Are Strangers in Paradise and Half Japanese both from the United States?
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Strangers in Paradise (band) Strangers In Paradise is a British alternative rock band from Harrogate, England. Originally they were formed as a trio although they have since hired Adam Tait for Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar. They have released two EPs; additionally the band have released two songs featuring Tree and Souldeep both released on their second EP Weight Of Possibility which was released in 2014.
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Half Japanese Half Japanese is an art punk band formed by brothers Jad and David Fair around 1975, sometime after the family's relocation to Uniontown, Maryland. Their original instrumentation included a small drum set, which they took turns playing; vocals; and an out-of-tune, distorted guitar. Both Fair brothers sang, although over time Jad moved into the frontman role. The band members are John Sluggett - guitar, Gilles-Vincent Rieder - drums, Jason Willett - bass, Mick Hobbs - guitar, and Jad Fair - vocals and guitar.
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The Stranger (song) "The Stranger" is a song by rock artist Billy Joel from his 1977 album of the same name, "The Stranger". The song was released as a single in Japan where it became very popular and peaked at #2 on the Oricon chart, charting as well in Australia. It was the last single from the album in Japan, while the US and UK saw "She's Always a Woman", released the previous year, as the last single from the album.
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David Ishii David S. Ishii (born July 26, 1955) is an American professional golfer of Japanese descent.
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John Fujioka John Fujioka (born June 29, 1925 in Olaa, Hawaii, USA) is an American actor of Japanese descent.
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Daniel Kahl Daniel Kahl (born 30 March 1960 in Monrovia, California) is an American of German descent and a foreign TV personality ("gaijin tarento") in Japan. He is famous for speaking fluent Yamagata-ben, the very rural dialect of Yamagata Prefecture. He mainly works as a television reporter for human interest stories in Japan, such as travel and gourmet programs.
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Edge of Paradise Edge Of Paradise is an American hard rock/heavy metal band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 2011. The band currently consists of Margarita Monet (lead vocalist/pianist), Dave Bates (guitarist), John Chominsky (percussionist) and Nick Ericson (bassist). The band is known for its heavy guitars complemented by symphonic and classical influences, as well as the Monet's large vocal range. In 2012, Monet was featured in "Metalholic"’s "Top 25 Women in Hard Rock and Metal."
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Paradise (Hmong band) Paradise is a Hmong-American pop band originally started in 1989. Consisting of seven members; Ko Yang (Lead Singer), Phong Yang (Bass), Haget Yang (Drummer), Long Her (Keyboard), Cina Chang (Keyboard), Nao Yang (Guitar), and April Vang (Lead Vocalist), the group features diverse talents.
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Chris Tashima Christopher Inadomi "Chris" Tashima (born March 24, 1960) is a Japanese American actor and director. He is co-founder of the entertainment company Cedar Grove Productions and Artistic Director of its Asian American theatre company, Cedar Grove OnStage. He is an Academy Award winner for directing the film "Visas and Virtue" as well as starring in it.
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Carina Faris Carina Fujisaki (née Carina Faris) is a Japanese-American actress and model, born January 20, 1997, in Tokyo, Japan. She is employed by a Japanese modeling agency and has done runway modeling, acted in dramas, and posed in a variety of photo shoots.
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Japanese Americans Japanese Americans (日系アメリカ人 , Nikkei Amerikajin ) are Americans who are fully or partially of Japanese descent, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century, but since the 2000 census, they have declined in number to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1.3 million, including those of partial ancestry. According to the 2010 census, the largest Japanese American communities were found in California with 272,528, Hawaii with 185,502, New York with 37,780, Washington with 35,008, Illinois with 17,542, and Ohio with 16,995. Southern California has the largest Japanese American population in North America, and the city of Torrance holds the densest Japanese American population in the 48 contiguous states.
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Yutaka Ohashi Yutaka Ohashi (born August 19, 1923 Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese American artist.
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Lane Nishikawa Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist. He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii and is "Sansei" (third generation Japanese American); and his work often deals with Asian American history and identity issues. He is widely known for a series of one-man shows, including "Life in the Fast Lane", "I'm on a Mission From Buddha", "Mifune and Me" and others. In 2005 he directed the independent feature film, "Only the Brave", a fictional account of the rescue of the Lost Battalion by the 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American fighting unit during World War II. Nishikawa also starred in the lead role. He has written and directed two short films about World War II veterans, "Forgotten Valor" and "When We Were Warriors".
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Michael Arias Michael Arias (born 1968) is an American-born filmmaker active primarily in Japan.
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Mika Ninagawa Mika Ninagawa (蜷川 実花 , Ninagawa Mika , born October 18, 1972 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese photographer and director, known for her vibrant and brightly colored photographs of flowers, goldfish, and landscapes.
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Marisa Tayui Marisa Tayui (田結 万里紗) is a Japanese American actress. She appeared in the 2007 film "Balls of Fury". She has also made appearances on "The Andy Dick Show", "Monk", "Two and a Half Men", "Heroes", MTV Movie Awards 2004, "House", and "The Bold and the Beautiful". She appeared in the Adam Sandler film "Just Go With It".
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Fumiko Kometani Fumiko Kometani (米谷ふみ子 "Kometani Fumiko"), born in Osaka, Japan in 1930, is a Japanese author and artist (painter) and a longtime resident of the United States. Kometani moved to the U.S. in 1960 when she was working as an abstract painter, spending time at the MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire where she met her husband, Josh Greenfeld (now living in California). She changed her focus to writing when her developmentally-disabled son Noah became too hard to handle when he was around the art supplies in her studio. Her older son, Karl Taro Greenfeld, is also a writer.
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America Zarigani America Zarigani (アメリカザリガニ ) is a Japanese comedy duo formed in 1994 by Tetsuya Yanagihara (born September 1, 1972) and Yoshiyuki Hirai (born March 12, 1973).
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Utada Hikaru Utada Hikaru (宇多田 ヒカル , born January 19, 1983) , who also goes by the mononym Utada ( ), is a Japanese American singer and songwriter. She debuted under the stage name "Cubic U" in 1998, releasing the English-language album "Precious", but rose to prominence in 1999 with the release of her second album (and first Japanese-language release), "First Love", which sold over eight million copies in Japan and became the best selling Japanese-language album of all time.
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50 Skidillion Watts 50 Skidillion Watts, also known as "50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records", was the label used by brothers David and Jad Fair of the punk rock band Half Japanese to release their first albums recorded in the late 1970s.
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M. David Mullen David Mullen, A.S.C. (born 26 June 1962 as Merritt David Mullen III) is a Japanese-born American cinematographer known for his photography on "Twin Falls Idaho", "Northfork", "Akeelah and the Bee", "The Astronaut Farmer", "Jennifer's Body", and "The Love Witch". He often collaborates with The Polish brothers.
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Jerry Ito Jerry Ito (July 12, 1927 in New York City, New York – July 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was a Japanese-American film and television actor, born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō, specializing in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was a cousin of Japanese-American composer Teiji Itō.