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