Birth Name:
Michael Kenji Shinoda
Birth Place:
Agoura Hills, California, USA
What Ethnicity:
Japanese, Russian
The American Musician is famous for being a member of the rock/hiphop group, Linkin Park. He was born to a third generation Japanese American father who was interned during World War II because of his Japanese heritage. According to several websites his mother is of Russian descent and a distant relative of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
He has released a song with his group Fort Minor called ‘Kenji’ about his grandfather who was interned during the war because of his Japanese heritage.
Shinoda doesn’t speak Japanese fluently but he has read speeches in Japanese in front of Japanese crowds. One speech is posted on Youtube at the link below.
Source:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=EuLjehNPeSo
http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/mike_shinoda/index.shtml
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You people r fucking tards so stupid it literally made me sick this is the reason some countries throughout history opted for euthanasia
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and ur reason u think this way is?
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i didn’t kno he had asian in him…cool
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netglimse.com is not a reliable source anyone can edit that page.
Actually his father is Japanese and his mother Russian-American.
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His mother is of russian descent and maybe hungarian descent.
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thanks for that. Other sites do confirm that information.
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whats the Caucasian?
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