Category:Zainichi Korean

The entertainers that are in this category are Zainichi Koreans. Zainichi Koreans are immigrants from Korea, or their descendants, who migrated to Japan during the Japanese occupation of Korea, and received a special permanent residency status after losing their Japanese nationality when World War II ended. These people are fully ethnically Korean, but most still living today were fully born and raised in Japan.

Korean immigrants or their descendants who migrated to Japan after World War II are not Zainichi Koreans.

People who have mixed ethnicity due to one Japanese and one Zainichi Korean parent are also typically not considered Zainichi Koreans themselves.