This is a list of notable Zainichi Koreans or notable Japanese people of Korean descent.
Politics and law
Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea (born in Osaka, ancestral roots in Pohang, North Gyeongsang)
Arai Shoukei, politician, House of Representatives
Haku Shinkun, politician, House of Councillors
Kim Ch'on-hae, leading official of the Japanese Communist Party
So Man-sul, North Korean politician, Supreme People’s Assembly of North Korea, chairman of Chongryon
Togo Shigenori, Minister of Foreign Affairs(in 1941), Minister of Greater East Asia(in 1945)
Business and economics
Takeo Shigemitsu, Founder of the Lotte group.
Akio Shigemitsu, the son of Takeo Shigemitsu and Executive Vice President of Lotte
Hiroyuki Shigemitsu, the son of Takeo Shigemitsu and Vice President of Lotte USA
Yoshitaka Fukuda, President and CEO of Japanese consumer finance companies Aiful
Taizo Son, President and Chairman of GungHo, mobile gaming company
Masahiro Miki, Founder and CEO of ABC-Mart, Japanese footwear company
Han Chang-u, CEO of Maruhan (Japan's largest pachinko operator)
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank
Jo Hiroyuki, uyoku assassin
Mun Segwang, failed assassin of Park Chung-hee
Joji Obara, serial rapist and murderer
Kwon Hyi-ro, murderer who brought public attention to discrimination against the Zainichi
Sin Gwang-su, North Korean spy, involved in North Korean abductions of Japanese
Hayashi Yasuo, of the member in the Aum Shinrikyo. He was to carry out the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
Machii Hisayuki, godfather and founder of the Toa-kai yakuza syndicate
Makino Kuniyasu, Yakuza leader of the Matsuba-kai
Takayama Tokutaro, godfather of the Aizukotetsu-kai yakuza syndicate
Kiyota Jiro, godfather of the Inagawa-kai
Hashimoto Hirofumi, godfather of the Kyokushin-Rengo-Kai
Yanagawa Jiro, godfather of the Yanagawa-Gumi
Kang Sang-jung, political scientist, professor at the Seigakuin University
Woo Jang-choon, agricultural scientist and botanist
Science and technology
Kim Chung Un, developer of tamiflu
Literature and poetry
Kaneshiro Kazuki, novelist
Lee Hoesung, Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist
Lee Yangji, Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist
Tachihara Masaaki, novelist
Yamanoue no Okura, Man'yō poet
Yang Sok-il, novelist
Yu Miri, Akutagawa Prize-winning novelist
Hirofumi Arai, actor, third-generation Zainichi North Korean
Tomoyasu Hotei, rock guitarist and actor
Tsuyoshi Ihara, actor (Letters from Iwo Jima)
Yuna Ito, singer, Japanese father and Korean-American mother
Jyongri, singer
Crystal Kay, singer
Hong-Jae Kim, conductor
Kim Seikyo, conductor
Kim Su-gil, film director and producer
Ayumi Lee, as also known as Iconiq, singer, Korean father and second-generation Zainichi Korean mother
Sang-il Lee, Japan Academy Prize-winning film director
Yusaku Matsuda, actor, Japanese father and third-generation Zainichi KoreanRyuhei Matsuda, actor, He is the son of Yusaku Matsuda. His mother is Japanese.
Shota Matsuda, actor, He is the son of Yusaku Matsuda. His mother is Japanese.
Kaho Minami, actress
Harumi Miyako, singer
Miyavi, musician, Korean father and Japanese mother
Kiko Mizuhara, model and actress
Romi Park, voice actor
Sohee Park, actor
Park Pushim, reggae artist
Kunihiko Ryo, composer
Yoichi Sai, Japan Academy Prize-winning film director
Shion, singer
Sonim, singer, third-generation Zainichi Korean
Tetsuji Tamayama, actor
Towa Tei, DJ
Gong Teyu, actor
Verbal, rapper of M-Flo
Akiko Wada, singer,
Akiyama Yoshihiro, judoka and mixed martial artist
An Chang-rim, South Korean judoka
Ahn Young-Hak, North Korean football player
Arai Takahiro, professional baseball player
Hayakawa Ren, archer and bronze medalist at 2012 Summer Olympics
Hayakawa Nami, archer at 2008 Summer Olympics
Morimoto Hichori, professional baseball player
Harimoto Isao, professional baseball player
Hiyama Shinjiro, professional baseball player
Jong Tae-Se, North Korean football player
Kaneda Masaichi, professional baseball player
Kinjoh Tatsuhiko, professional baseball player
Kanemoto Tomoaki, professional baseball player
Kanemoto Koji, pro-wrestler
Kanemura Kouhiro, pro-wrestler
Kim Chae-Hwa, South Korean figure skater
Kim Jong-Song, North Korean football player
Kim Jung-ya, South Korean football player
Kim Yong-Gwi, South Korean football player
Kim Seong-Yong, North Korean football player
Kin Taiei, mixed martial artist
Kunimoto Keisuke, race car driver
Lee Tadanari, professional football player
Maeda Akira, pro-wrestler
Maenoyama Taro, sumo wrestler
Masutatsu Oyama, karate master who founded Kyokushinkai, also known as Choi Bae-dal
Matsui Akiyoshi, President of Kyokushin kaikan
Momota Mitsuhiro, pro-wrestler, also known as Rikidozan
Momota Mitsuo, pro-wrestler
Okayama Kazunari, professional football player
Ōyama Masutatsu, martial arts expert, founder of Kyokushin kaikan
Shokei Matsui, current president of Kyokshin kaikan
Ri Han-Jae, North Korean football player
Rikidōzan, wrestler
Ryang Gyu-Sa, North Korean football player
Ryang Yong-Gi, North Korean football player
Ryouji Sai, pro-wrestler
Tamarikidō Hideki, sumo wrestler
Tokuyama Masamori, professional boxer, former WBC super flyweight champion
Tatsuhito Takaiwa, pro-wrestler
Yoshida Mitsu, pro-wrestler, also known as Riki Choshu
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