Thais in Japan
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This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (July 2022) |
Thais in Japan consist of Thai migrants that come to Japan, as well as their descendants. In in June 2022, there were 54,618 Thais living in Japan.[1]
在日タイ人 Zainichi Taijin | |
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Total population | |
54,618 (in June, 2022) | |
Languages | |
Thai, Isan, Lanna, Dambro, Karen, Khmer, Japanese | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism |
History
There were some contacts between the Ryūkyū Kingdom and the Ayutthaya Kingdom which dates far as the 15th century. Some trade between the two countries were successfully done during the 17th century, as the Japanese community in Ayutthaya began. Though, when Japan made a policy of sakoku in 1639, the Japanese community began to fade out. In 1887, Japan and Siam began a new history with the Declaration of Amity and Commerce.[2]
Notable Thai Temples in Japan
- Wat Paknam Japan
- Wat Buddharangsi Tokyo
- Wat Phra Dhammakaya Osaka
Notable people
- Bunshiri, television personality (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Kanita Matsuo, radio speaker (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Manami Oda, gyaru model (Thai parent)
- Eri Otoguro, actress (Thai parent)
- Shōta Kaito, sumō wrestler (Thai mother)
- Yurina Katō, television personality (Thai parent)
- Arisa Kotoi, idol (Thai/Japanese mother, raised in Japan)
- Tsubasa Sakakibara, baseball player (Thai mother, raised in Japan)
- Yasuo Sano, baseball player (Thai parent)
- Maki Shima, fashion model (Thai parent)
- Heebthong Krissada, baseball player (Thai mother)
- Hitomi Suzuki, idol (Thai mother)
- Masato Seto, photographer (Vietnamese-Thai mother)
- Mina Tanaka, soccer player (Thai mother)
- Chanana Sarina, fashion model (Thai mother)
- Kōji Mukai, television personality (Thai mother)
- Hiroki Yamada, baseball player (Thai mother)
- Amnaj Khaokhrueamuang, tourism scholar (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Attakarn Wongchanamas, diplomat (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Yokthai Sithoar, muay thai player (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Sorut Sukthaworn, diplomat (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Chanathip Songkrasin, soccer player (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Krit Tankanarat, diplomat (Thai, lived in Japan)
- Vichit Chitvimarn, diplomat (Thai, lived in Japan)
- Pavin Chatchawanpongpun, diplomat (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Chutong Weerasakreck, muay thai player (Thai, lives in Japan)
- Teerasil Dangda, soccer player (Thai, lived in Japan)
- Thitiphan Puangchan, soccer player (Thai, lived in Japan)
- Theerathorn Bunmathan, soccer player (Thai, lived in Japan)
In fiction
- Apachai Hopachai, in the anime series Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Charunee Kusakabe, in the anime series Heaven's Memo Pad
- Phichit Chulanont, in the anime series Yuri on Ice
References
- ^ 令和4年6月末現在における在留外国人数について
- ^ "Japan-Thailand Relations (Basic Data)". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
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