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Asian-American Creators - TV Tropes

  • ️Wed May 06 2020

An index of Asian-American creators and/or performers. For the purposes of this index, we are using the United States Census Bureau's classifications of Asian-American, which refers to American people of South Asian, Southeast Asian and East Asian descent.

Also see Asian-American Media.

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  • 2 Live Crew, Fresh Kid Ice was Chinese-American
  • 2PM (KPop band, Former member and breakout star Jay Park is Korean-American and Nichkhun is Thai-American, Taecyeon is a South Korean immigrant.)
  • Abnormality, vocalist Mallika Sundaramurthy is Indian-American
  • Abysmal Dawn, former guitarist Kosuke Hashida is Japanese-American
  • Jhené Aiko, part-Japanese
  • Alice in Chains, bassist Mike Inez is Filipino-American
  • Amerie, part-Korean
  • Arkaik, former drummer Keith Roylance is Filipino-American, originally from Angeles City
  • The Association – Vocalist and guitarist Larry Ramos was a member for almost all of the time between 1967 and his death in 2014. His brother Del has been a member since 1999. Both are Filipino Americans.
  • Awkwafina
  • Bif Naked
  • The Black Eyed Peas, Apl.de.ap is half-Filipino, originally from Angeles City
  • Brae, half-Filipino, of Joey Valence & Brae
  • Michelle Branch, part Indonesian
  • Danny Brown, part-Filipino
  • Caroline
  • Coal Chamber, guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon is part-Chinese
  • Crystal Kay
  • Dälek (producer Alap Momin)
  • Das Racist, Heems and Dapwell are Indian-American
  • Death, founding vocalist Kam Lee is of Native Hawaiian, Chinese and Filipino descent
  • Death Angel, the entire original lineup (now just Mark Osegueda and Rob Cavestany) was Filipino-American, as is Ted Aguilar
  • Deftones, vocalist Chino Moreno is part-Chinese, while late bassist Chi Cheng was Chinese-American
  • Deltron 3030, producer Dan the Automator is Japanese-American
  • Devourment, drummer Brad Fincher is part-Filipino
  • Disgorge - guitarist Ed Talorda is of Japanese and Filipino descent and was born in Japan, moving to the United States in his youth
  • Dream Theater, bassist John Myung is Korean-American
  • Fanny, the Millington sisters are half-Filipina, originally from Manila
  • Fort Minor, lead vocalist Mike Shinoda is Japanese-American
  • f(x), KPop band, members Amber is Taiwanese-American and Krystal is Korean-American.
  • Girls' Generation, members Tiffany Young and Sunny and former member Jessica Jung are Korean-American.
  • Ginger Root, lead singer-songwriter/instrumentalist Cameron Lew is Chinese-American.
  • HER
  • Hoobastank, vocalist Doug Robb is half-Japanese
  • How to Destroy Angels, vocalist Mariqueen Maandig is Filipina.
  • iLoveMakonnen, part-Indian and Chinese
  • Inferi, bassist Andrew Kim is Korean-American, while guitarist Sanjay Kumar is Indian-American
  • Internal Suffering, former guitarist Makoto Mizoguchi is Japanese-Americannote , unlike the rest of the band who are Colombian (or later Spanish)
  • Japanese Breakfast, headed by Korean-American Michelle Zauner.
  • Job for a Cowboy, founding guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju is Indian-American
  • Kehlani
  • Hayley Kiyoko, half-Japanese
  • KSHMR, part-Indian
  • LCD Soundsystem, keyboardist/vocalist Nicole Whang
  • Linkin Park, co-vocalist and keyboardist Mike Shinoda is Japanese-American while synthesizer and turntablist Joe Hahn is Korean-American
  • Robert Lopez
  • Bruno Mars, part-Filipino
  • Massacre, singer Kam Lee (mentioned above in Death) has Chinese, Filipino, and Pacific Islander (Native Hawaiian) ancestry, and former bassist Pete Sison is of Filipino descentnote 
  • Neal McCoy
  • Metallica, lead guitarist Kirk Hammett is part-Filipino
  • Nicki Minaj
  • Mitski
  • Ne-Yo
  • Olivia
  • Yoko Ono
  • SEVENTEEN, KPop band, members Vernon is half Korean-American and Joshua is Korean-American
  • Shuggie Otis, who is Filipino-American through his mother.
  • Pixies, lead guitarist Joey Santiago was born in Manila, in the Philippines
  • Olivia Rodrigo, half-Filipina
  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • Smashing Pumpkins, guitarist James Iha is Japanese-American
  • Steve Aoki, musician and DJ who is Japanese-American
  • Soundgarden, guitarist Kim Thayil is Indian-American with parents who came from Kerala, while founding bassist Hiro Yamamoto is Japanese-American
  • Tengger Cavalry - Founder Nature Ganganbaigal was an ethnic Mongol born and raised in Beijing. Several other members have also been Chinese or Mongolian.
  • Thrice, guitarist Teppei Teranishi is Japanese-American
  • Trivium, guitarist and vocalist Matt Heafy is half-Japanese and was born in Iwakuni before moving to the United States as a child
  • Maya Aoki Tuttle, founding member and drummer of The Colourist.
  • Eddie and Alex van Halen, half-Indonesian.
  • Vienna Teng
  • Hikaru Utada
  • Yeah Yeah Yeahs (vocalist Karen O was born in South Korea)
  • Tiffany Young
  • Louie Zong

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