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Clarissa Chun, American Olympic women's freestyle wrestler. The first female wrestler from Hawaii to win a medal at the Olympics. (Mother is Japanese-American) Bryan Clay, 2008 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon
Pages in category "American actresses of Japanese descent" The following 103 pages are in this category, out of 103 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Kristine Tsuya Yamaguchi (born July 12, 1971) is an American former competitive figure skater, author and philanthropist.A former competitor in women's singles, Yamaguchi is the 1992 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (1991 and 1992), and the 1992 U.S. champion.
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 .
As a Japanese American woman, Nu recalls early conversations and cultural references that led to her forming a negative opinion about her body. She acknowledges it as a type of "generational ...
With 110 years of life behind her, Yoshiko Miwa isn’t going to wallow in the negative, and she doesn’t want you to either. The oldest living person of Japanese descent in the United States ...
During her life, Kochiyama was the subject of many biographical works. In 1992, an oral history Kochiyama recounted to Joann Faung Jean Lee was published in Lee's book Asian Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam, and Cambodia. [89]
She was the first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to Congress, and is known for her work on legislation advancing women's rights and education. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American , having been born and raised on the island of Maui .