Listing of all asian guys in US sports?

[timeitbetter]

It, unfortunately, won't require scrolling i'm sure.

[Zombie Dave]

List them all? That would take hours, with lots of googling and wiki'ing. Why you need to know?

Just sitting down at my computer, I came up with a good list in a few minutes (the guys approaching national awareness status) plus some historical greats, but there is too much upcoming talent, plus all those minority sports to think about (from skateboarding to bodybuilding).


Benny Agbayani
Eugene Amano
Carl Chang
Timmy Chang
Brandon Chillar
Brian Ching
Mark Chung
Bryan Clay
Toby Dawson
Tadd Fujikawa
Scott Fujita
Roman Gabriel
Sunny Garcia
Danny Graves
Tommy Ho
Egan Inoue
Kevin Kaesviharn
Ga-Young Kim
Eric Kimble
Ford Konno
Tommy Kono
Olin Kreutz
Michael Lambert
Cung Le
Sammy Lee
Wataru Misaka
Chad Morton
Johnnie Morton
Daisuke Murakami
Kevin Na
Dat Nguyen
Lee Nguyen
Apolo Anton Ohno
Yoshinobu Oyakawa
Ho Sung Pak
Richard Park
Jim Parque
Dennis Phan
Troy Polamalu
Dave Roberts
Lenn Sakata
Steve Shak
Jimmy Snuka
David Tanabe
Tuan Tran
Mark Tuinei
Yosh Uchida
Brandon Vera
Kimo von Oelhoffen
Hines Ward
Mike Wong
Tiger Woods
David Yeung
Alex Yi
Wally Kaname Yonamine
James Yun

EDIT: Michael Chang

EDIT EDIT: Norm Chow



(names STILL popping up ... nuff said?)

[Zdrav]

^

How could you leave out the biggest names like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Hideki Matsui, and Hideki Okajima?

[Zombie Dave]

^

How could you leave out the biggest names like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Hideki Matsui, and Hideki Okajima?

I focused on Asian Americans, not foreign nationals like Daisuke Matsuzaka who just play in the US but retain citizenship of their home country, but obviously the list would be huge with or without the visitors. Still waiting to hear why timeitbetter wants to know.

[j&j2]

Here is a partial list of Asian-Americans who have played collegiate and/or professional football.

Eugene Amano (Center/Guard - Titans)
Andy Avalos (LB - Boise St.)
Keith Ah Soon (OL - Hawaii)
Peter Kim (Kicker - Alabama)
Nuvraj Bassi (DL - Oregon)
Brian Chiu (OL - Uwash, Montreal)
Robert Chai (Center - UCLA)
Timmy Chang (QB - Hawaii, Hamilton)
Brian Choi (Guard - Montana State)
Michael Chou (QB - Cal Poly)
Eugene Chung (OL - VA Tech/Patriots)
Herman Ching (RB - Oregon)
Cheng Ho (RB - Harvard)
Reggie Ho (Kicker - ND)
James Hong (OL- Univ. of Houston)
Kyu Lee (WR - UoWash)
Joe Maningo (LB - UCLA)
Michael Miyashiro (WR -Hawaii)
Dat Nguyen (LB - Texas A&M, Dallas)
Coesen Ngwun (DT - Harvard)
Matthew Ngwun (DT - UC-Davis)
Scott Phaydavong (RB - Drake)
Chad Sagon (DB - San Diego St.)
Ashley Subingsubing (LB - UHouston)
John Takamura (LB - Harvard)
Brandon Ting (CB - USC)
Ryan Ting (CB - USC)
Marc Villafuerte (RT - UCLA)
Francis Wai (QB - UCLA)
Ed Wang (TE/DE - VA Tech)
Riki Yoshinaga (CB - Harvard)

And there are a good no. more in other sports like hockey, soccer, gymnastics (2 members on the US Men's National team are AMs).

Harvard has over 20 AMs on its varsity sports teams (3 playing FB, including the starting RB; and one starting for the BB team).

Last year, the best players on Harvard's hockey teams were both Asian.

[proazn]

If an athlete doesn't have an asian surname, that athlete shouldn't be on the list. most of these athetes will appear on box scores with just their last names and if it doesn't sound asian, no one else will recognize them as asians.

sorry, to those half asians with asian mothers - no offense. i still think of ya'll as bros.

[Zdrav]

If an athlete doesn't have an asian surname, that athlete shouldn't be on the list. most of these athetes will appear on box scores with just their last names and if it doesn't sound asian, no one else will recognize them as asians.

So people will think, upon seeing their pictures, that Scott Fujita is Japanese while Toby Dawson is some generic White dude?

[Zombie Dave]

If an athlete doesn't have an asian surname, that athlete shouldn't be on the list. most of these athetes will appear on box scores with just their last names and if it doesn't sound asian, no one else will recognize them as asians.

sorry, to those half asians with asian mothers - no offense. i still think of ya'll as bros.

You think an AA athlete isn't Asian if he doesn't have an Asian name? This is so dumb.

[proazn]

You think an AA athlete isn't Asian if he doesn't have an Asian name? This is so dumb.

i'm saying that's what America will think.

Toby Dawson found his real dad. he should probably change his last name to his father's name now.

Scott Fujita tricked alot of white people with his last name... even white people were calling him "jap". (according to his bio)

[Zombie Dave]

i'm saying that's what America will think.

Toby Dawson found his real dad. he should probably change his last name to his father's name now.

Scott Fujita tricked alot of white people with his last name... even white people were calling him "jap". (according to his bio)

What 'America' thinks is a bit irrelevant for the purpose of the threadl - I was trying to prove the point that a list of AA athletes would be 'scrollable'.

Sheesh, shouldna bothered. :frown:

[lethal]

What 'America' thinks is a bit irrelevant for the purpose of the threadl - I was trying to prove the point that a list of AA athletes would be 'scrollable'.

Sheesh, shouldna bothered. :frown:

proazn's views about the topic are documented in this thread: http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?p=531393

[USCTrojanzNo1]

Here is a partial list of Asian-Americans who have played collegiate and/or professional football.

Eugene Amano (Center/Guard - Titans)
Andy Avalos (LB - Boise St.)
Keith Ah Soon (OL - Hawaii)
Peter Kim (Kicker - Alabama)
Nuvraj Bassi (DL - Oregon)
Brian Chiu (OL - Uwash, Montreal)
Robert Chai (Center - UCLA)
Timmy Chang (QB - Hawaii, Hamilton)
Brian Choi (Guard - Montana State)
Michael Chou (QB - Cal Poly)
Eugene Chung (OL - VA Tech/Patriots)
Herman Ching (RB - Oregon)
Cheng Ho (RB - Harvard)
Reggie Ho (Kicker - ND)
James Hong (OL- Univ. of Houston)
Kyu Lee (WR - UoWash)
Joe Maningo (LB - UCLA)
Michael Miyashiro (WR -Hawaii)
Dat Nguyen (LB - Texas A&M, Dallas)
Coesen Ngwun (DT - Harvard)
Matthew Ngwun (DT - UC-Davis)
Scott Phaydavong (RB - Drake)
Chad Sagon (DB - San Diego St.)
Ashley Subingsubing (LB - UHouston)
John Takamura (LB - Harvard)
Brandon Ting (CB - USC)
Ryan Ting (CB - USC)
Marc Villafuerte (RT - UCLA)
Francis Wai (QB - UCLA)
Ed Wang (TE/DE - VA Tech)
Riki Yoshinaga (CB - Harvard)

And there are a good no. more in other sports like hockey, soccer, gymnastics (2 members on the US Men's National team are AMs).

Harvard has over 20 AMs on its varsity sports teams (3 playing FB, including the starting RB; and one starting for the BB team).

Last year, the best players on Harvard's hockey teams were both Asian.

WOW, most of the top East Asian athletes play for (shocker!) Harvard.

Jeez, even the full-blooded East Asian athletes play for Harvard.

[Zombie Dave]

WOW, most of the top East Asian athletes play for (shocker!) Harvard.

Jeez, even the full-blooded East Asian athletes play for Harvard.

Ah, those muggles ...

[proazn]

Zombie Dave,
I appreciate you listing these names. To show you my appreciation, i will finish off your list:

Asian-Canadians:
Paul Kariya
Devin Setoguchi
Dave Tanabe
Mike Miyashita (#1 pick; lacrosse)

Pure Asians:
Yao Ming
Yi Jianlian
Wang Zhizhi
Menk Bateer
Yutah Tabuse
Ha Seung Jin
Sun Yue

Arguably Asians?
Hines Ward
Johnny & Chad Morton
Eugene Amano
Will Demps
Roman Gabriel?
Junior Seau
Troy Palomalu
Regan Mauia
Marquis Tuiasosopo
Reno Mahe
Pisa Tinoisamoa
Issac Sopoaga
*and about 30 other APIs the NFL consider to be asian.

p.s. i haven't even gone thru baseball or golf yet...

[USCTrojanzNo1]

Arguably Asians?
Hines Ward
Johnny & Chad Morton
Eugene Amano
Will Demps
Roman Gabriel?
Junior Seau
Troy Palomalu
Regan Mauia
Marquis Tuiasosopo
Reno Mahe
Pisa Tinoisamoa
Issac Sopoaga
*and about 30 other APIs the NFL consider to be asian.

p.s. i haven't even gone thru baseball or golf yet...

The proper term, my friend, is quasi Asian.

Pure Asians include East Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese) and most Southeast Asians.

Quasi Asians include South Asians (Indians, Pakistani), hapas (or those who are less than 51% Asian), Persians, and Pacific Islanders (Samoans, etc.).

Pure Asians are the academically accomplished, intellectually superior, model minority types (most of them). Quasi Asians ... well, they are not. But they tend to be superior in other ways (athleticism, etc.).

[Chooky]

If an athlete doesn't have an asian surname, that athlete shouldn't be on the list. most of these athetes will appear on box scores with just their last names and if it doesn't sound asian, no one else will recognize them as asians.

sorry, to those half asians with asian mothers - no offense. i still think of ya'll as bros.


Here's the solution.............


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325859,00.html

A Brazilian model is having nylon wires implanted in her eyes to give them an oriental slant.

........this will remove any doubt of the "Asian-ness" of mixed Asian sportspeople and force them to publicly answer for the discrepancy between their slanty-eyes and their Euro-Names.

The question is, should the eyes slant up or down or should each eye slant in a different direction to cover all bases?

Additionally, since America thinks that Asian guys are short, wimpy, nerdy freaks, maybe people like Yao and Yi won't be thought of as "real" Asians?

[BeTheReds]

If an athlete doesn't have an asian surname, that athlete shouldn't be on the list. most of these athetes will appear on box scores with just their last names and if it doesn't sound asian, no one else will recognize them as asians.

sorry, to those half asians with asian mothers - no offense. i still think of ya'll as bros.

That basically removes the hope of any Asian adoptee of ever being considered as Asian.

[YelloFello]

Hapas/Eurasians with an Asian surname should not be included in the list either. Asian means full-blooded Asian. If one is to include part-Asian athletes, regardless of whether or not he has an Asian surname, the title of the thread should be "listing of all Asian AND part-Asian guys in US sports".

[BillBlythe]

anyone who doesn't eat with chopsticks and doesn't take their shoes off when in the house should also be excluded IMO.

anyone who doesn't eat with chopsticks and doesn't take their shoes off when in the house should also be excluded IMO.

But seriously, it's not like proazn doesn't have a point. It's definitely debatable.

[Zdrav]

Pure Asians are the academically accomplished, intellectually superior, model minority types (most of them). Quasi Asians ... well, they are not. But they tend to be superior in other ways (athleticism, etc.).

South Asians are among the worst athletes on the planet (ever look at India's medal count in the Olympics?). And they're just as smart, if not smarter, than East Asians.

[kimpossible]

Hapas/Eurasians with an Asian surname should not be included in the list either. Asian means full-blooded Asian. If one is to include part-Asian athletes, regardless of whether or not he has an Asian surname, the title of the thread should be "listing of all Asian AND part-Asian guys in US sports".

If you or any other Asian guy feels like answering a question, I got one. Are you saying you'd essentially walk up to another [fully Asian] man and tell him his son isn't Asian? I ask only because the sense of Asian patriarchy I've gotten over the years is you guys acknowledge the genes of Dad's side.

[AngryABCGirl]

South Asians are among the worst athletes on the planet (ever look at India's medal count in the Olympics?). And they're just as smart, if not smarter, than East Asians.

Don't tell that to the cricket team.

[YelloFello]

If you or any other Asian guy feels like answering a question, I got one. Are you saying you'd essentially walk up to another [fully Asian] man and tell him his son isn't Asian? I ask only because the sense of Asian patriarchy I've gotten over the years is you guys acknowledge the genes of Dad's side.

I would consider him Asian if he is indeed fully Asian. If he is mixed with a European background, then he should be considered for who he really is - a hapa/Eurasian individual.

I like to be scientific and base it on genetics rather than on what society or part of society would like to view him as. But even using a scientific approach can be subjective...

Because then the question becomes, what percentage of Asian blood should a person have to be considered an Asian person? If some guy is 31/32nd Asian and 1/32nd white, I know that he is not fully Asian, but I would probably tend to view him as "Asian" because his white ancestry is so distant and forms a tiny fraction of his ethnicity. It is like how there are many "whites" in North America who have very distant Aboriginal/First Nations heritage but we tend to see these folks as whites.

An Asian colleague of mine has a Chinese surname, so I assumed that he is Chinese. But after getting to know him better, I learned from him that he has dual Chinese and Vietnamese backgrounds. I no longer view him as just a Chinese guy... but he is indeed fully Asian.

So another question that arises is which ethnic groups belong to the Asian race - a topic that has been discussed many times before.

[USCTrojanzNo1]

An Asian colleague of mine has a Chinese surname, so I assumed that he is Chinese. But after getting to know him better, I learned from him that he has dual Chinese and Vietnamese backgrounds. I no longer view him as just a Chinese guy... but he is indeed fully Asian.

So another question that arises is which ethnic groups belong to the Asian race - a topic that has been discussed many times before.

East Asians (Chinese, Koreans, Japanese) are pretty much a given. Ditto with most Southeast Asians (particularly Vietnamese are the closest to East Asians in terms of "pure" Asian ancestry, but also Thais, Burmese, etc.).

South Asians (Indians, Pakistani), Persians, Polynesians/Samoans/Pacific Islanders, and hapas (those who are mixed Eurasian and Afro-Asian) are quasi Asian. Geographically, they are technically Asian, but culturally and appearance wise, they only appear to be somewhat Asian.

Though this too can be a bit iffy b/c there are hapas who actually look quite Asian (think Russell Wong, Daniel Henney, etc.) while there are Southeast Asians who look more mestizo or Hispanic (particularly Filipinos).

I think it's safe to assume that when we talk about Asians and their achievements, most of us are only referring to East and Southeast Asians (that is, those of "Oriental" or Mongoloid descent). I know that the term Oriental is outdated and even offensive, but in a way, that term is the only way we can describe the "real" Asians from the quasi Asians. As well, when the public refers to someone being Asian, they are thinking of those of Mongoloid descent.

Because then the question becomes, what percentage of Asian blood should a person have to be considered an Asian person? If some guy is 31/32nd Asian and 1/32nd white, I know that he is not fully Asian, but I would probably tend to view him as "Asian" because his white ancestry is so distant and forms a tiny fraction of his ethnicity. It is like how there are many "whites" in North America who have very distant Aboriginal/First Nations heritage but we tend to see these folks as whites.

I'm 1/8 European. Is that enough to make me Asian? ;)

[kimpossible]

I would consider him Asian if he is indeed fully Asian. If he is mixed with a European background, then he should be considered for who he really is - a hapa/Eurasian individual.

I like to be scientific and base it on genetics rather than on what society or part of society would like to view him as. But even using a scientific approach can be subjective...

Because then the question becomes, what percentage of Asian blood should a person have to be considered an Asian person? If some guy is 31/32nd Asian and 1/32nd white, I know that he is not fully Asian, but I would probably tend to view him as "Asian" because his white ancestry is so distant and forms a tiny fraction of his ethnicity. It is like how there are many "whites" in North America who have very distant Aboriginal/First Nations heritage but we tend to see these folks as whites.

An Asian colleague of mine has a Chinese surname, so I assumed that he is Chinese. But after getting to know him better, I learned from him that he has dual Chinese and Vietnamese backgrounds. I no longer view him as just a Chinese guy... but he is indeed fully Asian.

So another question that arises is which ethnic groups belong to the Asian race - a topic that has been discussed many times before.


So is that a yes? You would go up to another Asian dude and tell him his son isn't Asian? I'm not talking about telling a peer he isn't Asian.

[YelloFello]

USCTrojan,

If a gun was pointed to my head and I were forced to pick some random fractional values, I would choose 1/4 and 3/4 as the lower and upper limits. Anyone over 3/4 Asian is Asian, anyone less than 1/4 Asian + over 3/4 white is white (etc.), and anyone in between is hapa.

In mathematical terms:
>3/4 Asian = Asian
1/4 <= Asian <= 3/4 = hapa
<1/4 + the rest a single race = that other race

In the case of hapas, it can be broken down further: "real" hapas are 1/2 Asian. Those who are 1/4 or 3/4 Asian are called... maybe quadpas? - a term I've only come across a couple of times.

Kim LOL,

No, I wouldn't just come up to some Asian guy and say: sorry, your son is not Asian, he doesn't belong with us, LOL. Is that what you got from my previous posts in this thread, hehe? Don't take it too personally ;)

I just feel that a hapa person should be aware of his/her multiracial background and not identify solely with only one side. Sometimes it is easy for us to identify a hapa as Asian when we like to out of convenience.

On the other hand, I don't believe parents should teach their hapa children that they are somehow more special than monoracial children or that mixed couples somehow create a better and more superior breed of offspring - that is the same as any other type of racial supremacy. It is fine to embrace your mixed heritage, but not to look down on others.

... Ha, this post really belongs in the Hapa Section. Thanks a lot guys.

[kimpossible]

Kim LOL,

No, I wouldn't just come up to some Asian guy and say: sorry, your son is not Asian, he doesn't belong with us, LOL. Is that what you got from my previous posts in this thread, hehe? Don't take it too personally ;)

I just feel that a hapa person should be aware of his/her multiracial background and not identify solely with only one side. Sometimes it is easy for us to identify a hapa as Asian when we like to out of convenience.

On the other hand, I don't believe parents should teach their hapa children that they are somehow more special than monoracial children or that mixed couples somehow create a better and more superior breed of offspring - that is the same as any other type of racial supremacy. It is fine to embrace your mixed heritage, but not to look down on others.

... Ha, this post really belongs in the Hapa Section. Thanks a lot guys.

Actually, I agree with what you wrote. I just wanted a yes or no answer because guys seem to be big on what springs forth from their loins as being the ultimate master race I was wondering how you'd work it out amongst yourselves. Your reason(s) weren't important.

I'm still not sure how I would have taken this personally since I'm not a guy and my father's not Asian but whatev. Question asked and answered.

[lethal]

So really, you would reject anyone who isn't at least 3/4 Asian as not Asian, even if he identifies as Asian? You'd reject Tiger Woods, for instance. On the other hand, black people are denoted as black with as little 1/8 black blood. Black people claim Tiger Woods with open arms.

I wonder why the difference in attitude.

[Sunflare]

^ Thank you for that clarification on matters. Well appreciated by me from the bottom of my heart.

[Zdrav]

Don't tell that to the cricket team.

Ooh, cricket.

[YelloFello]

Isn't Tiger Woods more than half Asian? To me, that would make quite hapa.

[kimpossible]

In defense of YelloFello, or at least what I personally believe he's arguing, it's about relating to the athlete as somewhat of an idol with the more degrees of separation between the fan and the athlete, the lesser the ability to relate. I would argue that falls under the umbrella of personal taste.

On the other hand, these are accomplished athletes, some of whom are at the very top of the food chain after vanquishing nearly every competitor in their field. I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods is too busy being top golf predator, enjoying his obscene amounts of money, and his former-model wife to worry if a bunch of guys with desk jobs think his ethnic makeup, name and look satisfies their criteria.

[proazn]

I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods is too busy being top golf predator, enjoying his obscene amounts of money, and his former-model wife to worry if a bunch of guys with desk jobs think his ethnic makeup, name and look satisfies their criteria.

I have to disagree here. I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods think about his ethnic makeup alot. In fact, if Tiger Woods was just an ordinary white guy, he would just be another ordinary golfer. Because he's Black/Asian, he gets alot of attention for playing in a "white" sport. He gets millions more in endorsements because he's black/asian. Sure, he's good, but if he was purely white, he'd just be another golfer.

[kimpossible]

I said he doesn't care if he doesn't meet your (plural) ethnic criteria. I'm positive that he cares what he thinks, agree with you there.

[Stackmo]

Since an astute poster already made mention of football Dat I will mention the other Dat.

Feather weight boxing prospect Dat Nguyen. He's handed out some very tidy KOs and is an exciting fun boxer to watch. Actually there is a loong list of Asian atheletes I like vritually all of which are Thaiboxers or western boxers.

Any how here's his stats:

lobal ID 251458
sex male
birth date 1982-10-10
age 25
manager/agent Jack Luce
manager/agent register
division featherweight
rating 104 / 890
nationality United States
alias Dat Be Dat
residence Vero Beach, Florida, United States
birth place Bien Hoa, Vietnam
stance orthodox
height 5′ 6″
US ID PA069482
won 11 (KO 6) + lost 1 (KO 0) + drawn 0 = 12

Dat at the office going to work against oliver Cruz.

http://boxing-pics.com/oliver_cruz/nguyen004.jpg

Dat digging into the body of Cruz.

http://boxing-pics.com/oliver_cruz/nguyen001.jpg

[YelloFello]

Norman Kwong: former CFL player who set 30 league records during his time. He is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alberta... not American, but Canadian, that's OK.

[j&j2]

WOW, most of the top East Asian athletes play for (shocker!) Harvard.

Jeez, even the full-blooded East Asian athletes play for Harvard.

How does 4 FB players out of 31 (that I had listed) consist of most?



Pure Asians are the academically accomplished, intellectually superior, model minority types (most of them). Quasi Asians ... well, they are not. But they tend to be superior in other ways (athleticism, etc.).

Uhh, the Asian countries that are Olympic powers are China, Korea and Japan.

[proazn]

Brett Kan is a Quarterback who plays for Princeton University. Another asian QB Kevin Pham plays for DeAnza college. probably some other asians playing college football at other positions, but the QB always get the attention.

[Jimmyboi]

It, unfortunately, won't require scrolling i'm sure.

A
Benny Agbayani
Eugene Amano
B
Tai Babilonia
Dave Bautista
Pilar Bosley
Melissa Bulanhagui
C
Carl Chang (tennis player)
Michael Chang
Timmy Chang
Brandon Chillar
Tiffany Chin
Brian Ching
Amy Chow
Norm Chow
Julie Chu
Mark Chung
Bryan Clay
Natalie Coughlin
D
Johnny Damon
Ron Darling
Toby Dawson
Will Demps
F
Lorrie Fair
Catherine Fox
Tadd Fujikawa
Scott Fujita
G
Roman Gabriel
Kendra Goodwin
Miki Gorman
Danny Graves
H
Tommy Ho
H cont.
Pat Hurst
I
Rena Inoue
J
Tiffany Joh
K
Kevin Kaesviharn
Christina Kim
Ga-Young Kim
Eric Kimble
Ford Konno
Tommy Kono
Olin Kreutz
Karen Kwan
Michelle Kwan
L
Michael Lambert
Cung Le
Bruce Lee
Jeanette Lee (pocket billards)
Sammy Lee (diver)
Beatrisa Liang
M
Ann Patrice McDonough
Wataru Misaka
Chad Morton
Johnnie Morton
Daisuke Murakami
N
Kevin Na
Mirai Nagasu
Naomi Nari Nam
Dat Nguyen
Jessica Nguyen
Lee Nguyen
O
Apolo Anton Ohno
Dan Osman
Yoshinobu Oyakawa
P
Ho Sung Pak
Richard Park
Jim Parque
Dennis Phan
Troy Polamalu
Stacy Prammanasudh
R
Dave Roberts
S
Harold Sakata
Lenn Sakata
Steve Shak
Terrmel Sledge
Jimmy Snuka
T
David Tanabe
Sonya Thomas
Mark Tuinei
U
Yosh Uchida
V
Brandon Vera
Kimo von Oelhoffen
W
Lisa Wang
Hines Ward
Anthony Weaver
Peter Westbrook
Michelle Wie
Kailee Wong
Mike Wong
Tiger Woods
Y
Kristi Yamaguchi
Lindsey Yamasaki
Alex Yi
Wally Kaname Yonamine
James Yun
Z
Caroline Zhang


source: wikipedia

[Zombie Dave]

A
Benny Agbayani ... etc.


you're just repeating names already listed on this thread

[HanSolo]

Eugene Chung (korean) Was The First Pure Asian To Be Selected In The "first" Round Of The Nfl Draft By The New England Patriots...i Believe It Was 1995!!!

He Was A Starter But Obviously Not A Superstar...he's Out Of The League Now...THE GUY WAS A HUGE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

[BillBlythe]

a young taiwanese boy won the juniors french open title last weekend.

and kei nishikori is an up and comer in the tennis world. he beat the american number 1 james blake and won his first title not too long ago. sadly i don't see either of them achieving much.

[proazn]

Xu Yong is a young 18 year old basketball phenom who played in CBA (Chinese Basketball League) last year. He was projected to be a future 1st round NBA draft pick in a couple of years. China's best young prospect. This guy had the same built as Tracy McGrady and could dunk.

Sadly though, he was diagnosed with cancer in his spine and nearly had to amputate his legs last month. His basketball career is over. It'll be awhile before we ever see another asian in NBA.

[NegativeBeef]

^

How could you leave out the biggest names like Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, Hideki Matsui, and Hideki Okajima?

Most of them aren't Americans tho.

List them all? That would take hours, with lots of googling and wiki'ing. Why you need to know?

Just sitting down at my computer, I came up with a good list in a few minutes (the guys approaching national awareness status) plus some historical greats, but there is too much upcoming talent, plus all those minority sports to think about (from skateboarding to bodybuilding).


Benny Agbayani
Eugene Amano
Carl Chang
Timmy Chang
Brandon Chillar
Brian Ching
Mark Chung
Bryan Clay
Toby Dawson
Tadd Fujikawa
Scott Fujita
Roman Gabriel
Sunny Garcia
Danny Graves
Tommy Ho
Egan Inoue
Kevin Kaesviharn
Ga-Young Kim
Eric Kimble
Ford Konno
Tommy Kono
Olin Kreutz
Michael Lambert
Cung Le
Sammy Lee
Wataru Misaka
Chad Morton
Johnnie Morton
Daisuke Murakami
Kevin Na
Dat Nguyen
Lee Nguyen
Apolo Anton Ohno
Yoshinobu Oyakawa
Ho Sung Pak
Richard Park
Jim Parque
Dennis Phan
Troy Polamalu
Dave Roberts
Lenn Sakata
Steve Shak
Jimmy Snuka
David Tanabe
Tuan Tran
Mark Tuinei
Yosh Uchida
Brandon Vera
Kimo von Oelhoffen
Hines Ward
Mike Wong
Tiger Woods
David Yeung
Alex Yi
Wally Kaname Yonamine
James Yun

EDIT: Michael Chang

EDIT EDIT: Norm Chow



(names STILL popping up ... nuff said?)

Since when did so many Hapas count as Asian?

[YelloFello]

Nevermind the hapas. Why is Scott Fujita on the list? Isn't he fully white? Heh, too funny. I wonder if the poster was even aware of that.