describes an individual who is either the child of one Japanese and one non-Japanese parent or, less commonly, two half Japanese parents. Because the term is specific to individuals of ethnic Japanese (Yamato) ancestry, individuals whose Japanese ancestry is not of ethnic Japanese origin, such as Zainichi Koreans (e.g. Crystal Kay Williams and Kiko Mizuhara) will not be listed. This list is only for notable Hāfu.

Academics, science, and technology Eugenie Clark (1922–2015), American ichthyologist (American father) Kusumoto Ine (1827–1903), Japanese physician (German father) Edwin McClellan (1925–2009), British Japanologist (British father) Shinichi Mochizuki (born 1969), Japanese mathematician (American mother) Marie Morisawa (1919–1994), American geomorphologist (American mother) Jang-choon "Nagaharu U" Woo (1898–1959), Korean-Japanese botanist (Korean father) Christian van Nieuwerburgh, (born 1971), Belgian professor of coaching and positive psychology, based in the United Kingdom (Belgian father) Samaya Nissanke, British astrophysicist (Sri Lankan father) Marian Irwin Osterhout (1888–1973), American plant physiologist (American father)"Marian Osterhout, Physiologist, Dead" New York Times (May 12, 1973): 36. Charles John "Yoshio" Pedersen (1904–1989), American organic chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Norwegian father) Lauren Williams (born c. 1978), American mathematician (American father)

Arts and architecture Ruben A. Aquino (born 1953), Filipino Japanese American character animator (Filipino father) Shane Keisuke Berkery (born 1992), Irish-Japanese artist (Irish father) Simon Fujiwara (born 1982), English artist (British mother) Dan Liu (1918–2014), Canadian fashion designer/artist (Chinese (Hong Kong) mother) MariNaomi, American graphic artist and cartoonist (European American father) Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (born 1968), Japanese Vietnamese artist (Vietnamese father)Kamiya, Yukie, "Body as a carrier of memory and message: Parallels to some Japanese post-war art", Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Kunstmuseum Luzern. 2007. pg. 40 Luis Nishizawa (1918–2014), Mexican artist (Mexican mother) Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), American artist and child of Léonie Gilmour and Yone Noguchi (European American mother) Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990), Canadian watercolor artist (English father)"OBITUARY Marjorie Pigott Painter showed Japanese roots". The Globe and Mail. January 13, 1990. Masato Seto, Japanese photographer (Vietnamese Thai mother) Hayashida (). "Shashinka Seto Masato no jiden Tooi to Masato no butai (Udōntani–Tai)" (). Yomiuri Shinbun 9 May 2005. Yomiuri Online. Sputniko! (born 1985), Japanese artist (British mother) Ashok Sukumaran, Indian contemporary artist (Indian father) Namiko Chan Takahashi, Singaporean painter (Peranakan father) Saya Woolfalk (born 1979), New Yorker artist (biracial American father)

Business and economics Jason Gissing (born 1970), British businessman and founder of Ocado (English father) Reino Barack (born 1984), Indonesian businessman and producer (Indonesian father)

Entertainers Actors

Fairouz Ai (born 1993) Japanese voice actress (Egyptian father) Elly Akira (born 1986), Japanese AV actress and photographer (Syrian father) Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft (born 1991), American actor and singer (White American father) Minami Bages (born 1986), Japanese actor (French father) Darren Barnet (born 1991), American actor (American father of German and Cherokee descent) Asia Carrera (born 1973), American former pornographic actress (German mother) Charlet Chung (born 1983), American actress (Korean father) Ian Anthony Dale (born 1978), American actor (American father) Romi Dames (born 1979), Japanese-American actress and voice actress (Jewish American father) Natsuki Deguchi (born 2001), Japanese actress (Chinese mother) Ureo Egawa (1902–1970), Japanese actor (German father) Maya Erskine (born 1987), American actress (European American father is Peter Erskine) Yu Shirota Fernández (born 1985), Japanese actor and singer (Spanish mother) Christopher Sean Friel (born 1985), American actor (White American father) Ayako Fujitani (born 1979), Japanese actress (White American father) Kimiko Glenn, (born 1989), American actress (European American father) Jeananne Goossen (born 1985), Canadian actress (Canadian father) Kenji Haga (born 1961), Japanese tarento and actor (American father) Emily Hatoyama (born 1955), Japanese former actor (Australian father) Janet Hatta, Japanese actress (American father) Amy Hill (born 1953), American actor and comedian (Finnish American father) Tae Hitoto (born 1970), Japanese actress (Taiwanese father) Nico Hiraga (born 1997), American actor and skateboarder (French American mother) Lalla Hirayama (born 1988), South African television host, actress, dancer and model (Father is South African, mother is Japanese). Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (born 1976), Japanese actor (Salvadorian mother) Stacy Kamano (born 1974), American actress (European American mother) Yuki Kato (born 1993), Indonesian actress (Japanese father) Andrew Koji (born 1987), British actor (English mother) Louis Kurihara (born 1994), Japanese tarento and actor (British father) Masao Kusakari (born 1952), Japanese actor and model (American father) Nobuo Kyo (born 1979), Japanese actor (Zainichi Korean descent) James Hiroyuki Liao (born 1985), American actor (Taiwanese father, Japanese mother) Mara Lopez (born 1991), Filipina actress and surfer (Filipina mother) Jiro Manio (born 1992), Filipino actor (Filipina mother) Yūsaku Matsuda (1949–1989), Japanese actor (Zainichi Korean mother) Eleanor Matsuura (born 1983), Japanese-born British actress (English mother) Siti Nur Syatilla binti Amirol Melvin (born 1991), Malaysian actor and model (Malay mother) Rie Miyazawa (born 1973), Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer (Dutch father) Emma Miyazawa (born 1988), Japanese actress and former fashion model and singer (American father, Japanese mother) Sarah Miyazawa LaFleur, American businesswoman and fashion designer (American father, Japanese mother) Sonoya Mizuno (born 1986), British actor and ballet dancer (Argentine mother) Maria Mori (born 1956), Japanese actress and singer (American FBI agent father) Noémie Nakai (born 1990), Japanese actor-director (French mother) Philip Nozuka (born 1987), Canadian actor (Canadian mother) Naomi J. Ogawa (born 1996), British actress (English father, Japanese mother) Masumi Okada (1935–2006), Japanese actor (Danish mother) Atsuko Okatsuka (born 1987), Taiwanese-American comedian and actress (Taiwanese mother) Louis Ozawa Changchien (born 1975), American actor (Japanese mother, Taiwanese father) Maria Ozawa (born 1986), Japanese AV idol (French Canadian father) Ryan Potter (born 1995), American actor (Jewish American mother) Greg Roskowski (fl. 1950s–1960s), Polish announcer for Radio Ceylon (Polish father) Nichole Sakura (born 1989), American actor (Irish American father) Erika Sawajiri (born 1986), Japanese actor and singer (Algerian Kabyle mother) Will Sharpe (born 1986), English actor, writer, and director (Japanese mother) Alan Shirahama (born 1993), Japanese actor and DJ (Filipino mother) Matthias von Stegmann (born 1968), German actor and stage director (German father) Booboo Stewart (born 1994), American actor (American father of Russian, Scottish and Blackfoot descent) Fivel Stewart (born 1996), American actor and singer (American father of Russian, Scottish and Blackfoot descent) María Eugenia Suárez (born 1992), Argentine actress, singer and model (Japanese mother) Daniele Suzuki (born 1977), Brazilian actress (Brazilian mother of German, Italian, and indigenous descent) Maryjun Takahashi (born 1987), Japanese actress and model (Filipino mother) Yu Takahashi (born 1993), Japanese actress and model (Filipino mother) Tina Tamashiro (born 1997), Japanese actress and model (American father) Kazunori Tani (born 1985), Japanese actor (American father) Brian Tee (born Jae-Beom Takata; 1977), American actor (Japanese American father, South Korean mother) Mayuka Thaïs (born 1979), American actor and singer-songwriter (European American mother is Teri Suzanne) Reina Triendl (born 1992) Japanese actress, model, and tarento (Austrian father) Naomi Watanabe (born 1987), Japanese actress, comedian, and fashion designer (Taiwanese mother) Jennifer Wooden (born 1995), Japanese TV announcer for Akita Broadcasting System (Australian father) James Yaegashi, Japanese American actor (American mother) Kimiko Yo (born 1956), Japanese actress (Hakka Taiwanese father) Keone Young (born 1947), American actor (Chinese father) Tina Yuzuki (born 1986), Japanese actress, singer and former AV idol (Portuguese mother)

Directors, filmmakers and producers

Destin Daniel Cretton, American filmmaker Cary Joji Fukunaga (born 1977), American film director and screenwriter (Swedish American mother) Naomi Iizuka (born 1965), American playwright (Latina American parent) Shiori Itō (born 1989), Japanese Journalist, filmmaker (Caucasian father) Karyn Kiyoko Kusama (born 1968), American filmmaker (American parent) Satsuki Mitchell (born 1979), American film producer, former Bond Girl previously engaged to Daniel Craig (Caucasian father) Diane Paulus (born 1966), American stage director (New Yorker father) Joe Rinoie (born 1960), Japanese music producer (Han Chinese parent) Yoichi Sai (born 1949), Japanese film director (Zainichi Korean parent)

Models and beauty queens Devon Aoki (born 1982), American fashion model and daughter of Hiroaki Aoki (European American mother) Elena Ashmore, reality show star (Australian father) Nicole Fujita (born 1998), Japanese model and tarento (European New Zealander father) Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model (Filipina-Spanish mother) Marie Helvin (born 1952), American fashion model (European American parent) Yo Hitoto (born 1976), Japanese pop singer (Taiwanese parent) Saya Ichikawa (born 1987), Japanese model, tarento and newscaster (American parent with Cherokee blood) Elaiza Ikeda (born 1996), Japanese model and actress (Spanish Filipina parent) Juliana Imai (born 1985) Brazilian model (Euro-Brazilian mother) Joy (born 1985), Japanese fashion model and TV personality (English parent) Liza Kennedy (born 1989), Japanese fashion model (Scottish-German father) Eimi Kuroda (born 1988), Japanese fashion model (English parent) Maggy (1992), Japanese model and tarento (Scottish Canadian father) Rika Mamiya (born 1992), Japanese fashion model (Filipina parent) Ariana Miyamoto (born 1994), Japanese beauty pageant contestant and first hāfu to win Miss Universe Japan in 2015 (African American parent) Erena Mizusawa (born 1992), Japanese actor and model (Korean parent) Izumi Mori (born 1982), Japanese model and tarento (Italian American parent) Ayami Nakajo (born 1997), Japanese model (British father) Manami Oku (born 1995), Japanese idol and member of AKB48 (Italian parent) Rina Ōta (born 1988), Japanese model (Russian parent) Kana Oya (born 1987), Brazilian Japanese model (Brazilian parent) Rola (born 1990), Japanese fashion model and tarento (Bangladeshi father) Roxana Saberi (born 1977), American beauty queen and journalist (Iranian father) Sheila (born 1973), Japanese model (Cuban parent) Priyanka Yoshikawa (born 1994), Japanese beauty pageant contestant and Miss World Japan 2016 (Bengali parent) Elli Rose (Arakawa), (born 1986), Japanese fashion model, DJ and producer (British mother) Marlon Teixeira (born 1991), is a Brazilian fashion model and actor (Japanese mother)Lado A Magazine: Marlon Teixeira é o modelo da vez (13 January 2009) iG Gente: Marlon Teixeira: top model brasilero (1 February 2010) UOL Chic: Uma rapidinha com Marlon Teixeira: brasileiro mais bem cotado do ranking Models.com fala sobre carreira e surf (31 May 2011)

Musicians and singers

Kiyomi Angela Aki (born 1977), Japanese singer (Italian-American mother) Sayaka Akimoto (born 1988), Japanese television host and singer (Filipino mother)