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* 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.
* In ''[[Cyborg 009]]'', Joe Shimamura aka 009 is also half-Japanese (mother), half-American (father), and in the manga he was [[All of the Other Reindeer|bullied]] because of that. So are three friends of his (Mary, Shinichi and Masaru) {{spoiler|who are turned into killing machines against their wills by Black Ghost, so he has to fight them [[Shoot the Dog|and]] ''[[Shoot the Dog|kill]]'' [[Shoot the Dog|them]].}}
* Kaede Kimura from ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei|Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]]'' is a Japanese native who has recently returned from studying abroad, and has developed a split personality based on her two nations' stereotypes. Her Japanese side is [[Yamato Nadeshiko|extremely polite and gentle]] (and in love with Itoshiki-sensei), while her foreign half is loud, obnoxious, and [[Frivolous Lawsuit|ready to sue her classmates at the drop of a hat]].
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'',
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* The Legendary 80’s French Canadian tag team The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers played this trope for Heel Heat, while they were announced as being from their current home town of Memphis TN, start USA chants, and carried American flags. However they would often speak Québecois French and would say backhanded compliments about their new home country. Their theme song, All American Boys, proclaimed they loved being white bread preppy Barry Manilow fans. However there was also a French portion of their song ware they admitted that they were not being sincere and only acted that way because they knew it made the fans angry
* Completely subverted with Santino Marella. In real life, his name is Anthony Carelli, and he's a Canadian with Sicilian heritage. However, he made his debut during a European tour in Milan, implying he was a native Italian and winning the Intercontinental Championship as a plant in the crowd, and was called "The Milan Miracle" for a while after that. This is one interesting case where WWE went out of their way to make him ''more'' foreign than he already was.
* The [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] caught some flack a couple of years changing some of the "Face" Canadian wrestlers hometowns. When they are announced to the ring, they're usually stated hailing to where they reside now in the U.S. as opposed to Canada.
* Released wrestler James Yun (A.K.A. Jimmy Wang Yang) is half-Korean and half white American. His first gimmick in the WWE was a Japanese bodyguard with mafia ties and he was a heel. His [[Heel Face Turn]] came when he downplayed his Korean side and embraced his "redneck" ties (albeit ''Chinese-American'' redneck ties!). His attire changed from simple black pants to a wifebeater, cowboy hat, blue jeans and Confederate Flag emblems. (Interestingly, the [[Real Life]] persona of Yun is very close to that of Wang Yang, as it combines a fondness for "traditional" American culture with [[The Theme Park Version]] of the Far East.)
* Inverted with Gail Kim during her run in WWE around 2004-ish where she was billed as being from Korea when she was born and raised in Toronto (but with Korean ancestry).
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** [[Miranda Cosgrove]] has a unique mesh of various European (possibly even Asian) descent.
** [[Megumi Nakajima]].
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** Illusionist Cyril Takayama.
** Barack Obama
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