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’.
The halvsie homepage is the landing page for all things half Japanese. Build as a hybrid between a blog, a twitter account, it’s the best place to begin any halvsie day.
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.
On our wiki there are a lot of famous half Japanese, including current San Francisco Giant Dave Roberts, Asian heart throb Takeshi Kaneshiro, Gold Medalist and Dancing with the Stars winner Apolo Ohno, J-Pop star Rina Chinen, Musician Sean Lennon, NBC anchorwoman Ann Curry, violinist Karen Gomyo, The Incredibles diva Edna Mode and and model and movie diva Devon Aoki. They span continents and categories and we have chronicled literally hundreds of them in our Wiki.
Our newest feature is a curated Search engine with results from the whole halvsie universe. Enter some keywords here and it will search the blog, the wiki and forums, as well as a number of partner sites else where on the web.
All of the efforts for halvsie.com have been supported by the generous donations of our members, and the purchase of hapa gear from the halvsie store.
Please have a look around, and enjoy the one and only half Japanese home, at halvsie.com.
