• Source: Filipinos in Japan

Filipinos in Japan (Japanese: 在日フィリピン人, Zainichi Firipinjin, Filipino: Mga Pilipino sa Hapon) formed a population of 332,293 in June 2024 individuals, making them Japan's fourth-largest foreign community, according to the statistics of the Philippines. Their population reached as high as 245,518 in 1998, but fell to 144,871 individuals in 2000 before beginning to recover slightly when Japan cracked down on human trafficking. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan. As of 2016, the Filipino population in Japan was 237,103 according to the Ministry of Justice. Filipinos in Japan formed a population of 325,000 individuals at year-end 2020, making them Japan's third-largest foreign community along with Vietnamese, according to the statistics of the Philippine Global National Inquirer and the Ministry of Justice. In December 2021, the number of Filipinos in Japan was estimated at 276,615.
According to figures published by the Central Bank of the Philippines, overseas Filipino workers in Japan remitted more than US$1 billion between 1990 and 1999; one newspaper described the contributions of overseas workers as a "major source of life support for the Philippines' ailing economy." Though most Filipinos in Japan are short-term residents, the history of their community extends back further; during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, some Filipino students studied in Japanese universities.




Media


There is a magazine called Kumusta! (クムスタ). Junta Shimozawa publishes and edits the Japanese portion and his spouse Hermie edits the Tagalog version. In 1996 it had a weekly circulation of 30,000, and its website was to appear in March of that month.




Notable people






= Entertainment

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Leah Dizon, American-born singer, model and television personality
Ruby Moreno, actress
Mokomichi Hayami, actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and model
Miho Nishida, actress and model
Nicole Abe, fashion model
Noriyuki Abe, film director
Sayaka Akimoto, actress and singer
Stan "Xtra" Fukase, drag queen and social media influencer
Hiromi, fashion model
Elaiza Ikeda, fashion model and actress
Mark Ishii, voice actor
Rie Kaneko, model and singer
Loveli, fashion model
Rika Mamiya, model and singer
Megumi Nakajima, voice actress and singer
Maiko Nakamura, singer
Chieko Ochi, singer, model and actress
Aiko Otake, model
Reimy, musician
Rikako Sasaki, singer
Alan Shirahama, actor and DJ
Anna Suda, actress and dancer
Mika dela Cruz, actress based in the Philippines
Maryjun Takahashi, actress and model
Yu Takahashi, actress
Emiri Yamashita, former member of HKT48
Zawachin, television personality
Anna Mima, singer
Ruben Aquino, animator
Hikari Kuroki, model, gravure idol and actress
Mei Angela, model, gravure idol and actress
Takeru Gutierez, singer, dancer and idol for BXW
Anthonny Iinuma, singer, dancer and idol on Produce 101 Japan (season 2) and idol for boy group, TOZ
Shogo Noji, singer, dancer and idol on Produce 101 Japan (season 2)
Yuri Komagata, singer and voice actress
Yuki Kimura, model, gravure idol and actress
Yuki Sonoda (screen name: Yana Fuentes), model, actress, Miss Universe Japan 2020 2nd runner-rp
Mio Yamamoto, Miss Gunma 2023 winner, Miss Universe Japan 2023 semi-finalist




= Sports

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Tomohiko Hoshina, judoka
Masunoyama Tomoharu, sumo wrestler
Asahi Masuyama, footballer
Hikaru Minegishi, footballer
Mitakeumi Hisashi, sumo wrestler
Mucha Mori, basketball player
Kodo Nakano, judoka
Ryuya Ogawa, baseball player
Satoshi Ōtomo, footballer
Risa Sato, volleyball player
Daisuke Sato, footballer
Syuri, pro wrestler and MMA competitor
Yuji Takahashi, footballer
Takayasu Akira, sumo wrestler
Paulo Junichi Tanaka, footballer
Chiaki Tone, baseball player
Emi Watanabe, figure skater
Kiyomi Watanabe, judoka
Yuka Saso, golfer
Edward Yamamoto, basketball player
Yasuaki Yamasaki, baseball player
Maharu Yoshimura, table tennis player
Tsukii Junna, karateka
Hirotaka Urabe, kickboxer
Koya Urabe, kickboxer
Jefferson Tabinas, footballer
Paul Tabinas, footballer
Kōtokuzan Tarō, sumo wrestler




= Other

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Artemio Ricarte, Philippine general




See also


Japan–Philippines relations
Ethnic groups of Japan
Japanese settlement in the Philippines
Smile (TBS), a TV series which focused on a half Japanese, half Filipino man




References






Further reading


クムスタ Kumusta! : bilingual magazine para sa mga Pilipino at Hapon. CiNii. 199.




External links


Timog BBS
JFsekai.com The Home of the Japanese-Filipino Community Archived 19 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
SilanganPilipino.com Ang bagong tambayan ng Pinoy. Archived 7 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Oyaye: Filipino Social Networking Community Abroad

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• Filipinos in Japan
• Japanese in the Philippines
• Overseas Filipinos
• Japan–Philippines relations
• Ethnic groups of Japan
• Filipino Japanese
• Japanese occupation of the Philippines
• Filipinos
• Demographics of Japan
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