List of Asian Mexicans
# List of Asian Mexicans

This page is a list of past and present notable Asian Mexicans.

This list does not include Lebanese Mexicans; see List of Lebanese people in Mexico.

## Arts/architecture/design

* Alberto T. Arai- architect, theorist and writer
* Eduardo Auyón- artist and cultural promoter
* Helen Bickham- artist
* Alejandro Honda- painter, puppeteer (es)
* Leonel Maciel- artist; member of the Salón de la Plástica Mexicana
* Carlos Nakatani- artist
* Luis Nishizawa- painter
* Kiyoto Ota- sculptor
* Midori Suzuki - artist
* Shinzaburo Takeda- painter, printmaker and professor of art
* Ayako Tsuru- artist
* Romeo Villalva Tabuena- painter and printmaker
* Shino Watabe- artist

## Business and industry

* Carlos Kasuga Osaka- businessman
* Juan Manuel Ley- businessman
* Rajagopal- expert in business and marketing at Tec de Monterrey
* Zhenli Ye Gon- businessman; alleged drug trafficker

## Entertainment

* Bruce Chun- cinematographer
* Jocelyn Enriquez- singer and songwriter
* Federico Fong- musician and producer
* Ana Gabriel- singer
* Hiromi Hayakawa- singer and actress
* Lyn May- actress, exotic dancer
* Bárbara Mori- actress and model
* Kenya Mori- actress
* Noé Murayama- actor
* Úrsula Murayama- actress
* Seki Sano - actor, stage director
* Kavka Shishido- drummer and vocalist
* Su Muy Key- actress, dancer
* Nancy Taira- actress
* Sachi Tamashiro- actress, voice actress
* Beng Zeng- actor, comedian (es)

## Fashion

* Issa Lish- model
* Mirra or Catarina de San Juan- the "China Poblana"

## Literature

* Axel Didriksson Takayanagi- writer, professor at UNAM
* Babaji Singh- credited with translating the Guru Granth Sahib into Spanish

## Military

* Isidoro Montes de Oca- fought in the Mexican War of Independence
* Ramón Fabié- fought in the Mexican War of Independence
* Luis Pinzón- fought in the Mexican War of Independence
* Francisco Mongoy- fought in the Mexican War of Independence
* Kingo Nonaka- Captain, combat medic, photographer

## Politics

* René Ricardo Fujiwara Montelongo- politician affiliated with PANAL
* Pedro Kumamoto- Independent politician
* Jesús Kumate Rodríguez - physician and former Secretary of Health
* Alejandro Gómez Maganda- former Governor of Guerrero
* Gilberto Antonio Hirata Chico- state deputy for Ensenada Municipality
* Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong- former Secretary of the Interior; former Governor of Hidalgo

## Science

* Alejandro Higashi- linguist, academic investigator (es)
* Eizi Matuda- botanist
* Sanjaya Rajaram- agronomist
* Keiko Shirai Matsumoto- biochemist, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana professor (es)

## Sports

* Patricia Castañeda Miyamoto- swimmer
* Jesús Alberto Chong- boxer
* Ayako Hamada- wrestler
* Xóchitl Hamada- wrestler
* Pablo Larios Iwasaki- goalkeeper
* Ernesto Carlos Kuk Lee- baseball player
* Dai-won Moon- martial artist
* Sugi Sito- wrestler
