Japanese people in South Korea are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea. They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and are present in South Korea (재한일본인, "Jaehan Ilbonin"), and those who changed their nationality to South Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").[citation needed]
History
The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.
Pre-colonial and colonial times (before 1945)
During Japanese rule in Korea, the peak of the Japanese population was 752,823, circa 1942.[2]
Kokoro Kato (Kokoro), Rise Katsuno (Remi), and Mao Hirokawa (May), members of Cherry Bullet (Kokoro Kato (Kokoro): Originally from Nagoya, Aichi, Japan/Rise Katsuno (Remi) and Mao Hirokawa (May): Originally from Tokyo, Japan)
Yoshinori Kanemoto (Yoshi), Mashiho Takata, Asahi Hamada, and Haruto Watanabe, members of Treasure (Yoshinori Kanemoto (Yoshi): Originally from Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan/Mashiho Takata: Originally from Mie, Japan/Asahi Hamada: Originally from Osaka, Japan/Haruto Watanabe: Originally from Fukuoka, Japan)
Hayase Leo, Nasukawa Shota (Zero), Imai Kairi and Udo Musashi (Kio), members of T1419 (Hayase Leo, Nasukawa Shota (Zero) and Imai Kairi: Originally from Osaka, Japan/Udo Musashi (Kio): Originally from Kōchi, Kōchi, Japan)
Rui Watanabe, model and former member of K-Pop Girl Group H.U.B.