Ryukyuan People - Notable Ryukyuans

Notable Ryukyuans

• Namie Amuro; Singer(quarter-Italian).
• Yui Aragaki; Radio host, singer and TV personality.
• Nagisa Arakaki; Baseball player.
• Beni Arashiro; singer (mother is Ryukyuan)
• Yukiya Arashiro; road bicycle racer.
• Kanehisa Arime; Baseball player.
• Begin; Musical group.
• bless4; Musical group.
• Kurara Chibana; first runner-up for Miss Universe 2006
• Yuki Chikudate; singer
• Rina Chinen; singer, actress
• Hajime Chitose; singer
• Cocco; Musician.
• D-51; Musical group
• Da Pump; Musical group (4 original members).
• Lieko English; Okinawan-American model, represented Okinawa in the 1965 Miss Universe pageant, former Playboy magazine's Playmate.
• Finger 5; Musical group.
• Folder 5; Musical group.
• Fuzzy Control; Musical group.
• Gackt; Singer-songwriter, actor and author
• Gori; Comedian and actor.
• Kazuki Ganaha; Football (soccer) player.
• Yoko Gushiken; Professional boxer.
• Kenji Haga; TV Talent (half-American).
• Yoshie Hayasaka; TV Talent
• Akinobu Hiranaka; Professional boxer.
• James Iha; Musician.
• Takeshi Kaneshiro; actor and former pop singer (half-Uchinanchu half-Taiwanese)
• Shoukichi Kina; Musician and politician, currently a member of the House of Councillors.
• Kiroro; Musical duo
• Ryoko Kuninaka; Actress.
• Meisa Kuroki; Actress (quarter-American).
• Caroline Lufkin; Singer (half-Uchinanchu half-Caucasian)
• Olivia Lufkin; Singer (older sister of the above)
• Akino Kawamitsu; Singer, member of bless4
• Mitsuo Matayoshi, aka Jesus Matayoshi, leader of the World Economic Community Party
• MAX; Musical group.
• Saori Minami; Musician.
• Dj Tsukasa; Musician.
• Ai Miyazato; Golf player.
• Mongol800; Musical group
• Yukie Nakama; Actress.
• Rimi Natsukawa; Singer.
• Risa Niigaki; Singer of the pop group Morning Musume. Third-generation Okinawan.
• High and Mighty Color; rock band, whose members are all Okinawan.
• Yuusuke; Vocalist of the rock band High and Mighty Color
• Halca; Vocalist of the rock band High and Mighty Color
• Mākii; Former vocalist of the rock band High and Mighty Color
• Orange Range; Musical group.
• Rinken Band; Musical group
• Dave Roberts; Major League Baseball player (born in Okinawa, mother is Ryukyuan)
• Jake Shimabukuro; Ukulele-player (fifth generation Okinawan American from Hawaii)
• Speed; Musical group.
• Tomi Taira; Actress
• Cyril Takayama; illusionist (father is Ryukyuan)
• Brian Tee; American actor (half-Okinawan and half-Korean)
• Katsuo Tokashiki; Professional boxer.
• Takefumi Toma; Football (soccer) player.
• Tamlyn Tomita; Okinawan-American actress (quarter-Filipino)
• Masane Tsukayama; Actor, voice actor, and narrator
• Shozo Uehara; Scenario writer.
• Shintaro Yamada; Actor, fashion model, and TV talent, younger brother of Yu Yamada.
• Yu Yamada; Actress.
• Passion Yara; Comedian.
• Thelma Aoyama; Singer(quarter-Trinidad and Tobago).