Prominent Canadians of Japanese Ancestry
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- Masami Tsuruoka, martial artist, "Founder of Karate in Canada"
- Ken Adachi, author
- Mio Adilman, radio and television personality, actor
- Nobu Adilman, television personality, actor
- Dennis Akayama, actor
- David Akutagawa, martial artist
- Brooke Berry, model
- Jeff Chiba Stearns, animated filmmaker
- Hiromi Goto, author
- Arthur S. Hara, business leader,Officer and Companion, Order of Canada.
- S.I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist, academic and U.S. Senator
- Mary Ito, journalist
- Robert Ito, actor
- Hiro Kanagawa, actor
- Martin Kariya, hockey player
- Paul Kariya, NHL star player
- Steve Kariya, hockey player
- Sarah Kawahara, figure skater and choreographer
- Yukiko Kimura, former newscaster
- Andrew Kishino, voice actor
- Roy Kiyooka, artist, Member Order of Canada
- Ron Korb, Musician, Composer
- Joy Kogawa, novelist and poet
- Catherine Manoukian, violinist
- Jon Matsumoto, ice hockey player
- Nina Matsumoto, comics artist
- Nobu McCarthy, actress
- Glenn Michibata, tennis player
- Art Miki, National Association of Japanese Canadians leader
- Roy Miki, professor emeritus, Simon Fraser University and poet, Order of Canada
- Masajiro Miyazaki, osteopath/coroner and community activist; Companion of the Order of Canada.
- Kenzo Mori, editor of New Canadian
- Raymond Moriyama, architect
- Issey Nakajima-Farran, Canadian national soccer team player
- Paris Nakajima-Farran, footballer
- Kazuo Nakamura, painter
- Bev Oda, first Japanese-Canadian MP and cabinet minister in Canadian history
- Midi Onodera, filmmaker
- Ruth Ozeki, novelist, filmmaker
- George Nozuka, musician
- Justin Nozuka, singer
- Kristy Odamura, softball player
- Santa J. Ono, biologist
- Maria Ozawa, pornographic actress (Japanese mother, Quebecois father)
- Jon Kimura Parker, Classical pianist and recording artist
- Kerri Sakamoto, novelist
- Raymond Sawada, hockey player
- Yoshio Senda, judoka, former Canadian Olympic Judo Team Coach, first in North America to attain Level 9 Black Belt, Order of Canada. Died September 9, 2009.
- Devin Setoguchi, NHL First Liner
- Tetsuro Shigematsu, radio host
- Aki Shimazaki, novelist
- Henry J. Shimizu, one of the first Japanese Canadians to practise medicine in Canada, teacher and researcher at University of Alberta, Order of Canada.
- Rick Shiomi, playwright
- Thomas Kunito Shoyama, economist
- Jamie Storr, ice hockey player
- Vicky Sunohara, Olympic gold medalist in women's hockey
- David Suzuki, biologist, environmentalist, host of CBC's The Nature of Things
- Severn Suzuki, environmentalist, activist. Daughter of David Suzuki.
- Mutsumi Takahashi, news anchor
- Takao Tanabe, artist
- Miyuki Tanobe, artist
- David Tsubouchi, former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister.
- Irene Ayako Uchida, scientist
- Juhn Atsushi Wada, neuroscientist, Professor, University of British Columbia, Officer of the Order of Canada
- Terry Watada, novelist, poet, playwright, historian
- Michelle Sagara West, author
- Naomi Yamamoto, politician
- Keith Yamauchi, Justice on the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench
- Christine Yoshikawa, classical pianist and recording artist
- Catalina Yue, mixed japanese actress, singer, songwriter and recording artist
- Kimiko Zakreski, Olympics snowboarder
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