title: List of Asian Mexicans
text: # 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
  