List of Asian Mexicans

This page is a list of past and present notable Asian Mexicans.

This list does not include Lebanese Mexicans; see List of Lebanese people in Mexico.

Arts/architecture/design

• Alberto T. Arai- architect, theorist and writer
• Eduardo Auyón- artist and cultural promoter
• Helen Bickham- artist
• Leonel Maciel- artist; member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana
• Carlos Nakatani- artist
• Luis Nishizawa- painter
• Kiyoto Ota- sculptor
• Midori Suzuki - artist
• Shinzaburo Takeda- painter, printmaker and professor of art
• Ayako Tsuru- artist
• Romeo Villalva Tabuena- painter and printmaker
• Shino Watabe- artist

Business and industry

• Carlos Kasuga Osaka- businessman
• Juan Manuel Ley- businessman
• Rajagopal- expert in business and marketing at Tec de Monterrey
• Zhenli Ye Gon- businessman; alleged drug trafficker

Entertainment

• Bruce Chun- cinematographer
• Federico Fong- musician and producer
• Ana Gabriel- singer
• Hiromi Hayakawa- singer and actress
• Lyn May- actress; exotic dancer
• Bárbara Mori- actress and model
• Kenya Mori- actress
• Noé Murayama- actor
• Úrsula Murayama- actress
• Kavka Shishido- drummer and vocalist
• Su Muy Key- actress; dancer
• Nancy Taira- actress

Fashion

• Issa Lish- model
• Mirra or Catarina de San Juan- the "China Poblana"

Literature

• Axel Didriksson Takayanagi- writer; professor at UNAM
• Babaji Singh- credited with translating the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish

Military

• Isidoro Montes de Oca- fought in the Mexican War of Independence
• Kingo Nonaka- Captain; combat medic; photographer

Politics

• René Ricardo Fujiwara Montelongo- politician affiliated with PANAL
• Pedro Kumamoto^[1]- Independent politician
• Jesús Kumate Rodríguez - physician and former Secretary of Health
• Alejandro Gómez Maganda- former Governor of Guerrero
• Gilberto Antonio Hirata Chico- state deputy for Ensenada Municipality
• Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong- current Secretary of the Interior; former Governor of Hidalgo

Science

• Eizi Matuda- botanist
• Sanjaya Rajaram- agronomist

Sports

• Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto- swimmer
• Jesús Alberto Chong- boxer
• Ayako Hamada- wrestler
• Xóchitl Hamada- wrestler
• Pablo Larios Iwasaki- goalkeeper
• Ernesto Carlos Kuk Lee- baseball player
• Dai-won Moon- martial artist
• Sugi Sito- wrestler

See also

• List of Mexicans

Footnotes

1. "Pedro Kumamoto, con sangre saltillense". Zócalo Saltillo. Retrieved 7 September 2015. Kumamoto's paternal great-grandfather was a Japanese immigrant who settled in Chiapas and married an indigenous Tzotzil woman.