (Burmese mother) •
Sandii, Japanese musician (American parent) •
Mary Sara (born 1986), Japanese model and singer (American father) •
Rikako Sasaki (born 2001), Japanese singer (
Filipino parent) •
Noah Sebastian (born 1995), American singer with
Bad Omens •
Ayana Shahab (born 1997), Indonesian singer (
Arab Indonesian father) •
Laura Shigihara, American singer-songwriter and video game developer (Japanese father,
French American mother) • Anis Shimada (born 1975), one-half of
Monoral (
Moroccan-French parent) •
Michael "Mike" Shinoda (born 1977), American musician and co-founder of the rock band
Linkin Park (
American parent) •
Shoo (born 1981) South Korean actress and singer (Korean parent) •
Sika (born 1995), Japanese singer, former member of Fanatics (Chinese parent) •
Keiko (born 2005), Japanese rapper-singer of Japanese girlgroup ME:i (Korean Father) •
SoulJa, Japanese hip hop singer-songwriter (Belgian parent) •
Arabella Steinbacher (born 1981), German classical violinist (German father) •
Fernanda Takai (born 1971), Brazilian singer (
Portuguese Brazilian mother) •
Masayoshi Takanaka (born 1953), Japanese guitarist (Chinese father) •
Stephanie Nonoshita Topalian (born 1987), American singer (
Armenian American parent) •
Visava Thaiyanont (born 1990), Thai Japanese actor and musician (Thai father) •
Towkio (born 1993), American rapper (Mexican parent) •
Reina Triendl (born 1992), Japanese actor and
tarento (
Austrian parent) •
Anna Tsuchiya (born 1984), Japanese singer (
Polish American parent) •
Kenta Tsuchiya (born 1990), member of Thai boy band
K-Otic (Thai parent) •
Anna-Catherine "Uffie" Hartley (born 1987), American singer-songwriter (
English father) •
Akeo Watanabe (1919–1990), Japanese symphonic conductor (Finnish parent) •
Eiji Wentz (born 1985), Japanese actor and singer (
German American parent) •
Wise (born 1979), Japanese rapper (American parent) •
Alissa Yagi (born 1995), Japanese model and actress (French parent) •
Rachael Yamagata (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and pianist (Japanese American father) •
Linda Yamamoto (born 1951), Japanese singer (American Korean War casualty father) •
Rei Yasuda (born 1993), Japanese singer and model (
Michigander parent) •
Jiang Ying (musician) (born 1919), Chinese opera singer (Chinese father) •
Christine Yoshikawa, Canadian American pianist (Canadian parent) •
Diana Yukawa, British violinist and daughter of
Japan Air Lines Flight 123 victim Akihisa Yukawa (
English mother)
Personalities, presenters, tarento , Brazilian TV presenter •
Polpat Asavaprapha, Thai fashion designer and TV personality (Thai father) •
Joey "The Anime Man" Bizinger (born 1994), Japanese-Australian
YouTuber and voice actor (
Australian father) •
Chen Kenichi (born 1956), Japanese chef known as one of the chefs in
Iron Chef (
Chinese father of Japanese nationality) •
Chris Cheng (born 1979), American reality show champion (
Chinese American parent) •
Salvatore Cuomo (born 1972), Japanese celebrity chef (Italian parent) •
DJ Heavygrinder, American disk jockey (French American parent) •
Tenka Hashimoto (born 1993), Japanese tarento (Chinese parent) •
Lalla Hirayama (born 1988), South African actress and personality (
Jewish South African father) •
Carrie Ann Inaba (born 1968), dance competition judge •
Iwa Moto (born 1988), Filipina reality television contestant (Filipina mother) •
Yuki Kimura (born 1996), Japanese model and tarento (half Filipino/half Spanish parent) •
Christel Masami Takigawa Lardux (born 1977), Japanese television presenter (
French parent) •
LiLiCo (born 1970), Swedish Japanese personality (Swedish father) •
Loveli (born 1989), Japanese model and tarento (Filipino parent) •
Dharshan Munidasa (born 1970), Sri Lankan celebrity chef (Sri Lankan father) •
Helen Nishikawa (born 1946), Japanese TV presenter (American father) •
David Ono, American news anchor for
KABC-TV (Caucasian father) •
Rebecca "Becky" Rabone (born 1984), Japanese
tarento (
British parent) •
Sabrina Sato Rahal (born 1981), Brazilian reality show participant, model and television presenter (
Swiss-
Lebanese father) •
Akiko Thomson (born 1974), Filipina television host, journalist and swimmer (American father) •
Anna Umemiya (born 1972), Japanese personality and model (American parent) •
Shaula Vogue (born 1986), American fashion model and TV personality (European-American father) •
Yashiki Takajin (1949–2014), Japanese singer and television personality (
Zainichi Issei father) •
Zawachin (born 1992), Japanese personality (Filipina parent) •
Maya Higa (born 1998), conservationist and streamer (American mother)
Voice actors , Japanese
seiyū •
Sarah Emi Bridcutt (born 1989), Japanese
seiyū (Australian father) •
Fairouz Ai (born 1993), Japanese seiyū (Egyptian father) •
Mark Ishii (born 1991), Japanese seiyuu (Filipino mother) •
Subaru Kimura (born 1990), Japanese seiyū (German parent) •
Lynn, Japanese
seiyū (American father/ Brazilian mother) •
Megumi Nakajima (born 1989), Japanese
seiyū (
Filipino parent) •
Shū Uchida (born 1996), Japanese
seiyū (Australian parent) •
Naomi Payton (born 2003), Japanese
seiyū (American father) •
Sally Amaki (born 2000), American raised in Japan
seiyū (American parent) •
Akina Houmoto (born 1996), Japanese
seiyū (Chinese mother) •
Hana Hishikawa (born 2003), Japanese
seiyū (Chinese mother)
Others •
Nicola Formichetti (born 1977), Japanese
fashion director (
Italian father) •
Ailes Gilmour (1912–1993), Japanese-American dancer (
American mother) •
Hannah O'Neill (born 1993), New Zealander ballet dancer (New Zealand father) •
Sono Osato (1919–2018), American dancer (
White Canadian parent) •
Ruth Sato (1904–1992), American performer at Vaudeville (Irish parent) •
Mandy Sekiguchi (born 1991), Japanese dancer (Nigerian parent) •
Cyril Takayama (born 1973), American magician (
Moroccan French parent) ==Literature and authors==