Filipinos in Japan ( ja, 在日フィリピン人, ''Zainichi Firipinjin'', fil, Mga Pilipino sa Hapon) formed a population of 291,066 in June 2022 individuals, making them

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's fourth-largest foreign community, according to the statistics of the Philippines. Filipinos in Japan formed a population of 325,000 individuals at year-end 2020, making them

's third-largest foreign community along with Vietnamese, according to the statistics of the Philippine Global National Inquirer and the

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. Their population reached as high as 245,518 in 1998, but fell to 144,871 individuals in 2000 before beginning to recover slightly when Japan cracked down on

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. In 2006, Japanese/ Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan. As of 2016, the Filipino population in Japan was 237,103 according to the

. By in December 2021, the number of Filipinos in Japan is estimated at 276,615. According to figures published by the

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, overseas Filipino workers in Japan remitted more than US$1 billion between 1990 and 1999; one newspaper described the contributions of overseas workers as a "major source of life support for the

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." Though most Filipinos in Japan are short-term residents, the history of their community extends back further; during the

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, some Filipino students studied in Japanese universities.

Media

There is a magazine called ''Kumusta!'' (クムスタ). Junta Shimozawa publishes and edits the Japanese portion and his spouse Hermie edits the Tagalog version. In 1996 it had a weekly circulation of 30,000, and its website was to appear in March of that month.

Notable people

Entertainment

Ruby Moreno is a Filipino actress who is based in Japan. She is represented by Inagawa Motoko Office. She appeared in various films and television shows in Japan as well as in a number of Philippine films. She won several acting awards including the award ...

, actress *

Mokomichi Hayami is a Japanese actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and model. Hayami is of Filipino descent; he is specifically a quarter Filipino, as his mother is Filipino- Japanese. Biography Hayami debuted in 2002 with the television series '' You ...

, actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and model

* Miho Nishida, actress and model * Nicole Abe, fashion model *

Noriyuki Abe Noriyuki (written: 紀之, 紀行, 敬之, 記之, 徳行, 憲幸, 範之 or 範幸) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese anime director *, Japanese musician *, Japanese motorcycle racer *, Japanese ...

, film director * Sayaka Akimoto, actress and singer * Stan "Xtra" Fukase, drag queen and social media influencer * Hiromi, fashion model *

Elaiza Ikeda is a Philippine-born Japanese actress, fashion model and singer. She began modeling in 2009 after winning the "Grand Priz Nicola Model Audition 2009". Her mother is of Spanish Filipino Chinese descent and her father is Japanese. Filmography ...

, fashion model and actress * Mark Ishii, voice actor * Rie Kaneko, model and singer * Loveli, fashion model * Rika Mamiya, model and singer *

Megumi Nakajima is a Japanese voice actress and singer, who is affiliated with Stay Luck. Her involvement in the entertainment industry began in 2003 when she participated in an audition held by the talent agency Stardust Promotion, becoming affiliated with the ...

, voice actress and singer * Maiko Nakamura, singer * Chieko Ochi, singer, model and actress * Aiko Otake, model *

Reimy , better known by her stage name Reimy, is a Japanese singer-songwriter and composer. She has collaborated with Japanese movie producer Shunji Iwai is a Japanese film director, video artist, writer and documentary maker. Life and career Iwai ...

, musician * Rikako Sasaki, singer *

Alan Shirahama is a Japanese performer, actor and DJ who is a member of Exile and also the leader of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe. Alan is represented with LDH. Early life Shirahama was born on 4 August 1993 to ...

, actor and DJ * Anna Suda, actress and dancer * Maryjun Takahashi, actress and model *

Yu Takahashi is a Japanese singer-songwriter. He debuted on a major label in 2010, with his singles "Subarashiki Nichijō" and "Honto no Kimochi". Biography Takahashi grew up in Yokote, Akita, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. He started to learn the electr ...

, actress *

Zawachin , better known by her stage name , is a Japanese idol, make-up artist and television personality who was originally known for her impersonation of Tomomi Itano of AKB48. She has 400,000 followers on her official blog. However, she has been highly ...

, television personality *

Ruben Aquino Ruben Aquino (born December 18, 1953) is a Japanese-born Filipino-American animator. A character animator and a supervising animator who has formerly worked on many films at Walt Disney Animation Studios, his work has included the several Disney c ...

, animator * , model, gravure idol and actress * , model, gravure idol and actress * , singer, dancer and idol for BXW * , singer, dancer and idol on

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* , singer, dancer and idol on

Yuri Komagata is a Filipino-Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. Career In 2017, she debuted as a singer in the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise and sang the opening of ''Kirakira Pretty Cure a la Mode , stylized as ''Kirakira☆PreCure ...

, singer and voice actress * Yuki Kimura, model, gravure idol and actress

Sport

* Tomohiko Hoshina, judoka * Masunoyama Tomoharu, sumo wrestler * Asahi Masuyama, footballer *

Hikaru Minegishi , also known by his nickname Pika, is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Thai League 2 club Uthai Thani and the Philippines national team. Early life and education Minegishi was born on June 5, 1991. His Filipino mother is a ...

, footballer * Mitakeumi Hisashi, sumo wrestler * Mucha Mori, basketball player * Kodo Nakano, judoka * Ryuya Ogawa, baseball player *

Satoshi Ōtomo is a Filipino-Japanese footballer who most recently played for Davao Aguilas in the Philippines Football League. He previously playing for United Football League team Global. and the Philippines national football team. International career O ...

, footballer *

Risa Sato is a Filipino-Japanese volleyball player who is currently living in the Philippines and playing in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for the NU Lady Bulldogs and in the Premier Volleyball League for the Creamline Cool Sm ...

, volleyball player * Daisuke Sato, footballer * Syuri, pro wrestler and MMA competitor * Yuji Takahashi, footballer * Takayasu Akira, sumo wrestler * Paulo Junichi Tanaka, footballer * Chiaki Tone, baseball player *

Emi Watanabe is a Japanese former competitive figure skater who is the 1979 World bronze medalist and an eight-time Japanese national champion. She was the first skater to medal for Japan in ladies' singles at the World Championships. Personal life W ...

, figure skater * Kiyomi Watanabe, judoka *

Yuka Saso is a Philippine-born Japanese professional golfer. She competed for the Philippines through 2021, having won the first ever gold medal for the Philippines in both women's individual and women's team event in Asian Games golf competitions. As o ...

, golfer * Edward Yamamoto, basketball player *

Yasuaki Yamasaki is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Career Yamasaki was drafted with the first pick by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He has ...

, baseball player *

Maharu Yoshimura is a Japanese table tennis player. Life and career 1993–2010: Early life and background Yoshimura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture to a Filipina mother and a Japanese father. His first name is a Japanese transliteration of the Tagalog word " ...

, table tennis player * Tsukii Junna, karateka * Hirotaka Urabe, kickboxer * Koya Urabe, kickboxer * Jefferson Tabinas, footballer * Paul Tabinas, footballer

Other

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, Philippine general

References

External links

Timog BBS

JFsekai.com The Home of the Japanese-Filipino Community

SilanganPilipino.com Ang bagong tambayan ng Pinoy.

Oyaye: Filipino Social Networking Community Abroad
{{Authority control Ethnic groups in Japan

* Japan–Philippines relations Asian diaspora in Japan