tweets
- 28.Jun
- Aline Nakashima Ad Campaign fo…
Aline Nakashima Ad Campaign for Swimwear by Becca, Spring 2009 http://bit.ly/sWcUc
- 28.Jun
- Juliana Imai Editorial for V M…
Juliana Imai Editorial for V Magazine, Summer 2009 http://bit.ly/2vV21L
- 28.Jun
- Juliana Imai Ad Campaign for M…
Juliana Imai Ad Campaign for Matrix, Summer 2009 http://bit.ly/rcmrM
music
- 03.Apr
- A video interview series with …
A video interview series with Samon Kawamura, a German-Japanese hip hop artist from Germany http://bit.ly/11g4q
- 09.Mar
- New Asobi Seksu video for thei…
New Asobi Seksu video for their new single Me & Mary http://tinyurl.com/cvascf
- 06.Jan
- Halvsie Matt Heafy, of the met…
Halvsie Matt Heafy, of the metal band Trivium, chooses his top 10 albums of 2008 http://tinyurl.com/77dvbb
halvsies
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- 14.Jun
- Mrs Burks’ Sunday Roast
A Japanese food writer blends her passion for British food with the memories that accompany each dish, in this touching documentary, a labour of love with all the trimmings.
- 15.May
- Calling all half Japanese people living in Japan (over 18s only)
‘Hafu’ Photo Project
Natalie Maya Willer and Marcia Yumi Lise
www.hafujapanese.org
Tokyo Photo Shoot 20th (Sat) & 21st (Sun) June, 10am – 7pm
Osaka Photo Shoot 28th [...]-

- 20.Nov
- Being Half Japanese
By Marcia Yumi Lise
I was born to a Japanese mother and an American-Italian mother. Like many other ‘racially’ or if you prefer ‘ethnically’ mixed individuals, I often think about my identity and how I sit in society. I was born and raised in Japan. I therefore consider myself to be predominantly Japanese. That is, culturally. [...]
sports
- 03.Jan
- Halvsie football striker Cho J…
Halvsie football striker Cho Jae Jin has signed with Gamba Osaka http://tinyurl.com/86rw8v
- 22.Nov
- Don Wakamatsu becomes the firs…
Don Wakamatsu becomes the first Asian (and Halvsie) Manager in the Major Leagues http://tinyurl.com/689q64
- 22.Aug
- travis ishikawa on the sf gian…
travis ishikawa on the sf giants is going to be good
flickr
- 31.Mar
- Asobi Seksu (3/29/09) – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia
Nice photo set with Yuki Chikudate
- 30.Dec
- Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon
A photo set from a collection from Little Dragon’s live set in NYC this past november.
film
- 08.Mar
- Ayako Fujitani’s recent movie …
Ayako Fujitani’s recent movie Tokyo!, reviewed in the Times http://tinyurl.com/dn8yfm
- 25.Jan
- New Red Band Trailer for Devon…
New Red Band Trailer for Devon Aoki’s ‘Mutant Chronicles’ http://tinyurl.com/cwecd5mebeli
- 01.Jun
- Tura Satana is back as Varla
Tura Satana is back as Varla in Rob Zombie’s El Superbeasto: ElSuperBeasto.com
What is Halvsie?
A halvsie is a person with half Japanese heritage. The term was coined to replace the more general ‘hapa’. Halvsie was inspired by the Japanese ‘hafu’ used to describe offspring of a mixed marriage, and derived from the English ‘halves’.
Halvsie.com hosts a forum where our members introduce themselves to other half Japanese, some finding other halvsies in their cities for the very first time. Many of our members have found kindship in their country were they once thought that they were rare. Informal groups have arisen in Tokyo, Los Angeles, London, and Helsinki and many a nomikai have been organized under the halvsie banner.
As you can see from the image above there are a lot of famous half Japanese including Dave Roberts, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Alpolo Ohno, Rina Chinen, Sean Lennon, Ann Curry, Karen Gomyo, Edna Mode and Devon Aoki. They span continents and categories and we have chronicled literally hundreds of them in our Wiki.
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