May J.

Birth Name: May Jamileh Hashimoto

Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Date of Birth: June 20, 1988

Ethnicity:
*father – Japanese
*mother – Persian Iranian

May J. (橋本芽生) is a Japanese pop and R&B singer.

The “J.” in her name is for her middle name Jamileh, Persian for “beautiful.” May evidently did not know that her mother was Iranian until her teenage years, believing her to be American. She is married to actor Shogen (born Shogen Itokazu), with whom she has one child. She speaks Persian, Japanese, English, and Spanish.