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Japanese people today have a good reputation in general unless you are referring to the people who experienced the horrors of the Imperial Japanese army during WWII but even a large portion of those people have accepted that the new generation of Japanese are not like their forefathers.
Every once in a while, you'll get some person that doesn't know that much about history that will say something like "ugh, J@ps are f'ing evil" but they are naive and most don't know too much of history since all they do is "educate" themselves by playing WWII video games or watching unrealistic war movies.
On this take which is directed at the younger populace, I will list some famous people of Japanese ancestry and their contributions to America and the world. Since I'm a American, I'll be listing mostly Japanese-Americans.
1.) Yoshiaki Yamashita: Judo, a Japanese grappling art that has it's origins in a even older Japanesr art known as Jujutsu, was brought to the USA by a man named Yoshiaki Yamashita. Although the first American to learn about Judo was Ulysses S. Grant It wasn't till Yamashita came to the US in 1902 to teach the martial art that Judo became popular here in the US. yamashita had a grappling contest with a wrestler in which Yamashita won by using Judo. Yamashita would go on to teach Judo to Theodore Roossvelt and various other students. Although it would take a few decades for Judo to completely spread throughout the US, Yamashita is credited as being the man to introduce Judo to the US. Judo techniques would also be incorporated into the US army's hand to hand combat training making US soldiers even deadlier in Close quarter combat.
2.) Seishiro Okazaki: A Japanese-American martial artist who developed his own martial art in 1925. His martial arts is known as Danzan-ryū. Technically this martial art is a hybrid martial art since it is made up of techniques from traditional Japanese Jujutsu, Karate, Lua, wrestling, boxing etc. This martial art would also inspire the development of small circle Jiu Jitsu. Technically speaking, Danzan Ryū and Small circle Jiu Jitsu are martial arts of American origin.
3.) Minoru Yamasaki: A Japanese-American architect who created many buildings but is mostly known for helping design the World Trade Center.
4.) Military men: There are stereotypes that make people assume Asians, specifically Japanese people look "timid" "delicate" "nerdy" but obviously those stereotypes are inaccurate. These Japanese-Americans debunk that stereotype.
Barney F. Hajiro, Daniel Inouye, Shizuya
Hayashi, Yeiki Kobashigawa, Kaoru Moto, Masato Nakae, George T. Sakato, Frank Ono and many more all enlisted in the US army part of the 442nd RCT and won medals of honor.
Vietnam and Korean War: There were various Japanese-Americans that fought during the Korean and Vietnam war. Hiroshi Miyamura fought fought in the Korean War, where he killed 10 Chinese communist soldiers in hand to hand combat, he then went to assist his wounded allies. When the communists outnumbered his squad, he ordered his men to withdraw while he stayed behind. He continued to mow down the communist soldiers until his machine gun ammo ran out. He killed 50 communist soldiers in the process but he got wounded. Even though he was wounded, he continued to repel the waves of enemies until his position was overrun by many communist soldiers which resulted in his capture by Chinese soldiers. He was released and repatriated to the US where he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Vincent Okamoto is a Vietnam war Japanese-American Veteran, he is highly decorated soldier who became a Judge after his service in Vietnam. He is still alive at 73 years old.
Currently active military personnel:
Harry Harris Jr A United States Navy admiral who is of Japanese and Caucasian ancestry. He has participated in various military operations and has won various medals.
5.) Entertainment and sports: There are various famous Japanese people that have entertained the masses in various ways.
Mark Dacascos: a American martial artist and actor of Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Spanish and Irish ancestry. He mostly acts in action movies.
Shinsuke Nakamura: A Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He had a brief but martial arts career where he had 3 wins one draw and one loss. His biggest win in MMA was when Nakamura won his fight against the 6'11" 353lb Jan Nortje. After his MMA career he became a successful and popular professional wrestler. He is currently in the WWE.
Kane Kosugi: A Japanese-American actor and Martial artist. He switched betweeb voice acting and live action acting.
Kanako Urai: A female Japanese professional wrestler that uses the ring name "Asuka". She is currently part of the WWE.
Devon Aoki: A Japanese-American actress of Japanese, German and English ancestry. She has appeared in some action movies such as the movie called "War".
Rin Nakai: A Japanese female MMA fighter. She is short 5'1" but still has a successful MMA career because she has won almost all of her fights and is a "giant slayer" since she has defeated much larger opponents.
Masakatsu Funaki: A Japanese MMA fighter that is considered one of the best MMA fighters in Japan. He has beaten the best, his biggest win was against the 6'11" Semmy Schilt. Masakatsu won his fight against Semmy Schilt by making Semmy tap out.
Ikuhisa Minowa: A Japanese MMA fighter who is nicknamed "the giant killer" since he has defeated many larger opponents. He has been in 110 MMA fights, he has won 62 of those fights, he has lost 40 of those fights and got 8 draws.
Hiroko Yamanaka: A retired female Japanese MMA fighter who was one of the tallest female MMA fighters 5'11". She had a successful MMA career winning 12/16 of her fights.
Stacy Hayashi: A Japanese-American film producer that is planning on making a film based on the 442nd RCT. It's unknown when the film is going to be released.
Pat Morita: Who can ever forget the iconic actor that played Mr. Miyagi in the Karate kid.
6.) Science and technology
Ted Fujita: was a meteorologist who had a Japanese and American citizenship(duel citizenship) he is known for developing the Fujita scale.
Michio Kaku: A Japanese-American physicist who is known for publishing various books such as "the future of the mind".
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