Title: List of Japanese Americans - Wikipedia
Headings: List of Japanese Americans
List of Japanese Americans
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Arts and architecture
Business and economics
Entertainment
History
Literature and poetry
News/media
Martial arts
Military
Politics, law and government
Religion
Science and technology
Sports
Other Academia
See also
References

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List of Japanese Americans
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This is a list of Japanese Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants, but not Japanese nationals living or working in the US. The list includes a brief description of their reason for notability. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Japanese American or must have references showing they are Japanese American and are notable. Lists of Americans
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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Contents
1 Arts and architecture
2 Business and economics
3 Entertainment
4 History
5 Literature and poetry
6 News/media
7 Martial arts
8 Military
9 Politics, law and government
10 Religion
11 Science and technology
12 Sports
13 Other Academia
14 See also
15 References
Arts and architecture
Nina Akamu, artist
Shusaku Arakawa (1936–2010), artist and architect
Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), sculptor
Hideo Date (1907–2005), painter associated with Synchromism movement
Isami Doi (1903–1965), printmaker and painter
Paul Horiuchi (1906–1999), painter and collagist
Miyoko Ito (1918 - 1983), painter and watercolorist
Ben Kamihira (1924–2004), artist and teacher
Jeff Matsuda, Emmy award-winning concept artist, comics artist, and animator
John Matsudaira (1922–2007), painter
George Matsumoto (1922–2016), architect and educator
Jimmy Mirikitani (1920–2012), painter
Luna H. Mitani, surrealist painter
Robert Murase (1938–2005), world-renowned landscape architect
Hashime Murayama (1879–1954), painter
George Nakashima (1905–1990), Nisei, woodworker, architect, and furniture maker
Hideo Noda (1908–1939), modernist painter and muralist
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), artist, sculptor, designer
Kenjiro Nomura (1896–1956), painter
Chiura Obata (1885–1975), well-known artist and recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 5th Class, for promoting goodwill and cultural understanding between the United States and Japan
Masi Oka, actor and digital effects artist, raised in the US
Arthur Okamura (1932–2009), California painter, illustrator and screen-printer associated with the San Francisco Renaissance
Miné Okubo (1912–2001), Nisei, painter, author of Citizen 13660, her book documenting life during her confinement in the Japanese American internment
Yoko Ono (1933–), artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon
Sueo Serisawa (1910–2004), Issei, Californian Impressionist artist
Toshiko Takaezu (1922–2011), born and died in Hawaii; ceramic artist and painter; known for closed pots and cylindrical vessels
Adrian Tomine, graphic novelist ( Shortcomings)
George Tsutakawa (1910–1997), sculptor and painter
Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), Nisei, architect, best known for the New York World Trade Center "Twin Towers"
Ray Yoshida (1930 - 2009), painter and collagist, teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an important mentor of the Chicago Imagists
Business and economics
Takeshi Amemiya, economist, Stanford professor
Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana
Glen Fukushima, co-President and Representative Director, NCR Japan, Ltd., and former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Francis Fukuyama, economist and historian
Robert Hamada, Edward Eagle Brown Distinguished Service Professor of Finance; former Dean of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Wayne Inouye, former President and CEO of Gateway, Inc.
Roy Kusumoto, founder of Solectron
Darren Kimura, founder of Sopogy, inventor of MicroCSP technology
Nobu Matsuhisa, founder of Nobu and Matsuhisa
Fujimatsu Moriguchi (1898–1962), founder of Uwajimaya
Bill Naito (1925–1996), prominent businessman in Portland, Oregon
Alice Sae Teshima Noda (1894–1964), businesswoman, dental hygienist, and beauty industry entrepreneur
Scott Oki, former Senior Vice President of sales and marketing at Microsoft
William Saito, founder of I/O Software, Inc. (acquired by Microsoft in 2004), venture capitalist and public policy consultant
Richard Sakai, producer and President of Gracie Films
Miyoko Schinner, founder Miyoko's Creamery, chef and cookbook author
George Shima (1864–1926), first Japanese American millionaire
Gary A. Tanaka, financier
Dave Tatsuno, businessman and filmmaker
Kevin Tsujihara, CEO, Warner Brothers
Ken Uston, blackjack player, strategist, and author
Entertainment
Keiko Agena, actress ( Gilmore Girls TV series)
Jhene Aiko, singer/songwriter, maternal grandfather is Japanese-American ( Nisei)
Anna Akana, YouTube celebrity, actress/comedian, filmmaker, author. Asa Akira, pornographic actress and director
Toshiko Akiyoshi, Shin-Issei, musician, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and big band leader
Shuko Akune, actress
Daniella Alonso, actress (father is of part Japanese descent)
Sally Amaki, singer and voice actress, member of idol group 22/7
Devon Aoki, model and actress (half Japanese)
Steve Aoki, house musician and record producer
Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Issei, actress
Gregg Araki, film director
Reiko Aylesworth, actress known for portraying Michelle Dessler in TV Series 24;