Filipinos in Japan

Filipinos in Japan (, Zainichi Firipinjin, ) formed a population of 356,579 individuals in December 2025, making them Japan's fourth-largest foreign community, according to the statistics of the Philippines.令和6年末現在における在留外国人数について Their population reached as high as 245,518 in 1998, but fell to 144,871 individuals in 2000 before beginning to recover slightly when Japan cracked down on human trafficking. In 2006, Japanese/Filipino marriages were the most frequent of all international marriages in Japan. As of 2016, the Filipino population in Japan was 237,103 according to the Ministry of Justice. Filipinos in Japan formed a population of 325,000 individuals at year-end 2020, making them Japan's third-largest foreign community along with Vietnamese, according to the statistics of the Philippine Global National Inquirer and the Ministry of Justice. In December 2021, the number of Filipinos in Japan was estimated at 276,615.

According to figures published by the Central Bank of the Philippines, overseas Filipino workers in Japan remitted more than US$1 billion between 1990 and 1999; one newspaper described the contributions of overseas workers as a "major source of life support for the Philippines' ailing economy." Though most Filipinos in Japan are short-term residents, the history of their community extends back further; during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, some Filipino students studied in Japanese universities.

Media There is a magazine called Kumusta! (クムスタ). Junta Shimozawa publishes and edits the Japanese portion and his spouse Hermie edits the Tagalog version. In 1996 it had a weekly circulation of 30,000, and its website was to appear in March of that month.

Notable people Entertainment Leah Dizon, American-born singer, model and television personality Ruby Moreno, actress Mokomichi Hayami, actor, chef, TV presenter, entrepreneur, and modelMokomichi Hayami Miho Nishida, actress and model Nicole Abe, fashion model Noriyuki Abe, film director Sayaka Akimoto, actress and singer Hiromi, fashion model Elaiza Ikeda, fashion model and actress Ena Mori, singer-songwriter and musician Mark Ishii, voice actor Rie Kaneko, model and singer Loveli, fashion model Rika Mamiya, model and singer Megumi Nakajima, voice actress and singer Maiko Nakamura, singer Chieko Ochi, singer, model and actress Aiko Otake, model Reimy, musician Rikako Sasaki, singer Alan Shirahama, actor and DJ Anna Suda, actress and dancer Mika dela Cruz, actress based in the Philippines Maryjun Takahashi, actress and model Yu Takahashi, actress Emiri Yamashita, former member of HKT48 Zawachin, television personality Anna Mima, singer Ruben Aquino, animator , model, gravure idol and actress , model, gravure model and actress Maya Imamori, model, gravure idol and actress , singer, dancer and idol for BXW , singer, dancer and idol on Produce 101 Japan (season 2) and idol for boy group, TOZ , singer, dancer and idol on Produce 101 Japan (season 2) Yuri Komagata, singer and voice actress Yuki Kimura, model, gravure idol and actress Aya Natsumi, singer, dancer and idol on Aya Natsumi Universe Ticket

Sports Tomohiko Hoshina, judoka Masunoyama Tomoharu, sumo wrestler Asahi Masuyama, footballer Hikaru Minegishi, footballer Mitakeumi Hisashi, sumo wrestler Mucha Mori, basketball player Kodo Nakano, judoka Ryuya Ogawa, baseball player Satoshi Ōtomo, footballer Risa Sato, volleyball player Daisuke Sato, footballer Syuri, pro wrestler and MMA competitor Yuji Takahashi, footballer Takayasu Akira, sumo wrestler Paulo Junichi Tanaka, footballer Chiaki Tone, baseball player Emi Watanabe, figure skater Kiyomi Watanabe, judoka Yuka Saso, golfer Edward Yamamoto, basketball player Yasuaki Yamasaki, baseball player Maharu Yoshimura, table tennis player Hirotaka Urabe, kickboxer Koya Urabe, kickboxer Jefferson Tabinas, footballer Paul Tabinas, footballer Kōtokuzan Tarō, sumo wrestler

Other Artemio Ricarte, Philippine general

See also Japan–Philippines relations Ethnic groups of Japan Japanese settlement in the Philippines Smile (TBS), a TV series which focused on a half Japanese, half Filipino man

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