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* [[:Category:Japanese Comic Book Characters|Japanese Comic Book Characters]] | |||
* [[Japanese in Pop Culture|Japanese in American Pop Culture]] | |||
We tend to follow rabbit holes for Japanese and Japanese American character actors from the 70s and 80s. | |||
===Japanifornia Icons=== | |||
* [[Miyoshi Umeki]] the first Eastr-Asian actor to win an Academy Award for her role in Sayonara in 1957. | |||
* [[Larry Shinoda]], a Japanese American car designer who designed the Chevrolet Corvette and the Ford Mustang. | |||
* [[Yuri Kochiyama]] an American Civil Rights activist who worked with Malcom X in Harlem. | |||
* [[Hiroshi Fujiwara]], the Godfather of Streetwear from Japan, who collaborated with Tinker Hatfield and Mark Parker at Nike to produce the HTM sub-brand. | |||
* [[Steve Yano]], who with Dr. Dre and Tony A. Da Wizard, produced and sold the Roadium Mixed Tapes at Roadium Swap Meet in Gardena, California in the early 1980s. | |||
* [[Wataru Misaka]] broke the color barrier in professional basketball when he played three games for the New York Knicks in 1947. | |||
* [[Sessue Hayakawa]] was a Japanese actor and matinee idol during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. | |||
* [[Sono Osato]] was a half Japanese dancer in the 30s, and later an activist and philanthropist. | |||
* [[Isamu Noguchi]] was a half Japanese sculptor and artists. | |||
* [[Rocky Aoki]] founder of Benihana, and incorrigible 60s and 70s philanderer. | |||
===ChatGPT Nikkei Top Ten=== | |||
* [[Yuri Kochiyama]], 1921-2014, human rights activist | |||
* [[Michio Kaku]], born in 1947, theoretical physicist and science communicator | |||
* [[Ellison Onizuka]], 1946-1986, astronaut who died in the Challenger space shuttle disaster | |||
* [[Kristi Yamaguchi]], born in 1971, Olympic gold medalist figure skater | |||
* [[Sab Shimono]], born in 1943, actor and director | |||
* [[Fred Korematsu]], 1919-2005, civil rights activist | |||
* [[Sessue Hayakawa]], 1889-1973, actor and producer | |||
* [[Patsy Mink]], 1927-2002, first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress | |||
* [[Richard Aoki]], 1938-2009, civil rights activist and member of the Black Panther Party | |||
* [[Steven Okazaki]] - documentary filmmaker who has won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1991. | |||
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