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* Of the 14 people who are to decide the fate of the planet in [[X (manga)|X 1999]], 12 are Japanese, one is an artificial construct with the brain of a Japanese girl, and one is half-Japanese, half-generic-Caucasian. It's nice to see the rest of the Earth get a little representation.
* The characters of ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' come all over the globe, but the [[Five-Man Band]] of main characters are all Japanese... except for Hyouga, who is half-Russian. He's blonde and blue-eyed (like his [[Missing Mom]]), has cold-based attacks some of which have Russian names, and he gets most of the [[Wangst|(W)]][[Age-Appropriate Angst|angst]].
** Justified in the manga, though, where {{spoiler|the man that put them through the [[Training
* Nishikiori Michiru from ''[[Kamichama Karin]]'' is half-English, half-Japanese.
* Michael Okita from ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' is mentioned to be half-Japanese (per father's side) and half-American. He also has [[Phenotype Stereotype|blue eyes and blond hair]], is bilingual and was supposed to be under the watch of the NBA. Not to mention he's quite the [[Genki Girl|Genki Guy]] when off-duty.
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* Tina Foster from ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'' is an excellent example. She's an American raised in Hakata until middle school. She was unable to make friends in elementary and middle school in Japan due to her being "too American" and also in high school in America due to being "too Japanese." She covers up her feelings of being culturally lost by constantly trying to show how "Japanese" she is at heart (one of the other characters comments "You're almost more Japanese than we are!"). She desperately wants to be Japanese (and probably practically is after being raised in Japan during her formative years) and is a very tragic and lonely figure despite being a [[Bottle Fairy]] (to the point of overt alcoholism) and overall [[Genki Girl]] and semi-lunatic. One of the most sympathetically played "Not Too Foreign" characters in anime and manga.
* Jun, from ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' is half American, half Japanese.
* ''[[Unbalance
* Fumio Kirisaki of the ''[[Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo]]'' is three-quarters Japanese, since her grandfather immigrated from the US. [[Flat Chest Complex|She laments the fact that she didn't seem to pick up the standard physical traits]] from her western heritage.
* {{spoiler|Gokudera Hayato}} from ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' has a Japanese mother and an Italian father.
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* Elvis Presley played a half-breed Indian in 1960's ''Flaming Star''..
* Welshman Anthony Hopkins played a mixed-raced man in ''The Human Stain''. By contrast, Wentworth Miller, who played the younger version of the same character, actually is of mixed race descent (see below).
* Nulla in ''[[Australia (2008 film)|Australia]]'' is a half-Aboriginal boy, who has to deal with the [[Real Life]] issues that half-Aboriginal children had to deal with... that is, becoming part of the [[Useful Notes On Australia|Stolen Generation]].
* Frank Hopkins in ''[[Hidalgo]]'' is half-white and half Native American. It's uncertain if the real Frank Hopkins really was, since he was known to be a pathological liar.
* Martin Pawley from ''[[The Searchers]]'' is 1/8th Cherokee (though this doesn't restrain him from fighting other Indian groups). His racist uncle Ethan gives him a hard time for this, but ultimately comes to respect him, in a way.
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