Japanese people in South Korea
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Japanese people in South Korea (Japanese: 在韓日本人, Hepburn: Zaikan Nihonjin) (Korean: 재한일본인; RR: Jaehan Ilbonin) are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea. They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and are present in South Korea, and those who changed their nationality to South Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").[citation needed]
History
The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.
Pre-colonial and colonial times (before 1945)
During Japanese rule in Korea, the peak of the Japanese population was 752,823, circa 1942.[2]
Modern times (after 1945)
Notable people
Professors
- Hosaka Yuji (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
Entertainers
- Ryohei Otani (Originally from Suita, Osaka, Japan)
- Sayuri Fujita (Originally from Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
Singers
- Takuya Terada, former member of Cross Gene (Originally from Moriya, Ibaraki, Japan)
- Kangnam, former member of M.I.B. (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Momo Hirai, Mina Myoui and Sana Minatozaki, members of Twice (Momo Hirai: Originally from Kyotanabe, Kyoto, Japan/Mina Myoui: Born in San Antonio, Texas, United States but raised in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan/Sana Minatozaki: Originally from Tennōji-ku, Osaka, Japan)
- Yuta Nakamoto and Shotaro Osaki, members of NCT (Yuta Nakamoto: Originally from Kadoma, Osaka, Japan/Shotaro Osaki: Originally from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan[3])
- Yuto Adachi, member of Pentagon (Originally from Nagano, Nagano, Japan)
- Nako Yabuki, former member of Iz*One (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Sakura Miyawaki, member of Le Sserafim and former member of Iz*One (Originally from Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan)
- Kazuha Nakamura (Kazuha), member of Le Sserafim (Born in Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan but raised in Osaka, Japan)
- Amy Harvey, member of XG (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Miyu Takeuchi, former member of Japanese girl group AKB48 (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Kwon Ri-se, former member of Ladies' Code (Originally from Fukushima, Japan)
- Kokoro Kato (Kokoro), Rise Katsuno (Remi), and Mao Hirokawa (May), members of Cherry Bullet (Kokoro Kato (Kokoro): Originally from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan/Rise Katsuno (Remi) and Mao Hirokawa (May): Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Juri Takahashi, member of Rocket Punch and former member of AKB48 (Originally from Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan)
- Kenta Takada, member of JBJ95 and former member of JBJ (Originally from Takasaki, Gunma, Japan)
- Yoshinori Kanemoto (Yoshi), Asahi Hamada, and Haruto Watanabe, members of Treasure (Yoshinori Kanemoto (Yoshi): Originally from Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan/Asahi Hamada: Originally from Osaka, Japan/Haruto Watanabe: Originally from Fukuoka, Japan)
- Sora Sakata, member of Woo!ah! (Originally from Fukuoka, Japan)
- Riki Nishimura (Ni-ki), member of Enhypen (Originally from Okayama, Japan)
- Koyuki Mori (Yuki), member of Purple Kiss (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Hina Nagai, member of Lightsum (Born in Kanagawa, Japan but raised in Tokyo, Japan)
- Sumire Aoyagi (Mire), member of Tri.be (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Mizuki Ogawa (Léa), member of Secret Number (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Keita Terazono, member of Ciipher (Originally from Osaka, Japan)
- Haruka Miyauchi (Miya), member of GWSN (Originally from Shizuoka, Japan)
- Yuku Amanuma, member of DKB (Originally from Saitama, Japan)
- Yuto Mizuguchi (U), member of ONF (Originally from Osaka, Japan)
- Yuuri Tokunaga, member of Lunarsolar (Originally from Fukuoka, Japan)
- Haku Shota (Soul), member of P1Harmony (Originally from Saitama, Saitama, Japan)
- Leo Hayase, Shota Nasukawa (Zero), Kairi Imai and Musashi Udo (Kio), members of T1419 (Leo Hayase, Shota Nasukawa (Zero) and Kairi Imai: Originally from Osaka, Japan/Musashi Udo (Kio): Originally from Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan)
- Rui Watanabe, model and former member of K-Pop Girl Group H.U.B.
- Rei Naoi, member of Ive (Originally from Anan, Tokushima, Japan)
- Shana Nonaka, member of Lapillus (Originally from Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan)
- Aeri Uchinaga (Giselle), member of aespa, (Born in Seoul, South Korea, but raised in Tokyo, Japan)
Koreans of Japanese descent
- Kiggen
- Keisuke Kunimoto (Originally from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)
- Lee Eun-ju (Originally from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan)
- Shoo (Originally from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan)
- Woo Jang-choon (Originally from Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
- Crown Princess Yi Bangja (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
- Prince Yi Gu (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
