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Kanji
  
呉 善花

Revised Romanization
  
O Seon-hwa

Kana
  
オ・ソンファ

McCune–Reischauer
  
O Son-hwa

Hangul
  
오선화

Name
  
O Sonfa

Hanja
  
吳善花


O Sonfa (呉 善花, Japanese: オ・ソンファ, born 15 September 1956), commonly known as her Korean name Oh Seon-hwa (Korean: 오선화), is a professor at Takushoku University, also active as an author and journalist in Japan. Originally from Jeju-do, South Korea, she left for Japan in 1983 and went on to naturalise as a Japanese citizen.

In 1998, she lost her South Korean nationality as she had acquired Japanese nationality in 1991. In 2007 and 2013, she was refused entry to South Korea.

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O Sonfa Wikipedia