Blasian being a dancer in Japan?

Question:

I'm mixed with black and japanese and i know you can be a backup dancer if you just go for it and audition. but does anyone one if a blasian can be a dance in japan or any Asian country? i've lived in Tokyo when i was little for a year and i remembered i loved the place. i don't want to try it and get my hopes up.

Answer:

There are so many biracial black/Japanese "Blapanese?" (I've heard "Blorean" before on an Outkast song) in the music industry...Good for them. As a father of half-Japanese kids I'm glad to see the Japanese can respect talent regardless of race.

Can you read Japanese? I have a link that lists all the major "half" celebrities in Japan. Some are in the music industry: Aoyama Teruko, Eliana (Brazilian, not sure of race), Crystal Kay (her dad was a black American soldier stationed in Korea), not to mention Jero (Jello?) a guy who is one fourth Japanese, (his grandma was Japanese), who became an enka singer, although dressing like 50 cent, and singing old-fashioned Japanese songs. A really interesting guy, and he was hugely popular in Japan for several years, and almost single-handedly made enka (which is painful to listen to) popular amongst younger people for a little while.

You can check here, this is only a few.
http://half-geinoujin.net/p.half-geinouj…

If you have talent and you don't mind being in Japanese showbiz (which I would guess is a lot more hard work, and less financially rewarding than the USA,) then you can make it. Hip hop and R and B influenced pop music, the kind that requires having dancers in the shows and on televised performances and music videos, is very popular. And Japanese are attracted to half Japanese, whether black/white/Filipino, etc. One of the girls in AKB, the most popular (among young girls and creepy guys) is half Filipino. Blacks, as you will see from the answers, are assumed to be very talented musicians, dancers, and athletes, and artists such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Alicia Keyes, not to mention President Obama are also "haafu" as the Japanese say. Just not half Japanese.