Classify Japanese/Berber mix girl Erika Sawjiri

[MisterGaga]

Born to a Japanese father and an Algerian Berber (Kabyle) mother. She is extemely famous in Japan , and was the most followed celebrity in Japanese media for a while , even her marriage was seen on TV.















With her mother and father:

[Hadouken]

looks central asian imo

[aksakallicocuk]

And that is an interesting mix. Some photos she looks totally japanese,in some she has a berber or iberian vibe.

[Hadouken]

^ really ? I dont see anything Berber and for sure nothing Iberian on her

[Peterski]

I remember that I have seen a Kazakh girl that looks similar to her.

IMO make sense since Kazakhs are also a Mongoloid-Caucasoid mix.

[MsSPF]

she took mostly from her father although I can see there is something a bit atypical in her look

[spanish catalan]

mongoloid + african alpine?

[Peterski]

I think the reason why she looks more Japanese is because she inherited EDAR mutation from her father:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectodysplasin_A_receptor#East_Asian_characteristic s

Perhaps if you get this mutation, then you will look more East Asian even if you really are 50/50 mixed.

[aksakallicocuk]

^ really ? I dont see anything Berber and for sure nothing Iberian on her

2nd pic, and the pic she is crying looks kinda berber or iberian

[Antimage]

she looks fully japanese to me,

[Peterski]

she looks fully japanese to me

As I wrote it is probably due to EDAR mutation.

Actually this single mutation is perhaps what makes "Mongoloid" look.

93% of Han Chinese people have this mutation.

She had a 50% chance of inheriting this mutation - right ???

[black hole]

Mixed? Seriously? She has proper facial features that make her a real Japanese, I don't see anything alien elements in her

[Antimage]

As I wrote it is probably due to EDAR mutation.

Actually this single mutation is perhaps what makes "Mongoloid" look.

93% of Han Chinese people have this mutation.

She had a 50% chance of inheriting this mutation - right ???

uhmm, okay ?!

[Peterski]

Uhm? This is what EDAR mutation causes (from wiki):


A point mutation in EDAR, 370A, found in most East Asians but not common in African or European populations, is thought to be responsible for a number of differences between these populations, including the thicker hair, more numerous sweat glands, smaller breasts, and dentition characteristic of East Asians.[5] The difference in dentition was not visible in mice due to the radically different structure of mice from human teeth, but it is considered reasonable that that difference also is due to the mutation.[6] The 370A mutation arose in humans approximately 30,000 years ago, and now is found in 93% of Han Chinese and in the majority of people in nearby Asian populations.

Mongoloid people started to emerge ca. 30,000 years ago.

BTW - she is very beautiful.

[NORWORLD]

she looks fully japanese to me,


Agreed.

[Antimage]

Uhm? This is what EDAR mutation causes (from wiki):



Mongoloid people started to emerge ca. 30,000 years ago.

BTW - she is very beautiful.

What makes you think I care about that stuff? I only stated she looks fully japanese, that's it.

[MisterGaga]

Mixed? Seriously? She has proper facial features that make her a real Japanese, I don't see anything alien elements in her

Yes.

Perhaps Erika Sawajiri was born to be an exception. Born to a Berber (indigenous north-African) mother and a wealthy Japanese father, her upbringing was anything but standard.



"My mum was born in Algeria but moved here from Paris when she was 24 or 25, met my father and stayed. My grandparents died already and I never met them, so I have no contact with my mom's side, but she has six brothers and sisters that I met when I was a child," she explains.
"I never learned Berber or French, though I will someday, but my mother always listened to Arabic music and Gypsy Kings when I grew up and that makes a big impression."

Growing up mixed-race in Japan is still a rarity, and many feel excluded (http://japanesecultureandlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/03/haafu-and-japanese-culture.html) from Japanese society, as they are considered neither foreign, nor fully Japanese. In recent years attitudes in Tokyo at least have begun to change, thanks to a growing number of celebrities, especially singers, with mixed background. Artists like Crystal Kay (http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/crystal-kay-guerilla-live-comes-and-goes-flash-917649) (Korean and African-American), Thelma Aoyama (Trinidadian and Japanese) and Kaela Kimura (British and Japanese) have started to change public opinion on what it means to be Japanese. Though some like Angela Aki (Italian-American and Japanese) have spoken of challenges (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20090227r1.html) growing up in such an ethnically homogenous nation.

http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/erika-sawajiri-548777

[Peterski]

What makes you think I care about that stuff? I only stated she looks fully japanese, that's it.

I thought that you have doubts whether her mother is really Berber.

[Antimage]

I thought that you have doubts whether her mother is really Berber.

I don't doubt it

[Selurong]

She looks Uzbek or Kazakh. She is beautiful by the way.

[Antimage]

I thought that you have doubts whether her mother is really Berber.

Can you answer my other post ?

http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?180211-classify-here-s-family-and-say-where-they-pass-as-a-group&p=3781802&viewfull=1#post3781802

[Hydromorphone]

Yes, she does overwhelmingly look ethnically Japanese, from a phenotype standpoint. Although she does still have some exotic features. It seems to be her nose looks a big atypical. In some angles, she strikes somewhat of a resemblance to Ai Shinozaki. I trawled around some Japanese language sites and it seems (amongst the fact that today, she has fallen out of favour and popularity) most agree she looks very good but something about her seems slightly off. But of course, I don't put much stock into the Japanese version of /pol/. It seems to me that most agree she looks mostly Japanese, with non east-asians thinking she looks fully Japanese. Her look is remarkable for being a half-Japanese half-other mix.

[black hole]

Yes.

Perhaps Erika Sawajiri was born to be an exception. Born to a Berber (indigenous north-African) mother and a wealthy Japanese father, her upbringing was anything but standard.



"My mum was born in Algeria but moved here from Paris when she was 24 or 25, met my father and stayed. My grandparents died already and I never met them, so I have no contact with my mom's side, but she has six brothers and sisters that I met when I was a child," she explains.
"I never learned Berber or French, though I will someday, but my mother always listened to Arabic music and Gypsy Kings when I grew up and that makes a big impression."

Growing up mixed-race in Japan is still a rarity, and many feel excluded (http://japanesecultureandlanguage.blogspot.com/2009/03/haafu-and-japanese-culture.html) from Japanese society, as they are considered neither foreign, nor fully Japanese. In recent years attitudes in Tokyo at least have begun to change, thanks to a growing number of celebrities, especially singers, with mixed background. Artists like Crystal Kay (http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/crystal-kay-guerilla-live-comes-and-goes-flash-917649) (Korean and African-American), Thelma Aoyama (Trinidadian and Japanese) and Kaela Kimura (British and Japanese) have started to change public opinion on what it means to be Japanese. Though some like Angela Aki (Italian-American and Japanese) have spoken of challenges (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fm20090227r1.html) growing up in such an ethnically homogenous nation.

http://travel.cnn.com/tokyo/life/erika-sawajiri-548777




then in this case the Japanese genes are strong ;)

[Tobi]

Looks fully japanese. She is cute.

[Ryujin]

I don't sense any non-Japanese influence she looks cute

[i'llseeyouinhell]

mix? she looks fully japanese