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Ryukyuans in Brazil - Wikipedia

Ryukyuans in Brazil - Wikipedia

Ryukyuans in Brazil

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Ryukyuans in Brazil
Total population
170,000
Languages
Brazilian PortugueseRyukyuan languages
Religion
CatholicismRyukyuan religion
Related ethnic groups
Ryukyuan people

The Ryukyuans in Brazil are Brazilian nationals of Ryukyuan descent.

History[edit]

Many people were struggling economically in the Ryukyu Islands during the late 1800s and early 1900s. As a result, many Ryukyuans emigrated elsewhere to places such as BrazilPeruHawaii and mainland Japan.[1]

On June 18, 1908, the first migrants from Japan arrived at the port of Santos in São Paulo. Half of these migrants were Okinawans.[2] Immigration from the Ryukyu Islands to Brazil would continue in the following years.

Demographics[edit]

Ryukyuans in Brazil make up 9.4% (170,000) of the entire Brazilian Nikkei community (1,600,000), despite Ryukyuans making up only 1% of Japan's total population.[2] The Nikkei communities in neighboring Peru and Argentina are majority Ryukyuan-descended.[2]

The majority of Ryukyuans in South America specifically belong to the Okinawan subgroup.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Aug 2015, Mina Otsuka / 18. "Immigration—Missing Link in Japanese History: Why Are There So Many Okinawan Immigrants? – Part 1"Discover Nikkei. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
  2. Jump up to:a b c "A little corner of Brazil that is forever Okinawa"BBC News. 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2020-04-06.

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