Japanese Venezuelans
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Japanese Venezuelans are Venezuelan citizens who have full or partial Japanese ancestry. The first wave of Japanese came to Venezuela in 1931.[4]
Language
Most Japanese Venezuelans only speak Spanish. Only a selected number can speak Japanese, while those with higher education speak English. There are even a number of Japanese Venezuelan schools that offer English language teaching to the recent Japanese residents.
Religion
The majority of Japanese Venezuelans are Roman Catholic Christians, while the rest are Buddhists.
Notable individuals
- Kaori F. Yonekura, filmmaker
- Hanshi Gijin Hiramatsu, martial artist
- Alexander Cabrera Suzuki, baseball player
- Hana Kobayashi, singer
- Sadao Muraki, pianist
- Félix Nakamura, filmmaker
- Jhohanna Sabrina 'Coco' Noda, beauty queen, model, actress, theta / reiki healer
- Seijiro Yazawa, trader
- Yoshikatsu Yoshida, mathematician
- Henry Zakka, actor
See also
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References
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Further reading
- Masterson, Daniel M. and Sayaka Funada-Classen. (2004), The Japanese in Latin America: The Asian American Experience. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link
- La inmigración japónesa en Venezuela (1928–2008). (The Japanese immigration in Venezuela. 1928–2008)
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