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PROMINENT ATHLETES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES


Categories of Prominent Artists, Leaders, Visionaries, Athletes and Business People Listed Below
 
  Actors Actresses Animators/Make-Up/Visual Effects  Astronauts Athletes  
  Authors, Editors, etc. Business Leaders Civil Rights Activists Comedians Community Leaders  
  Dancers/Choreographers Directors Diversity Heads Entertainment Executives Fashion Designers  
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  Poets/Spoken Word Politicians President Bush's APA Appointments Producers Radio D.J.s  
  Screenwriters Stuntmen Teachers Television Shows Visual Artists  

 

Within the wide spectrum of sports within the United States (and the world), there is a fast-increasing number of athletes of Asian/Asian Pacific American descent of talented athletes that have received acclaim and recognition. These athletes are divided into various sports categories that are listed below. Click are the "links" to discover more information on these talented people.

Categories of Athletes and Sports-Related Professions
Baseball Basketball Boxing Chess Diving Football Food-Eating Golfers
Gymnasts Hockey Horse-Racing Ice/Speed Skating/Skiers Martial Arts Online Gaming Pool Race Drivers
Skate Boarders Soccer Sport Doctors Swimming Tennis Volleyball Wrestling  

 

Baseball       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")

  • BENNY AGBAYANI - New York Mets Outfielder
  • BRUCE CHEN - Started his career as an Atlanta Braves Pitcher
  • JIN HO CHO - Started his career as a Boston Red Sox Pitcher
  • JOHNNY DAMON - American/Thai Outfielder for the Boston Red Sox and part of the team that eliminated 86 years of frustration by winning the World Series in 2004.
  • DANNY GRAVES - He's the first Vietnamese-born man (youngest son of an Army sergeant & Vietnamese woman) to play major-league baseball. In his entire nine-year career, he's been baffling batters in a sport that his countrymen have yet to fully embrace.
  • SHIGETOSHI HASEGAWA - Anaheim Angels Pitcher (in 2004, playing with the Seattle Mariners
  • HIDEKI IRABU - New York Yankees Pitcher
  • MASAO KIDA - Started his career as a Detroit Tigers Pitcher
  • BYUNG-HYUN KIM - Started his career as an Arizona Diamondback Pitcher
  • WENDALL KIM - Wendell Kim, who was a coach for Dusty Baker in San Francisco from 1993-96, joined the Cubs in 2003.
  • HONG-CHIH KUO - He made up for lost time with a meteoric rise last year (2005) that began at Class A Vero Beach and ended with a September callup to the Major Leagues from Double-A where he has pitched well in the 2006 season for the L.A. Dodgers.
  • HIDEKI MATSUI - Japan's superstar signs with the New York Yankees
  • MASANORI MURAKAMI - In 1964, San Francisco Giant pitcher Masanori Murakami became the first Japanese player in the majors till Hideo Nomo
  • KIM NG - Executive Vice-President and Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  • HIDEO NOMO - Started his career as a L.A. Dodgers
  • KIYOSHI PATRICK OKURA - was the first Japanese American to play varsity baseball at UCLA.
  • CHAN HO PARK - Started his career as a LA Dodgers Pitcher
  • MAKOTO SUZUKI - Seattle Mariners/New York Mets Pitcher
  • JEFF TAM - Started his career as a New York Mets Pitcher
  • MASATO YOSHII - Started his career as a New York Mets Pitcher
Basketball       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Football       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • NORM CHAO - this coach for 30+ years has been described as a genius, "architect" of their success and a "brilliant" football mind as USC's offensive coordinator (2 Heisman Trophy winners - Matt Leinart & Carson Palmer), assistant coach at Brigham Young University (developing Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and Ty Detmer), North Carolina State (Phillip Rivers),
  • EUGENE CHUNG - Indianapolis Colts Guard
  • CHRIS FUAMATU-MA'AFALA - Hawaiian-native is a running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
  • SCOTT FUJITA - Kansas City Chief's linebacker drafted in the 5th round of 2002 who doesn't have a drop of Japanese blood.
  • LLOYD LEE - He is the Chicago Bears' assistant coach on defense. He understands the required mathematical brilliance to figure out the dozens of permutations Colts'quarterback Peyton Manning could line up for his explosive offense in the 30 seconds before he snaps the ball. He was a star safety at Dartmouth during their undefeated season that resulted in a championship before being drafted by the San Diego Chargers - where he was cut after one year alternating on the Chargers' practice squad. He found a job in the back office as a scout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, trading body crunching for numbers crunching. The Bears also hired him as a Defensive Quality Control coach, which partly means technical stuff, organizing the club's computer data and video cuts. In 2006, the Bears promoted Lee back to the battlefield. Asians in the NFL is a rarity since there are just three NFL players of Asian descent in the league, Pittsburg Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward, who is half-Korean, Tennesee Titans offensive lineman Eugene Amano, who is Filipino, and New York Giants safety Will Demps, who is also half-Korean. There are no Asian head coaches.
  • EMMANUEL MOODY - In 2006, this half Korean/half Black athlete was a freshman running back for USC
  • CHRIS MAUMALANGA - St. Louis Rams Defensive Tackle
  • DAT NGUYEN - Football Linebacker - Won Lombardi Award
  • JUNIOR SEAU - San Diego Chargers Linebacker
Ice/Speed Skaters/SNOW SKIERS       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • TAI BABILONIA - US Figure Championship Ice Skater
  • TOBY DAWSON - Korean American Member of the United States Freestyle Ski Team. He spends his days cheating death by flinging his body into the air and performing 360s and rotisserie-style spins — 30 feet above ground.
  • HYO-JUNG KIM - Speed-skater (Halie Kim) with dreams of representing the U.S. in the 2006 Olympics in Turin Italy
  • MICHELLE KWAN - Championship Chinese Ice Skater that is making her mark in other areas befitting her celebrity status - as noted in various interviews. In 2005, she is chasing the achievements that Maribel Vinson Owen accomplished between 1928 to 1937 - winner of a record nine U.S. figure skating championships. In 2006 - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that she has appointed figure skating champion Michelle Kwan as the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy. Kwan, a five-time World Champion and two-time Olympic medalist joined the Secretary in the Treaty Room of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC.
  • NAOMI NARI NAM - Championship Ice Skater
  • SHANNELL NOJI - Shanell is a member of the All Year Figure Skating Club and trains in Southern California,
  • ANTON OHNO - World Cup 2002/2003 Overall Champion, World Cup 2000/2001 Overall Champion, US Champion 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, Youngest American (age 16) to win Gold in World Cup, Hungary 1998, Olympics Gold and Silver Medalist 2002
  • PEGGY OKI - sole woman on Dogtown, CA's groundbreaking Zephyr Skating Team that was seen in the Sony Pictures Classics' film "Dogtown and Z-Boys. In addition, she is a well-established graphic artist.
  • PEGGY OKI - sole woman on Dogtown, CA's groundbreaking Zephyr Skating Team that was seen in the Sony Pictures Classics' film "Dogtown and Z-Boys. In addition, she is a well-established graphic artist.
  • KIMIDO HIRAI SOLDATI - Diver on the 2004 U.S. Olmpics Team
  • KRISTI YAMAGUCHI - Olympic Ice Skater married to Bret Hedican now working on TV
Divers (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Swimmers       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Golfers       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Tennis Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Hockey Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • YUTAKA FUKUFUJI - Los Angeles Kings goalie Yutaka Fukufuji became the first Japanese-born player in the NHL when he replaced Barry Brust in a game against the St. Louis Blues.
  • PAUL KARIYA - Anaheim Mighty Ducks Winger - in 2004, playing with the Colorado Rockies(Hockey)
  • STEVE KARIYA - Vancouver Cannucks Winger (Hockey)
  • JAMIE STORR - Started his career as a L.A. Kings Goalie
  • DAVID TANABE - Carolina Panthers (Hockey)
Gymnasts       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Soccer Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • MARK CHUNG - All-Star MLB Soccer Player
  • NATASHA KAI - first female from Hawai'i selected to the U.S. National Team, joining an elite group of athletes who will compete in the 2007 World Cup and the 2008 Olympics.
  • TIFFANY ROBERTS - Female World Cup Soccer Player
Volleyball Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • ROBIN AH MOW - Honolulu native was a member of the US's 2000 Volleyball Olympic team.
  • LOGAN TOM - Stanford University student was a member of the US's 2000 Volleyball Olympic team.
Pool Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • JENNIFER CHEN - Championship pool player from Taiwan, commentator and highly successful on the US tournaments.
  • JEANETTE LEE - Championship pool player who acquire the nick-name the "Black Widow."
  • MING NG - Championship pool player from Hong Kong.
  • EFREN "BATA" REYES - Referred to as "The Magician" for having made some of the most spectacular shots seen in tournament play. Reyes has won many of the most prestigious nine-ball tournaments, including multiple wins at the Sands Regency Open, the 1994 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship, the 1995 Pro Tour Championship, and the 2002 ESPN Challenge of Champions. He is also known for having won a two day winner-take-all marathon nine ball event, known as the Color of Money I and the Color of Money II, edging out in the finals another top nine ball player, Earl Strickland. In 2005, he weathered a round robin to challenge the reigning king (Mike Sigel) of the Kevin Trudeau sponsored IPT, who was personally picked by Trudeau from 'retirement' as the best in the world. Reyes bested him easily. He had been inducted in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame on July 12, 2003.
Boxers       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • MARK CHANG - Prominent East Coast Promoter
  • NORIKO KARIYA - Successful amateur boxer and sister of Paul Kariya
  • CHRISTINA KWAN - (Michelle Kwan's cousin) turned professionally in 2006. As an amateur Christina was a 2004 U.S. National and World Champion at 95 pounds. As a professional, she will box at 100 pounds - the junior strawweight divison.
  • KIM "FIREBALL" MESSER - this orphaned Korean American has made herself a Championship Boxer.
  • JIN MOSLEY - Irish/Korean wife and current manager of Shane Mosley
  • BRIAN VILORIA - a Hawaiian who spent some of his young life in the Philippines and who may be among the world's better athletes — pound for pound
Wrestlers (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Martial Arts       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • JHOON RHEE - Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee, a 10th Degree Black Belt, is considered the "Father of American Tae Kwon Do."
Sport Doctors       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • JHOON RHEE - Guided the UC Davis Cycling Team to its first national championship, coached the resident national cycling team at the US Olympic Training Center. He founded and acted as the full-time director of the Celestial Seasonings Professional Cycling Team. He helped trained Floyd Landis during the Tour de France
Horse Racing       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Chess Players       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • HIKARU NAKAMURA - the 16-year-old from White Plains, N.Y., won the U.S. Chess Championship, the youngest player to win the title since 14-year-old Bobby Fischer in 1958.
Online Gaming       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • SHANE KIM - General Manager for MS Game Studio. It is the first time a person of Korean ancestry has reached such a high-ranking position within MS. MSG is a huge sector of MS that manages the development and supply of Microsoft PC games and game software for the X-box. Kim will lead 1,000 game developers and producers and lead the development and supply of large scale games such as "Halo 2," "Jade Empire," "Fable," and "Dungeon Siege 2."
  • YO-HWAN LIM - Star online gamers who makes 6 figures playing computer games
  • THRESH - (aka Dennis Fong) Champion Multiple Player of online gaming
  • ALAN YU - Alan Yu (director of artist & repertoire for Electronic Arts.) is the ubiquitous presence and guiding force behind the annual Game Developers Conference. He is known for bringing together the best and brightest game developers, creators, and collaborators (including a few heavy hitters from the industry's corporate suites).
Skate Boarders       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • JEFF HO - Culver City native who is a leader as a shaper (today's bullet boards/high performance boards/airbrushed surfboards) and surfer. His shop, Jeff Ho's Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, were the basis of the film "Lords of Dogtown" film based on the story of the Zephyr competition team focusing on the life stories of Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Stacy Peralta.
  • CHRISTIAN ROSHA HOSOI - Boasting dual citizenship in LA and Hawaii for his 33 years (mirroring a Japanese/Caucasian heritage since his birth in 10/5/67 w/his wife Jennifer Lee), Hosoi started skating at 5 with veterans like Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as models. These were the pioneers of the urethane wheeled revolution; skating ramps and dried pools along with boardwalks and driveways in the late 70's. Hosoi developed as a skater in Venice Beach's Dogtown scene, which has and still plays a huge role in defining skateboarding culture. He has had a long history with drugs, but become a strong Christian through the efforts of his wife and Christopher Swain.
  • DAEWON SONG - Well-known Pro Tech Skateboarder who many proclaim that he is the best!
Race Drivers       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section") Food-Eating Contestants       (Click HERE to return to the top of the "Athletes Section")
  • TAKERU KOBAYASHI - Won the 86th Annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest

 

 
 
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