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Pages in category "American musicians of Japanese descent" The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Miyoshi Umeki (1929–2007), Shin-Issei, Academy Award-winning actress and American popular standards singer; Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Academy Award-nominated director; Hikaru Utada, singer/songwriter. Multi-million selling Japanese pop music star. Topped Billboard Club chart with "Devil Inside" in 2004
Pages in category "Japanese-language singers of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Dan Kuramoto, Hiroshima's leader, is from East Los Angeles. He attended California State University, Long Beach, then led its Asian-American studies department. Through playing in a band on weekends he met June Kuramoto, a native of Japan who grew up in Los Angeles and played koto, a Japanese stringed instrument.
Pages in category "American women musicians of Japanese descent" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Harajuku Girls are Maya Chino ("Love"), Jennifer Kita ("Angel"), Rino Nakasone ("Music") and Mayuko Kitayama ("Baby"). The name of the group is a reference to Harajuku, a neighborhood of Tokyo. The stage names of the women are derived from Stefani's Love. Angel. Music. Baby., which was the name of her first album as well as her clothing brand.
Michelle Chongmi Zauner (born March 29, 1989) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and author, known as the lead vocalist of the indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. Her 2021 memoir, Crying in H Mart , spent 60 weeks on The New York Times hardcover non-fiction bestseller list.
Miyoshi Umeki (梅木 美代志, Umeki Miyoshi, or ミヨシ・ウメキ Miyoshi Umeki, May 8, 1929 – August 28, 2007) was a Japanese American singer and actress. [2] Umeki was nominated for the Tony Award and Golden Globe Award and was the first East Asia-born woman to win an Academy Award for acting. [3] [4]