French people in Japan

In December 2025, there were 17,088 registered French citizens in Japan.

Overview The French community in Japan has been steadily increasing, rising by more than 35% in the last decade.Japan in French / Guide du Japon en Français French expatriates who are working in Japan with leading foreign companies came from many different industries such as chemicals and crystal-ware. As far as inbound tourism from France is concerned, France ranked at 15th place in 2018, with 304,900 French tourists visiting Japan.

There are four bilingual schools, 60 cultural associations, and over 700 companies in Japan.

From 17,088 French people in Japan about 8,415 of them live in Tokyo alone, which makes it the largest European population in Tokyo. Many of them work in a French restaurant or at pastry. The numbers of pastries led by French pastry chef in Japan has increased since the past 10 years.

Notable Japanese people of French descent

, musician Hisaki Kato, kickboxer and MMA fighter Minami Hinase, model and actress , actor Hikari Mitsushima, actress Michel Miyazawa, footballer Maria Ozawa, AV (adult video) performer and model Marc Panther, rapper Rinka, actress and tarento Erika Sawajiri, actress, model and musician Erika Sema, tennis player Yurika Sema, tennis player Christel Takigawa, TV announcer and TV News presenter

Fictional people Arsène Lupin III, main protagonist of Lupin III manga Charlotte Dunois from Infinite Stratos Jean Pierre Polnareff from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Frederica Miyamoto from Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls

See also

France–Japan relations Japanese people in France Gaijin

References