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'''Welcome to Japanifornia's {{SITENAME}}''' where we track Japanese American (Nikkei) character actor's appearances in the early days of Asian Representation—some good, some cringe, but all interesting. See our listings for shows like [[:Category:M*A*S*H|M*A*S*H]] or [[:Category:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]] from the 1960s and 1970s.

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[[File: Hāfu_wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Edna Mode]]
===[[:Category:Hāfu | Hāfu]]===
People (and characters) who are half Japanese.

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[[File: Nikkei_wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Jack Soo]]

===[[:Category:Nikkei | Nikkei]]===
People of Japanese ancestry born, or living long-term, outside of Japan.

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[[File: West-in-Japan_wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Bad News Bears Go To Japan]]
===[[:Category:Gaijin in Japan | Gaijin in Japan]]===
Non-Japanese in Japan.

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[[File: Nihonjin wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Nihonjin in the West]]
===[[:Category:🇯🇵 | Nihonjin in the West]]===
Japanese born in Japan, often living outside of Japan, who have achievements associated with their time outside of Japan

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===[[:Category:Fictional Places | Japanifornia Locations]]===
Locations that exist in the Japanifornia Universe, from video game settings to fictional movie locations. 

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[[File: Interned_wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|George Takei]]
===[[:Category:Nikkei who were interned | Nikkei who were Interned]]===
Notable Japanese Americans who spent time in an American Internment Camp during WWII.

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[[File: 1970s wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Helen Funai]]
===[[:Category: The 1970s | The 1970s]]===
The Age of Independence: When kids roamed free, TV was on a strict schedule, and the music was on vinyl. I lived in the mid-west and found my movies on UHF channels, usually on Saturday afternoons. 

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[[File: 1980s wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|Mr. Miyagi]]
===[[:Category: The 1980s | The 1980s]]===
The Cable Age: So many channels, so little that's good. We made mix tapes and bumped them in our Sony Walkman or car stereo. I was living in Baltimore or going to college in New York.

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[[File: 1990s wiki-tiles.png|frameless|center|300px|link=|E. Honda]]
===[[:Category: The 1990s | The 1990s]]===
The Console Age: Alternative lifestyles, and the rise of the Digital Age. Our music was on CD, which you could buy new or used. We wore a lot of flannel and black jeans. I, myself, lived in San Franokyo.

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Suggested Starting Points:

* [[: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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