Foreigners in Japan

Alessandro Valignano, (Chinese: 范禮安 Fan Li'an) born in 1539 in Chieti, kingdom of Naples, was an Italian Jesuit missionary who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Alessandro Valignano"

Bobby Ologun ( Japanese: ボビー・オロゴン born April 8, 1973 in Ibadan, Nigeria) is a Nigerian foreign TV-personality ( gaijin tarento) in Japan, and a K-1, mixed martial artist. Most of Japanese people call him "Bobbii". HEIGHT: 185 cm, WEIGHT: 98 kg. He speaks English, Yoruba and Japanese. He currently lives in Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bobby Ologun"

Daniel Kahl (ダニエル・カール) ( 30 March 1960 - ) is an American foreign TV-personality ( gaijin tarento) in Japan. He is famous for speaking fluent Yamagata-ben, the very rural dialect of Yamagata Prefecture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel Kahl"

Dave Spector (デーブ・スペクター born May 5, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is the most visible foreign personality ( gaijin tarento) in Japan. He has lived in Japan since 1983. He speaks Japanese fluently and appears regularly as a commentator on Japanese television. He writes columns for Shukan Bunshun magazine and Tokyo Sports Shimbun and has written several books. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dave Spector"

Dekasegi (also spelt as Dekasegui or Dekassegui) is a term used in Latin American cultures to refer to ethnic Japanese people who have migrated to Japan, having taken advantage of Japanese citizenship and immigration laws to escape from economic instability in South America. The vast majority are Brazilians, but there is also a large population of Peruvians and smaller populations of Argentines and other Latin Americans. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dekasegi"

Saint Francis Xavier ( Chinese: 沙勿略) ( April 7, 1506 - December 2, 1552) was a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). The Xaverian Brothers are named after him. The Roman Catholic Church considers him to have converted more people to Christianity than anyone else since St. Paul. ...more on Wikipedia about "Francis Xavier"

Gaikokujin (外国人 "Foreigner" lit: "Outside country person") is a Japanese word used to refer to foreigners or people not of Japanese nationality. Although Japanese has separate words that specify race or ethnicity, including hakujin (白人, lit: "white person") and tōyōjin, (東洋人, lit: " Oriental (east ocean) person"), gaikokujin can refer to people of any race or nationality, including the Japanese themselves if the context is outside of Japan, although ironically enough, this term is still used to refer to non-Japanese even when the speaker and listener are both in a country outside Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gaikokujin"

Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (c. 1560-1623), or simply Jan Joosten, was a Dutchman and one of William Adams's shipmates (the second mate) in his travel to Japan on the Dutch ship Liefde. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn"

Janica Southwick (ジャニカ・サウスウィック born 1980 in Utah) is a foreign personality ( gaijin tarento) in Japan. Fluent in Japanese, Southwick is best known as the host of NHK Eigorian a popular children's television show, however she has also appeared regularly on mainstream shows as a commentator and standup comedian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Janica Southwick"

Kent Gilbert (ケント・ギルバート) born May 25, 1952 in Utah) is an actor working in Japan. He first visited Japan in 1971 as a Mormon missionary. After returning to the United States, he received a degree in Law as well as an MBA from Brigham Young University. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kent Gilbert"

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn ( June 27, 1850 - September 26, 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲) after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his books about Japan. He is especially well-known to the Japanese for his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, one of which ( Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things) was made into a film in 1965 by Masaki Kobayashi ( Kwaidan). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lafcadio Hearn"

Luis Sotelo ( 1574- 1624), was a Franciscan friar born in Sevilla, Spain on September 6, 1574. He died as a martyr in Japan in 1624, and was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1867. ...more on Wikipedia about "Luis Sotelo"

Marutei Tsurunen (ツルネンマルテイ or 弦念丸呈 Tsurunen Marutei, born 1940-04-30) is the first openly foreign-born Japanese member of the Diet of Japan (a Korean had previously served in the Diet, but presented himself as Japanese). He is a member of the Democratic Party of Japan, where he serves as Director General of the International Department. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marutei Tsurunen"

Matthew Calbraith Perry ( April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was the Commodore of the U.S. Navy who forced the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854, under the threat of military force. ...more on Wikipedia about "Matthew Perry (naval officer)"

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Ranald MacDonald ( 3 February, 1824 – August 24, 1894) was the first man to teach the English language in Japan, including educating Einosuke Moriyama, one of the chief interpreters to handle the negotiations between Commodore Perry and the Tokugawa Shogunate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ranald MacDonald"

Sangokujin ( Japanese: 三国人; "third country national") is a Japanese term referring to colonial nationals of Taiwan ( Taiwanese aboriginal), Korea and China. The original usage of the term is said to be coined to establish separate political identity of ex-colonial nationals especially Korean from victorious American and defeated Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sangokujin"

Yinling (垠凌, real name: 顔垠凌 , Hanyu pinyin: Yan Yinling, or in Japanese, インリン: Inrin) (born February 15, 1978) is a Japanese swimsuit model and race queen. Of Chinese descent, Yinling was born in Taipei, Taiwan. Her blood type is B. She moved to Japan at the age of 10 to go to school. She is called also "Yinling of Joytoy (インリン・オブ・ジョイトイ)," when she appears on television. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yinling"

Zainichi (在日) is short for "Zainichi Chōsenjin" (Koreans/ Choson people in Japan, 在日朝鮮人) or "Zainichi Kankokujin" (South Koreans in Japan, 在日韓国人), meaning the Korean residents of Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zainichi Korean"

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