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