Lyoto Carvalho Machida (born May 30 1978 in Salvador, Brazil) is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. Son of a Japanese-Brazilian Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida, Lyoto is considered by many to be a rising star in MMA, having secured victories over former UFC Middleweight champion Rich Franklin, former UFC Welterweight champion B.J. Penn, and Light Heavyweight runner-up of the UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter 1," Stephan Bonnar.

Lovefoxxx is the Japanese-German/Brazilian lead singer of indie-electro band Cansei de Ser Sexy. An illustrator and fashion design assistant since the age of 16, she has abandoned her old job to better dedicate herself to the band. She is known for stage diving many times during the band's concerts and intense live performance, for her dressed colours and vintage fashion. At the last show of one of CSS' tours, she went on stage wearing her entire wardrobe.

born Marcus Tulio Lyuji Murzani Tanaka and commonly known as Tulio, is a Japanese footballer who plays for the J. League club Urawa Red Diamonds. Born in São Paulo, Brazil to a Japanese-Brazilian father and Italian-Brazilian mother, Tulio moved to Japan at age 15 to complete his high school studies. After graduation from Shibuya Makuhari High School in Chiba Prefecture in 2001, Tulio joined the J.League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

Ryoto "LYOTO" Machida (May 30 1978-) is a Japanese-Brazilian professional mixed martial arts fighter. Son of Japanese-Brazilian Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida, Ryoto is considered a rising star in MMA, having secured victories over former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin, former UFC Welterweight Champion B.J. Penn, and light heavyweight runner-up of the UFC's "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 1, Stephan Bonnar.

Aline Nakashima is a Brazilian supermodel who was discovered at a modelling tryout in Brazil when aged 17. She made two appearances in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in 2006 and 2007. She is also featured in the DVD with six other Brazilian models. She is of mixed Japanese descent and has dark brown hair and green eyes and is 5'9" and dress size 6. Her modeling agency is Marilyn Agency, São Paulo. She has modelled for ALDO, Armani Exchange, DKNY, GAP, Esprit, …

Juliana Imai (born February 27, 1985 in Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná, Brazil) is a Brazilian model. Imai comes from a multiracial background: her maternal grandparents were Japanese and her paternal grandparents Portuguese. She was discovered while walking on the street with her mother. Juliana is married and has one child. She is a follower of the Buddhist and Seicho-No-Ie religions.

Lisa Ono is a popular Japanese "bossa nova" singer. She was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10. From that time on she spent half of every year in Japan, and half in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although she lived in Brazil for such a short time, she was turned into a type of MPB (Brazil Popular Music) ambassador in Japan, influenced by her father, who owned a club while living in Brazil, …

Daniele Suzuki is a Brazilian actress and TV host, born on September 21 1977, in Rio de Janeiro, to a Japanese Brazilian father and a Brazilian mother of Italian, German and Amerindian descent. Suzuki acted in Malhação and in other soap operas and also works as a host in Tribos show, in Brazilian Multishow channel. She is one of the most popular young actresses in Brazil.

Sabrina Sato Rahal is a Brazilian celebrity. She is half Japanese (maternal side), 1/4 Swiss and 1/4 Lebanese (paternal side). She was a cast member of the third season of the reality television program "Big Brother Brasil", ranking in 6th place. During the show, she had a relationship with Domini, the winner of the edition. Their relationship was covered by the media for a while after the show ended, but soon interest faded.

Tizuka Yamazaki (May 12, 1949) is a Brazilian film director born in Porto Alegre from a Japanese background.

Alfredo Kengi Kojima (born February 25 1976 in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Japanese-Brazilian programmer and has been the lead developer of Window Maker, a X11 window manager, since 1997.

Luiz Gushiken is a Brazilian activist and politician. He was formerly the head of the social communication office of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration, a position which carried a ministerial rank. He is a first-generation Japanese-Brazilian, with Japanese parents from Okinawa. In his youth he was a supporter of O Trabalho a current linked to the French OCI (Organisation Communiste Internationaliste).

Paulo Nagamura (born March 2, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Japanese-Brazilian soccer player, who currently plays with the MLS club, Chivas USA. Nagamura came up through the system of hometown São Paulo. In 2001, he was sold to English powerhouse Arsenal, and played with the club's youth and reserve sides through 2004, helping them to the English U-19 championship, scoring a goal in the final against Liverpool.

Sergio Echigo is a Nisei Japanese Brazilian football (soccer) player and former Japanese football player. He joined the Corinthians in 1963 and played for Touwa Fudousan in the Japan Soccer League between 1972 and 1974. Subsequently, Echigo professed the role as a forward player in football.

Vânia Yukie Ishii is a female judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half middleweight division (63 kg) at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

Erica Awano is a Brazilian comic book artist. She is a granddaughter of Japanese immigrants. Even though her style is heavily influenced by Japanese comics and she has been called "the best Brazilian "mangaka", her works are considerably different from traditional manga, mainly because of format. Graduated in Literature by the University of São Paulo, Erica Awano started her career in 1996, in a Mega Man comic.

Milton Trajano is a half-Brazilian half-Japanese cartoonist. He is the creator of "Lendas da Bola" (Placar magazine) comic strip. He is the creator of Folha de S. Paulo's comic strip Camarillo Brillo based on a Frank Zappa's music. Milton also made a series of cartoons for Suzanne Vega that had been placed in the site http://www.vega.net. Also, one of his cartoons was used by Yes band during their trip The Leader 1999-2000.

Mariana Ohata is an athlete from Brazil, who competes in triathlon. A former member of the Brazilian National Swim Team, Ohata competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She was one of two Brazilian athletes, along with Carla Moreno, to not finish the competition. She competed again at the 2004 Summer Olympics four years later. This time, she finished with a time of 2:16:52.97 in thirty-seventh place.

Paulo Miyashiro (born June 7, 1976) is an athlete from Brazil. He competes in triathlon. Miyashiro competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He placed thirty-fourth with a total time of 1:58:16.76.

Jo Matumoto is a left-handed starting pitcher currently signed to a minor-league contract within the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Matumoto was born in Brazil but is of Japanese descent. He emerged from relative baseball obscurity, signed to his first professional contract as an undrafted free agent at the age of 36, by the Toronto Blue Jays. While in Japan, Matumoto was part of an "industrial league" team in Japanese professional baseball, …

Maristela Tayoko is a Brazilian painter famous for depicting Japanese and Brazilian themes. She was born in the small village of Juquiá in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, graduated from high school, and studied architecture. After working as a successful architect, Tayoko became a full time artist, painting Japanese and Brazilian themes. Presently she lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Célia Takada is journalist and researcher on immigration issues. A former contributor to the daily newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, she moved to Japan in 1998 to work as columnist for the IPC/International Press in Nagoya, covering the delicate relationships between Latinos and locals. She's currently based in Italy serving as correspondant from Europe for the Revista Alternativa.

Manabu Suzuki is a former racing driver, journalist, sport announcer and radio and TV presenter for the automotive industry. He is a Japanese citizen and is nicknamed Mana-P (マナＰ in katakana). Suzuki competed in the Formula Toyota and Saurus Cup until the mid nineties. When he left circuit racing behind, he became well known for working with "Option" as a writer and presenter for the magazine's offshoot video magazine, …

Rodrigo Barbosa Tabata or simply Rodrigo Tabata born November 19, 1980 in Araçatuba, is a attacking-midfielder. He currently plays for Santos.

Reishin Kawai is an Aikikai "shihan" who brought aikido to São Paulo in 1963. He is one of the official representatives of Aikikai "hombu dojo" in Brazil. His organization "Federacao Sulamericana da Arte Aikido" (South American Federation of the Art of Aikido) now has nearly 100 dojos in Brazil plus several affiliated dojos in Argentina, Perú, Chile and Uruguay.

Carlos Eduardo Morimoto is the author of Kurumin, a Linux distribution based on Knoppix. He is also the author of several books about hardware and software, specially Linux, all published in Brazil, his home country. He sells books and Linux CDs. Much (if not all) of his work is free content.

Systemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the high production of nuclear antigen specific autoantibodies. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and signals transmitted via MyD88, a molecule downstream of several TLRs play an as yet undefined role in the disease. I am using a series of genetically engineered mice to determine the role of TLRs in the pathogenesis of SLE.

Grazielle Oganna (born March 22, 1980) is an Australian-born Brazilian singer. She was born in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and is of Japanese descent on her mother's side and Norwegian on her father's side. She made her album debut after meeting the Italian guitar player Marsteel who also produced her single "Goodbye", originally written in memory of his father. She graduated from School of Media, Film and Theatre, Sydney, …

Fabiane Mayumi Hukuda (born July 12, 1981 in Registro) is a female judoka from Brazil, who twice won the bronze medal in the half lightweight division (52 kg) at the Pan American Games (1999 and 2003). A resident of Belo Horizonte, she represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Jazmine, also known as Jassmine or Jazmine Rose was born in Brazil, and was a popular pornographic actress. She is the former girlfriend of Spanish porn actor and director Nacho Vidal. She is of Japanese-Brazilian ancestry. Not to be confused with Bangladeshi-born American porn actress Jazmin. Some of her movies include True Anal Stories 6(1999), North Pole 7 (1999),Please 3: The Asian Manifest (1999), Please 1(1998), …

Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga is an enthusiast of everything that is related to science, the occult, the extraordinary and supernatural since he was a child. He began researching UFOs, attempting to plunge into the subject in the same extent of other intellectual interests, such as literature, films and philosophy. When he was 18 years old, he was already publishing his first articles in newspapers and, when he was 21, he graduated in History, …