Asian Latin Americans (sometimes '' Asian-Latinos'') are

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

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

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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

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's population. Chinese, Japanese, and Lebanese are the largest Asian ancestries; other major ethnic groups include

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and Indians, many of whom are

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and came from neighboring countries in the

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and the Guianas.

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is home to the largest population of East Asian descent, estimated at 2.08 million. The country is also home to a large percentage of West Asian descendants. With as much as 5% of their population having some degree of Chinese ancestry, Peru and Mexico have 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

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and the

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History

The first Asian Latin Americans were

who made their way to Latin America (primarily to

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and

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and secondarily to

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Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

and

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

) 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

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

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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. 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 "

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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 Chinese, Japanese or Korean), or West Asian descent (mostly 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 Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic), while Korean migration mostly came to an end by the 1980s. Chinese migration remains ongoing in a number of countries. Settlement of war refugees has been extremely minor: a few dozen ex-North Korean soldiers settled in Argentina after the

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and some Hmong settled in

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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'' Chinese ancestry at 5 million, which equates to 20% of the country's total population. The Chinese are the most populous Asian Latin Americans. Significant populations of Chinese ancestry are found in

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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

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

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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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was of Japanese ancestry who was 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), Fujimori died in 2024.

is home to the largest Japanese 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, 2,608 Malaysians, 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

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s in

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

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, 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, and Puerto Rico.

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

In the 2000 US Census, 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 Asian Latino persons

Argentina *

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, former First Lady of Argentina, Lebanese Argentine. * Carlos Balá, actor of Lebanese descent. * Yamila Diaz-Rahi, model of Lebanese descent. * Dumbfoundead, rapper Argentine-born Korean American Rapper. *

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, table tennis player; Chinese Argentine. * Ignacio Huang, actor; Taiwanese Argentine. *

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

, ex-sumo wrestler, Japanese Argentine. * Mario Alberto Ishii, political and mayor of the region José C. Paz, Japanese Argentine. *, actress and model, Korean Argentine. * Chang Sung Kim, 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) served as the 50th president of Argentina for ten years, from 1989 to 1999. He identified as Peronism, Peronist, serving as President of the Justicialist Party for 13 years (from 1990 to 200 ...

, lawyer and politician, former president of Argentina, Syrian Argentine. * Eduardo Menem, politician and brother of Carlos Menem, Syrian Argentine. * Jessica Michibata, fashion model; Japanese Argentine. * producer and TV director, Japanese Argentine. *

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, actor; Korean Argentine. *

Jae Park Park Jae-hyung (; born September 15, 1992), known professionally as eaJ (), is an Argentine-born South Korean singer, songwriter, and former member of the South Korean rock band Day6. He gained early recognition by competing in the first seaso ...

, Korean American singer-songwriter born in Argentina. *, painter, Japanese Argentine. * María Eugenia Suárez, actress and singer; Japanese Argentine. * Alicia Terada, politician, Japanese Argentine. * Marco, actor; Korean Argentine. * Chanty, actress, model and singer; Filipina Argentine Bolivia * Chi Hyun Chung, politician; Korean Bolivian * Juan Pereda, politician; Palestinian Bolivian * Pedro Shimose, poet; Japanese Bolivian Brazil * Erica Awano, manga artist; Japanese Brazilian * Suresh Biswas, adventurer; Indo-Brazilian * Ken Chang, singer; Chinese Brazilian * Sérgio Echigo, former footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Boris Fausto, historian, political scientist and writer; Turkish Brazilian * Alexandr Fier, chess grandmaster; Japanese Brazilian * Ashok Gandotra, cricketer; Indo-Brazilian * Kaio Felipe Gonçalves, striker; Japanese Brazilian * Luiz Gushiken, union leader and politician; Japanese Brazilian * Sandro Hiroshi, footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Hugo Hoyama, tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Fabiane Hukuda, judoka; Japanese Brazilian *

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, sumo wrestler; Japanese Brazilian * Thereza Imanishi-Kari, professor; Japanese Brazilian * Ryoki Inoue, writer; Japanese Brazilian * Vânia Ishii, judoka; Japanese Brazilian * Cláudio Kano, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Nathalia Kaur, model and actress; Indian descent * Reishin Kawai, aikido practitioner and acupuncturist; Japanese Brazilian * Pedro Ken, footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Allam Khodair, race car driver; Japanese Lebanese Brazilian * Felipe Kitadai, judoka; Japanese Brazilian * Paulinho Kobayashi, footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Luca Kumahara, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Yanna Lavigne, actress and model; Japanese Brazilian * Iara Lee, producer, director and activist; Korean Brazilian * Gui Lin, table tennis player; Chinese Brazilian * Lovefoxxx, singer; Japanese Brazilian * Manabu Mabe, painter; Japanese Brazilian *

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, mixed martial artist; Japanese Brazilian *

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, judo master and developer of Brazilian jiu-jitsu; Japanese Brazilian * Daniel Matsunaga, model, host, actor and footballer; Japanese Brazilian * Jo Matumoto, former pro baseball player; Japanese Brazilian * Froilano de Mello, microbiologist; Indo-Brazilian * Paulo Miyashiro, triathlete; Japanese Brazilian * Carlos Morimoto, author; Japanese Brazilian * Mariana Ohata, triathlete; Japanese Brazilian * Ruy Ohtake, architect; Japanese Brazilian * Tomie Ohtake, artist; Japanese Brazilian * Oscar Oiwa, painter, visual artist and architect; Japanese Brazilian * Leandro Okabe, model; Japanese Brazilian * Tetsuo Okamoto, swimmer; Japanese Brazilian * Poliana Okimoto, long-distance swimmer and gold medalist; Japanese Brazilian * Pedro Okuda, baseball shortstop; Japanese Brazilian * Luís Onmura, judoka; Japanese Brazilian * Hiroo Onoda, former Japanese Army officer; Japanese Brazilian *

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, golfer; Korean Brazilian * Andy Pi, 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 go ...

, swimmer; Japanese Brazilian * Lucas Salatta, backstroke swimmer; Japanese Brazilian *

Silvio Santos Senor Abravanel (; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), known professionally as Silvio Santos, was a Brazilian television presenter and business magnate. Widely regarded as the greatest personality in Television in Brazil, Brazilian television, ...

, television host and entrepreneur; Turkish Brazilian *

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impe ...

, politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th

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; Lebanese descent * Daniella Sarahyba, model; Lebanese descent * Akihiro Sato, model; Japanese Brazilian * Sabrina Sato, model; Japanese and Lebanese descent * Luis Shinohara, former judoka; Japanese Brazilian * Lígia Silva, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Marcos Sugiyama, volleyball player; Japanese Brazilian * Mahau Suguimati, track hurdler; Japanese Brazilian * Jung Mo Sung, lay theologian; Korean Brazilian * Manabu Suzuki, racer; Japanese Brazilian * Rafael Suzuki, racer; Japanese Brazilian * Rodrigo Tabata, 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, badminton player; Indonesian Brazilian * Geovanna Tominaga, television host and actress; Japanese Brazilian * Gustavo Tsuboi, table tennis player; Japanese Brazilian * Felipe Wu, sport shooter; Chinese Brazilian * Jenifer Widjaja, tennis player; Indonesian Brazilian *

Stênio Yamamoto Stênio Akiro Yamamoto (born June 24, 1961) 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-seven, Yama ...

, sports shooter; Japanese Brazilian * Mario Yamasaki, MMA fighter; Japanese Brazilian * Carlos Yoshimura, baseball pitcher; Japanese Brazilian * Marcus Tulio Tanaka, football player; Japanese Brazilian Chile * Edgardo Abdala, footballer, Palestinian Chilean * Carlos Abumohor, businessman and investor, Palestinian Chilean * Roberto Bishara Adawi, footballer, Palestinian Chilean * Diamela Eltit, writer, Palestinian Chilean * Fernando Chomalí Garib, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santiago, Palestinian Chilean * Daud Gazale, footballer, Palestinian Chilean * Ricardo Marzuca, professor at Universidad de Chile, Palestinian Chilean * Daniel Jadue, politician, Palestinian Chilean * Sergio Jadue, football executive, Palestinian Chilean *

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, composer; Chinese Chilean * Miguel Littin, movie director and screenwriter, Palestinian Chilean * Luis Musrri, footballer, Palestinian Chilean * Miguel Nasur Allel, businessman and football club owner, Palestinian Chilean * Carlos Ominami, economist and politician; Japanese Chilean * Quintín Quintana, businessmen; Chinese Chilean * José Said, businessman, Palestinian Chilean * Álvaro Saieh, businessman, Palestinian Chilean * Arturo Salah, former football player, Palestinian Chilean * Fernando Solabarrieta Chelech, journalist, TV presenter, Palestinian Chilean * Rafael Tarud, politician, Palestinian Chilean * José Zalaquett Daher, lawyer, Palestinian Chilean * Marko Zaror, martial artist, actor, Palestinian Chilean Colombia *

Shakira Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll ( , ; born 2 February 1977) is a Colombian singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Latin Music", she has had a Cultural impact of Shakira, significant impact on the ...

, of partial Lebanese descent * Farina, Colombian rapper and reggaeton singer of Peruvian and Lebanese descent. *Yokoi Kenji, speaker; Japanese Colombian. * José Kaor Dokú, ex-soccer player and ex-military; Japanese Colombian. *, Colombian actress, partial Japanese descent. * Yu Takeuchi, mathematician; Japanese Colombian. *, actress and model; Japanese Colombian. *Paublo Ng Choi, Chef, Chinese Colombian. * Laura González, Miss Colombia 2017; Lebanese descent. * Jordy Monroy, footballer, born in Colombia; Armenian origin *Sayaka Osorio, Karateka, Korean Colombian. *

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, former First Lady of Colombia; Lebanese descent. *

Julio César Turbay Ayala Julio César Turbay Ayala (18 June 1916 – 13 September 2005) was a Colombian lawyer and politician who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1978 to 1982. He also held the positions of Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United S ...

, former lawyer and politician, Also former

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; Lebanese descent. * Manuel Teodoro, American journalist of Colombian and Filipino descent. *

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, Japanese singer-songwriter; Colombian mother Costa Rica * Franklin Chang-Diaz, former

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; Chinese Spanish Costa Rican * Cheng Siu Chung, retired football player, coach; Chinese Costa Rican * Eduardo Li, president of the Costa Rican football federation; Chinese Costa Rican * Harry Shum Jr., actor; Chinese Costa Rican Cuba *

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, former President of Cuba; of partial Chinese heritage * Yamil Chade, boxing manager; Lebanese Cuban * Yat-Sen Chang, ballet dancer; Chinese Cuban *

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, 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-Cubans, Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by ...

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

Jeronimo Lim Kim Jeronimo Lim Kim (1926–2006) was a 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 life to g ...

, Korean Cuban known for being a part of the

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Dominican Republic * Elías Wessin y Wessin, politician; Lebanese Dominican * Wu Xue, table tennis player; Chinese Dominican * Akari Endo, Japanese-Dominican actress * Lian "Jenifer" Qian, Chinese Dominican table tennis player *

Jhené Aiko Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo (; born March 16, 1988) is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer and rapper. Aiko embarked on her musical career in 2002, as a backing vocalist and music video performer for the R&B group B2K. She was signed by the ...

, American singer; Japanese Dominican mother *

Mila J Jamila Akiko Aba Chilombo (born November 18, 1982), known professionally as Mila J, is an American R&B singer and rapper. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the older sister of R&B singer Jhené Aiko and is known for being in Prince's vid ...

, American singer and rapper; Japanese Dominican mother Ecuador * Li Jian - midfielder; Chinese Ecuadorian * Jinsop, singer; Korean Ecuadorian * Alberto Dahik, politician; Lebanese Ecuadorian * Carlos Moncayo, co-founder and CEO of Asiam; Chinese Ecuadorian * Jaime Nebot, lawyer and former mayor Guayaquil; Lebanese Ecuadorian * Julio Teodoro Salem, politician; Lebanese Ecuadorian El Salvador *

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, president of El Salvador since 2019; Palestinian descent * Xavier Zablah Bukele, cousin of Nayib and politician; Palestinian descent * Takeshi Fujiwara, sprinter and athlete; Japanese Salvadoran Guatemala * Myrna Mack, anthropologist; Chinese and

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descent * Helen Mack Chang, businesswoman and human rights activist; Chinese Guatemalan Honduras * , journalist and TV host; Chinese Honduran * Hajime waki, Musician; Japanese Honduran * Fernando Chin: Salesman, first mayor of La Lima. Mexico * Alberto Arai, architect, theorist and writer; Japanese Mexican * Eduardo Auyón, artist and cultural promoter; Chinese Mexican * Jesús Chong, boxer; Chinese Mexican * Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong, secretary of the interior of Mexico; Chinese Mexican * Axel Didriksson, writer and professor; Japanese Mexican * Jocelyn Enriquez, singer and songwriter, Filipino Mexican * Ana Gabriel, Mexican singer and composer; Chinese on her mother's side * Zhenli Ye Gon, businessman and alleged drug trafficker; Chinese Mexican * Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, Physician and former Secretary of Health; Japanese Mexican * Xóchitl Hamada, pro wrestler; Japanese Mexican * Hiromi Hayakawa, singer; Japanese Mexican *

Salma Hayek Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault ( , ; ; born 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 TV series), Teresa'' (1989–1991) as well a ...

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

Juan Manuel Ley Juan Manuel Ley López (February 17, 1933 – January 22, 2016) was a Mexican businessman, and the Casa Ley chairman. He was also president of the baseball teams Saraperos de Saltillo in the Mexican Summer League and Tomateros de Culiacán in ...

, founder and chairman of

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; Chinese Mexican * Alejandro Moreno Cardenas, former governor of

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and national president of the

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; Filipino Mexican *

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, politician and former governor of the state of

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; Filipino Mexican * Eizi Matuda, botanist; Japanese Mexican * Lyn May, actress, exotic dancer and acrobat; Chinese Mexican * Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto, swimmer; Japanese Mexican * Daiwon Moon, martial artist; Korean Mexican * Kenya Mori, actress; Japanese Mexican * Noé Murayama, actor; Japanese Mexican * Úrsula Murayama, actress; Japanese Mexican * Fumiko Nakashima, artist; Japanese Mexican * Carlos Nakatani, artist; Japanese Mexican * Isidoro Montes de Oca, revolutionary general; Filipino Mexican * Ramón Fabié, revolutionary soldier; Filipino Mexican * , revolutionary soldier; Filipino Mexican * Francisco Mongoy, revolutionary soldier; Filipino Mexican * Kiyoto Ota, sculptor; Japanese Mexican * Sanjaya Rajaram,

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; Indo-Mexican * M.N. Roy, nationalist revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist; Indo-Mexican * Catarina de San Juan, the China Poblana; Indo-Mexican *

Sugi Sito Francisco Javier Mar Hernández (December 4, 1926 – May 4, 2000) was a Mexican professional wrestler and Promoter (entertainment), promoter, known by the ring name "El Orgullo de Oriente" ("The pride of the Orient") Sugi Sito. He was born in Gua ...

, pro wrestler; Chinese Mexican * Romeo Villalva Tabuena, painter and printmaker; Filipino Mexican * Nancy Taira, actress; Japanese Mexican * Huang Yiguang, politician and aviator; Chinese Mexican Nicaragua * Arlen Siu, martyr of the 1979

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; Chinese Nicaraguan * Zach King, American internet personality, filmmaker, and illusionist; Chinese Nicaraguan Paraguay *

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, President of Paraguay; Lebanese descent. * Mitsuhide Tsuchida, footballer, Japanese Paraguayan. Panama *

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, web comic creator of Piled Higher and Deeper, Chinese Panamanian. * Bruce Chen, pitcher for the

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, Chinese Panamanian. * Roberto Chen, Panamanian footballer of Chinese descent * Federico Fong, musician, Panamanian-born father of Chinese descent * Marelissa Him, model, part Chinese on her father's side * Shey Ling Him Gordon, Panama's delegate to the

Miss World 2007 Miss World 2007 was the 57th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China, on December 1, 2007. Taťána Kuchařová of the Czech Republic crowned Zhang Zilin of China as her successor at the end of ...

competition, Chinese Panamanian. * Sigrid Nunez, American writer (Chinese-Panamanian father, German mother) *

Mehr Eliezer Mehr Eliezer (born 16 January 1997) is a Panamanian model, actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Señorita Panamá 2019. She represented Panama at Miss Universe 2019. Born in New Delhi, she was raised in Panama and the Philippin ...

- Winner of

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, Indian Panamanian. Peru * Ernesto Arakaki, footballer; Japanese Peruvian * José Antonio Chang, former Prime Minister of Peru; Chinese Peruvian *

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from 1990 to 2000; Japanese Peruvian *

Keiko Fujimori Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi (, , Hepburn romanization, Hepburn: , ; born 25 May 1975) is a Peruvian politician and business administrator. Fujimori is the eldest daughter of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori and Susana Higuchi. From ...

, Congresswoman; Japanese Peruvian *

Kenji Fujimori Kenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi (, , Hepburn: , ; born 19 May 1980) is a Peruvian businessman, politician and a former congressman representing Lima from 2011 until he was suspended from congressional duty in June 2018, in aftermath of the ''Ma ...

, Congressman; Japanese-Peruvian *

Susana Higuchi Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (, , Hepburn: , ; 26 April 1950 – 8 December 2021) was a Peruvian politician and engineer. She served as First Lady of Peru from 1990 to 1994 as the wife of President Alberto Fujimori. In 1994, she described ...

, politician and engineer; Japanese Peruvian * Jorge Hirano, international football player; Japanese Peruvian * Fernando Iwasaki, writer and historian; Japanese Peruvian * Haruki Kanashiro, goalkeeper; Japanese Peruvian * Elena Keldibekova, volleyball player; Kazakh Peruvian * Valentina Shevchenko, mixed martial artist; Kyrgyz Peruvian *

Humberto Lay Pastor Humberto Lay Sun (; born 25 September 1934) is a Peruvian evangelicalism, evangelical minister, architect, and politician belonging to the National Restoration (Peru), National Restoration Party. He is of Chinese Peruvians, Chinese descen ...

, architect and cleric; Chinese Peruvian * Iván Miranda, tennis player; Chinese Peruvian * Aldo Miyashiro, artist; Japanese Peruvian * Augusto Miyashiro, engineer and politician; Japanese Peruvian * Kaoru Morioka, futsal player; Japanese Peruvian * Sum Nung, Wing Chun grandmaster; Chinese Peruvian * José Pereda, retired footballer; Japanese Peruvian * Víctor Polay, one of the founders of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement; Chinese Peruvian * Venancio Shinki, painter; Japanese Peruvian * Hector Takayama, former footballer; Japanese Peruvian * Eduardo Tokeshi, artist; Japanese Peruvian * Tilsa Tsuchiya, artist; Japanese Peruvian * Edwin Vásquez, Olympic shooter; Chinese Peruvian * José Watanabe, poet; Japanese Peruvian * Víctor Joy Way, former Prime Minister of Peru; Chinese Peruvian * Alan Wong, chef; Chinese Peruvian * Erasmo Wong, businessman, owner of various retail chains; Chinese Peruvian * Patty Wong, model; Chinese Peruvian * Ricardo Wong, politician; Chinese Peruvian * Rafael Yamashiro, politician; Japanese Peruvian * César Ychikawa, vocalist; Japanese Peruvian * David Soria Yoshinari, footballer; Japanese Peruvian * Jaime Yoshiyama, politician; Japanese Peruvian * Carlos Yushimito, writer; Japanese Peruvian * Pedro Zulen, philosopher; Chinese Peruvian Puerto Rico * Aravind Enrique Adyanthaya, writer, performer and theater director; Indo-Puerto Rican * Eduardo Bhatia, politician and senator; Indo-Puerto Rican * Lakshmi Singh, newscaster on

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* Ruth D. Thorne, author; Indo-Puerto Rican *

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, singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and dancer; Filipino and Puerto Rican Uruguay *

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, Former Vice-president of Uruguay; Lebanese Uruguayan * Barbara Mori, Uruguyan-born Mexican actress; Japanese and Lebanese descent Venezuela *

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, American actor, has Venezuelan roots from his mother and Korean from his father; Korean Venezuelan * Alex Cabrera Suzuki,

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first baseman and right-handed batter who played in

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and

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; Japanese Venezuelan * Hana Kobayashi, singer; Japanese Venezuelan * Kamala Lopez, American actress, director, and political activist (born in

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but raised in Venezuela); Indian Venezuelan * Naomi Soazo, Venezuelan judoka; Japanese Venezuelan * Henry Zakka, Venezuelan actor; Japanese Venezuelan *

Tarek William Saab Tarek William Saab Halabi (, ; born 10 September 1962) is a Venezuelan politician, lawyer, and poet. He was a leader of the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) party founded by Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, who publicly called him "The poet o ...

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

Tareck El Aissami Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah (; born 12 November 1974) is a Venezuelan politician, who served as the vice president of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. He served as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018, and as Ministe ...

, former Vice President of Venezuela; Lebanese Venezuelan * Elías Jaua, Minister of Education, former Foreign Minister and Vice President of Venezuela; Lebanese Venezuelan * Mariam Habach, Miss Venezuela 2015; Syrian descent * James Tahhan, Venezuelan chef; Syrian Venezuelan

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