karateka, former sumo wrestler and the former Ultimate Fighting Championship light-heavyweight champion Mario Yamasaki, mixed martial arts referee, jiu-jitsu practitioner Shigueto Yamasaki, judoka at 1992 Olympics Goiti Yamauchi, mixed martial arts fighter, Bellator Fighter (Originally from Anjō, Aichi, Japan) Scott MacKenzie, darts player Mitsuyo Maeda, judo wrestler (Originally from Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan) Arthur Mariano, 2016 Rio Olympics gymnast Andrews Nakahara, mixed martial arts fighter and karateka Paulo Miyao, Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitor Paulo Miyashiro, triathlete Paulo Nagamura, footballer Mariana Ohata, triathlete Tetsuo Okamoto, former swimmer Poliana Okimoto, long-distance swimmer Noguchi Pinto, footballer Rogério Romero, former swimmer Lucas Salatta, swimmer Sérgio Sasaki, Rio 2016 Olympic gymnast Manabu Suzuki, former racing driver turned car magazine writer and motorsport announcer (Originally from Tokyo, Japan) Rafael Suzuki, racing driver Rodrigo Tabata, footballer, represents Qatar internationally Marcus Tulio Tanaka, footballer, represents Japan internationally Bruna Takahashi, Table Tennis player Augusto Sakai, mixed martial arts fighter Daniel Japonês, futsal player Igor Fraga, racing driver and e-sports player (Originally from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan) See also South America Hongwanji Mission List of Japanese Brazilians Asian Latin Americans Brazilians in Japan Brazil–Japan relations Japanese Peruvians Japanese Argentines Shindo Renmei Notes References Masterson, Daniel M. and Sayaka Funada-Classen. (2004), The Japanese in Latin America: The Asian American Experience. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ; Jeffrey Lesser, A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese-Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2007); Portuguese edition: Uma Diáspora Descontente: Os Nipo-Brasileiros e os Significados da Militância Étnica, 1960–1980 (São Paulo: Editora Paz e Terra, 2008). Jeffrey Lesser, Negotiating National Identity: Immigrants, Minorities and the Struggle for Ethnicity in Brazil (Durham: Duke University Press, 1999); Portuguese edition: Negociando an Identidade Nacional: Imigrantes, Minorias e a Luta pela Etnicidade no Brasil (São Paulo: Editora UNESP, 2001). Further reading Shibata, Hiromi. As escolas Japonesas paulistas (1915–1945) (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Sao Paulo, 1997). External links Sociedade Brasileira de Cultura Japonesa Fundação Japão em São Paulo Centenário da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil (1908–2008) Tratado de Amizade Brasil-Japão Tratado de Migração e Colonização Brasil-Japão Site da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil Leia sobre os navios de imigrantes que aportaram no Porto de Santos Site comemorativo do Centenário da Imigração Japonesa que coleta histórias de vida de imigrantes e descendentes Center for Japanese-Brazilian Studies (Centro de Estudos Nipo-Brasileiros) Brazilian Ethnic groups in Brazil Brazil–Japan relations