Japanese people in South Korea
Japanese people in South Korea are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea. They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and is present in South Korea (재한일본인, "Jaehan Ilbonin"), and those who changed their nationality to Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").
Total population | |
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53,670[1] (2017) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Seoul · Busan · Jeju | |
Languages | |
Japanese · Korean | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Japanese people |
History
The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.
Pre-colonial and colonial times (before 1945)
Modern times (after 1945)
Notable people
Professors
- Hosaka Yuji
Entertainers
Singers
- Takuya Terada, former member of Cross Gene
- Kangnam, former member of M.I.B.
- Hirai Momo, Myoui Mina and Minatozaki Sana, members of Twice
- Nakamoto Yuta, member of NCT and its sub-unit, NCT 127
- Adachi Uto, known by his stage name Yuto, member of Pentagon
- Miyawaki Sakura and Nako Yabuki, members of Iz*One and Japanese girl group HKT48
- Hitomi Honda, member of Iz*One and Japanese girl group AKB48’s Team 8
- Miyu Takeuchi, former member of Japanese girl group AKB48
- Kwon Ri-se, former member of Ladies' Code
- Kato Kokoro (Kokoro), Katsuno Rise (Remi), Hirokawa Mao (May), members of Cherry Bullet
- Kenta Takada, member of JBJ95 and former member of JBJ
Koreans of Japanese descent
- Kiggen
- Keisuke Kunimoto
- Lee Eun-ju
- Shoo
- Woo Jang-choon
- Crown Princess Yi Bangja
- Prince Yi Gu
Education
- Busan Japanese School (釜山日本人学校)
- Japanese School in Seoul
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