From DiscoverNikkei.org
Individual Nikkei Artists & Designers (by country, A-Z)
Note: "by country" is intended to reflect the primary location of the artist's activity.
Argentina
- Kasuya Sakai (1927-2001), painter
Australia
- Akira Isogawa, fashion designer
- Ken Yonetani (b.1971), ceramist
Brazil
- Miguel Chikaoka (1950), photographer
- Flavio-Shiró (b.1928), painter, engraver, scenographer
- Mauro Fuke (b.1961), sculptor
- Kenji Fukuda (b.1943), painter
- Takashi Fukushima (b.1950), painter
- Tikashi Fukushima (1920-2001), painter
- H. Masuda Goga (b.1911), poet
- Tomoo Handa (1906-1996), painter
- Susumo Harada (b.1938), painter, printmaker, draughtsman
- Masanosuke Hashimoto (b.1935), painter
- Midori Hatanaka (1950), painter, draughtsman, printmaker
- Hajime Higaki (1908-1998), painter
- Ken'ichi Hirota (b.1932), painter
- Hisao (b.1937), painter
- Mário Ishikawa (b.1944), visual artist
- Hiro Kai (b.1955), painter
- Tadashi Kaminagai (1899-1982), painter
- Kenichi Kaneko (b.1935), painter
- Taro Kaneko (b.1953), painter & architect
- Lilia Kawakami, photographer
- Kogure (b.1938), painter
- Bin Kondo (b.1937), painter, designer, sculptor
- Naoto Kondo (b.1965), printmaker
- Sachiko Koshikoku (b.1937), visual artist
- James Kudo (b.1967), painter and photographer
- Tomoshige Kusuno (b.1935), painter, engraver, draughtsman, multimedia artist
- Manabu Mabe (1924-1997), painter
- Yugo Mabe (b.1955), painter
- Kenjiro Masuda (1915-1960), visual artist
- Miura (1939), visual artist
- Jorge Mori (b.1932), painter & designer
- Rogério Nagaoka, visual artist
- Nakajima (b.1934), painter
- Massuo Nakakubo (1938), printmaker & painter
- Shigeo Nishimura (1918-1983), painter
- Kai Ohashi, visual artist
- Tomie Ohtake (b.1913), painter, engraver, sculptor
- Ayao Okamoto (b.1953), painter, designer, multimedia artist, architect
- Tsukika Okayama (1908-1997), painter
- Alina Okinaka (1920-1991), painter
- Massao Okinaka (1913-2000), painter
- Roberto Okinaka (b.1956), sculptor
- Lydia Okumura (b.1948), painter, printmaker, multimedia artist
- Kenji Ota (b.1952), photographer
- Érika Saheki, graphic artist & illustrator
- Hissao Sakakibara (b.1937), painter, draughtsman
- Júlio Shimamoto, graphic artist & illustrator
- João Suzuki (b.1935), printmaker & designer
- Takeshi Suzuki (1908-1987), painter, architect, designer
- Teiiti Suzuki (1911-1996), painter
- Yukio Suzuki (b.1926), painter, designer
- Takahashi (1908-1977), painter
- Takaki (b.1914), painter
- Yoshiya Takaoka (1909-1978), painter, caricaturist, scenographer
- Tamaki (1916-1979), painter
- Shigeto Tanaka (1910-1970), painter
- Yutaka Toyota (b.1931), painter, sculptor, designer & scenographer
- Uragami (b.1918), painter
- Kazuo Wakabayashi (b.1931), painter
- Tizuka Yamazaki (b.1949), filmmaker
- Mari Yoshimoto (1931-1992), painter, sculptor, jeweler
- Yo Yoshitome (b.1925), painter
- Megumi Yuasa (b.1938), ceramist & sculptor
Canada
- Warabé Aska (b.1944), illustrator
- Michael Fukushima, filmmaker
- Denise Fujiwara, dancer & choreographer
- Naoko Furue, textile artist
- Hiromi Goto (b.1966), writer
- Jay Hirabayashi, dancer & choreographer
- Yayoi Hirano, mime artist
- Sadashi Inuzuka (b.1951), mixed media artist
- Isao Ito (b.1938), painter
- Gloria Kagawa, painter & printmaker
- Joyce Kamikura, painter
- Hiro Kanagawa, actor & playwright
- Kaori Kasai, cartoonist/illustrator
- Mitsugi Kikuchi, painter & Ikebana artist
- Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), poet, filmmaker, photographer, sculptor
- Yuriko Kitamura, painter
- Tomoko Kodama, sumi-é artist
- Joy Nozomi Kogawa (b.1935), poet & novelist
- Ron Korb, composer and flutist
- Nobuo Kubota (b.1932), sculptor, musician, & performance artist
- Naoko Matsubara (b.1937), woodcut artist
- Roy Miki (b.1942), poet, editor & activist
- Stacey Shiori Minagawa, dancer
- Raymond Moriyama (b.1929), architect
- Kazuo Nakamura (1926-2002), painter
- Mark Nakamura, painter & multimedia artist
- Lynda Nakashima (b.1965), visual artist & filmmaker
- Jesse Hideo Nishihata (1929-2006), filmmaker
- Linda Ohama, visual artist and filmmaker
- Ruth Ohi, children's book illustrator
- Haruko Okano (b.1945), visual artist
- Meiko Ouchi, actor, playwright, filmmaker
- Michelle Sagara (b.1963), science fiction novelist
- Satoshi Saito (b.1935), sculptor and ceramist
- Kerri Sakamoto (b.1959), novelist & critic
- Gerry Shikatani (b.1950), writer
- Katherine Shozawa, mixed media artist
- Michael Tora Speier, visual artist
- Yoshiko Sunahara, sculptor & medallist
- Yoko Takashima (b.1961), sound/video artist
- Naoko Takenouchi, glass artist
- Norman Takeuchi, painter
- Miyuki Tanobe (b.1937), painter
- Tomolennon (b.1973), painter
- Terry Watada (b.1951), writer, musican & composer
Chile
- Michio Nishihara Toro (b.1972), pianist
France
- Tsugouharu Foujita (1886-1968), painter & printmaker
- Yuzo Saeki (1898-1928), painter
Germany
- Kaori Koyasu, filmmaker
- Damo Suzuki, musician
- Yoko Tawada (b.1960), writer
Italy
- Yoichi Ohira (b. 1949), Murano glass artist
- Ken Okuyama, automotive designer
Mexico
- Irene Akiko Iida (Irene Sachikaze), actress
- Namiko Prado-Arai, painter
- Holly Yasui, poet & playwright
Netherlands
- Shinkichi Tajiri (b.1923), sculptor
Peru
- Arturo Kubotta (b.1932), painter
- Carlos Runcie Tanaka (b.1958), sculptor & installation artist
- Venancio Shinki Huamán (b.1932), painter
- Félix Toshi Arakaki, writer, painter & sculptor
- Tilsa Tsuchiya (1932-1984), painter
- José Watanabe (1946-2007), poet
United Kingdom
- Kazuo Ishiguro (b.1954), novelist
- Mitsuko Uchida (b.1948), musician
United States
- Calvin Abe, landscape architect & visual artist
- George Abe (b.1944), musician
- Satoru Abe (b.1926), sculptor
- Brenda Wong Aoki, writer, storyteller, performing artist
- Tatsu Aoki (b.1957), artist, musician & composer
- Kichio Allen Arai (1901-1986), architect
- Shusaku Arakawa (b.1936), artist, architect & poet
- Gregg Araki (b.1959), filmmaker
- Ruth Asawa (b.1926), sculptor, printmaker & sumi-e artist
- Anthony Brown, musician & ethnomusicologist
- Masazuki Chaya, dancer & choreographer
- Akemi Nakano Cohn, textile designer
- Hideo Date (1907-2005), painter
- Violet Kazue de Cristoforo (d.2007), poet
- Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz, painter
- Eiko & Koma, choreographers and dancers
- Kota Ezawa (b.1969), visual artist
- Shingo Francis (b.1969), painter
- Hego Fuchino (1888-1961), architect
- Shiro Fujioka (DJ Shiro), musician, visual artist & vinyl toy designer
- Gajin Fujita (b.1972), painter
- Henry Fukuhara (b.1913), painter
- Noriko Furunishi (b.1966), photographer
- Alan Gilbert (b.1967), violinist and conductor
- Philip Kan Gotanda (b.1951), ceramist, musician, playwright, filmmaker
- Kiyoshi Graves, singer-songwriter
- Mineko Grimmer (b.1949), sculptor & installation artist
- Jill Guillermo-Togawa, dancer & choreographer
- Mihoko Hakata, painter
- Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944), art critic, poet and novelist
- Steve Hashimoto, bassist & composer
- Kayo Hatta (1958-2005), filmmaker
- Lily Nakai Havey (b.1932), painter & stained glass artist
- Masumi Hayashi (1945-2006), photographer
- Hisako Hibi (1907-1991), painter
- Naomi Hirahara, writer
- Garrett Hongo (b.1951), poet
- Mark Horiuchi, painter, sculptor & ceramist
- Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999), painter & collagist
- George Hoshida (1907-1985), painter & draughtsman
- Rei Hotoda, conductor & pianist
- Velina Hasu Houston (b.1957), poet & playwright
- Chris Iijima (1948-2005), musician, teacher, and social activist
- Lawson Fusao Inada (b.1938), poet
- Jun'ichirö Ishida, painter
- Estelle Ishigo (1899-1990), painter
- Miyoko Ito (1918-1983), painter & printmaker
- Jack Masaki Iwata (1912-1992), photographer
- Kiyomi Iwata (b.1941), sculptor
- Dave Iwataki, composer
- Mark Izu, composer
- Glenn Kaino, sculptor
- Shoji Kameda, taiko drummer
- Jun Kaneko (b.1942), ceramic sculptor
- Matsumi Kanemitsu (1922-1992), painter & printmaker
- Madame Fujima Kansuma, Japanese classical dancer
- Hiroshi Kashiwagi, playwright, poet & actor
- Taizo Kato (d.1924), photographer
- Kazuko (d.2007), jewelry designer
- Hirokazu Kosaka, visual artist
- Keiko Koshimitsu (b.1958), mixed media artist
- Michihiro Kosuge (b.1943), sculptor
- Shigeko Kubota (b.1937), video and performance artist
- Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1889-1953), painter, printmaker & photographer
- Joyce Shoho Kubose, Urasenke tea master
- Yayoi Kusama (b.1929), painter, sculptor, performance artist
- Dan Kwong, visual & performance artist
- Lyrics Born (born Tom Shimura, 1972), hip-hop musician
- John Maeda (b.1966), graphic designer
- Mako (1933-2006), actor
- Wendy Maruyama (b.1952), furniture designer
- Miya Masaoka (b.1958), musician & composer
- David Mas Masumoto, writer
- Nobu McCarthy (1934-2002), actor
- Janice Mirikitani (b.1942), poet, choreographer, and activist
- Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani</b> (b.1920), painter
- Nobuko Miyamoto, community artist
- Toyo Miyatake (1895-1979), photographer
- Akihiko Miyoshi, photographer & digital artist
- Keisuke Mizuno (b.1969), ceramist
- Ikue Mori (b.1953), drummer, composer, graphic designer
- Hiroki Morinoue (b.1947), painter & printmaker
- George Mukai (b.1919), painter
- David Mura (b.1952), writer & performance artist
- Robert Murase, landscape architect
- Kent Nagano (b.1951), conductor
- John Yoshio Naka (1914-2004), bonsai master
- Jon Nakamatsu, pianist
- Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura, hip-hop and rap producer
- Aiko Nakane (1908-2004), Japanese paper expert
- George Nakashima (1905-1990), architect & furniture designer
- Anne Namba, clothing designer
- Jude Narita, actor & playwright
- Yoko Noge, blues musician
- Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), sculptor & designer
- Kenjiro Nomura (1896-1956), painter
- Chiura Obata (1885-1975), sumi-e painter & printmaker
- Frank Okada (1931-2000), painter
- Kenzo Okada (1902-1982), painter
- Frank Masao Okamura (1911-2006), bonsai master
- Steven Okazaki (b.1952), filmmaker
- Ben Oki (b.1927), bonsai master
- Kyuin Okina (1888-1973), writer
- Eugenia Sumiye Okoshi (b.1921), painter
- Mine Okubo (1912-2001), painter
- Yoko Ono (b.1933), multimedia artist & musician
- Julie Otsuka (b.1962), painter & novelist
- Donna Keiko Ozawa (b.1963), sculptor & installation artist
- Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, novelist
- Michael Sakamoto, performance, dance theater & visual artist
- Ben Sakoguchi (b.1938), painter
- Hideo Sasaki (1919-2000), landscape architect
- Tadashi Sato (1923-2005), painter
- Allen Say (b.1937), children's book illustrator
- Kay Sekimachi (b.1926), fiber artist
- Naomi Sekiya (b.1969), composer
- Junichi Semitsu, poet
- Sueo Serisawa (1910-2004), painter
- Jake Shimabukuro (b.1976), musician
- Todd Shimoda (b.1955), novelist
- Roger Shimomura (b.1939), painter, printmaker & sculptor
- Larry Shinoda (1930-1997), automotive designer
- Mike Shinoda (b. 1977), keyboardist/co-guitarist/co-producer of the band Linkin Park
- Miya Ando Stanoff, metal artist
- Henry Sugimoto (1900-1990), painter
- Tom Suzuki (1930-2006), graphic designer
- Toshiko Takaezu (b.1922), ceramist
- Akio Takamori (b. 1950), ceramist
- Iwao Takamoto, animation artist
- Kango Takamura (1895-1990), painter
- Melody Takata, musician and choreographer
- Chuzo Tamotsu (1891-1975), painter
- Gayle Tanaka (b.1953), photographer & installation artist
- George Tanaka (1912-1982), landscape architect
- Haruko Tanaka (b.1974), media artist
- Seiichi Tanaka (b.1943), Taiko drummer
- Masami Teraoka (b.1936), painter, printmaker, book artist, filmmaker
- Tamiko Thiel (b.1957), multimedia artist
- Mia Doi Todd (b.1975), composer & musician
- Adrian Tomine (b.1974), cartoonist
- Marc Tsurumaki, architect
- George Tsutakawa (1910-1997), sumi-e painter & sculptor
- Gerard Tsutakawa, sculptor
- Yoshiko Uchida (1921-1992), writer
- Keith Uchima, musician and playwright
- Denise Uyehara, playwright and performance artist
- Nanako Umemoto, architect and landscape architect
- Gayle Yamada, filmmaker
- Mitsue Yamada (b.1923), poet
- Hisaye Yamamoto (b.1921), writer
- Lawrence Yamamoto (b.1929), painter
- Lynne Yamamoto (b.1961), installation artist
- Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986), architect
- Karen Tei Yamashita (b.1951), writer
- Kim Teru Yasuda, installation artist
- Bruce Yonemoto (b.1949), multimedia artist
- Norman Yonemoto (b.1946), multimedia artist
- Yuriko, modern dancer