List of Koreans in Japan

This is a list of notable Zainichi Koreans or notable Japanese people of Korean descent.

Korean Royal Family

Yi Un

Politics and law

Lee Myung-bak

Business and economics

Crime

Yakuza

Academia

Woo Jang-choon

Science and technology

Literature and poetry

Entertainment

Tomoyasu Hotei
Miyavi

Sports

References

  1. "在日韓商(Korean entrepreneurs)の起業家精神 - 李洙任 (SOO IM LEE)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-25.
  2. 1 2 "FYI YAKUZA IN JAPAN From rackets to real estate, yakuza multifaceted". The Japan Times. Feb 14, 2007.
  3. Summers, Chris The 'beast with a human face' BBC News - Tuesday, 24 April 2007
  4. Romero, Frances Top 10 Real-Life Mob Bosses: Hisayuki Machii Time Magazine - Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011
  5. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
  6. Historically not considered Korean, but recent scholarship has reached a consensus that he was probably a refugee from the (recently overthrown) Baekje. (Keene, Donald 1999. Seeds in the Heart: A History of Japanese Literature, volume 1. New York: Columbia University Press.)
  7. 1 2 3 The Person Who Crosses The Border - Yusaku Matsuda (越境者 - 松田優作 Ekkyousha - Matsuda Yusaku) by Michiko Matsuda, published 2008
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