But I'd just like to quickly point out that Cyndi Wang is actually "half" in the sense that she's half Hakka.
Well my brother's best friend is a Hakka Taiwanese who used to debate (back in school days) with me about the merit of Japanese colonization of Taiwan. He thought Imperial Japan was loads better than KMT and don't even mention the Communists to him (well I had no love for the CCP either, but it's hard to accept being oppressed by foreigners is less worse). Now... he's built his tech career entirely in Shanghai and married a mainlander (Hakka or not I don't know), he still hates the KMT but seems he's learned to live in a communist country.
Sorry that's a distraction... There's a point somewhere... and not entirely OT even...
You know I am not a fanboy, so whether Cyndi Wang is Hakka, half Hakka or not is
only meaningful if Hakka shows up in her
products, i.e. music and acting. Going by her wiki page, answer is no. It's like my father's culture is "rice first, soup last" my mother's culture is "soup first, rice last" and so my habit became "whatever comes to my face first, get eaten first". WHO CARES? It's her private family language/religion/habits, if it's not in her songs it's just fanboy gossips.
So take Maria Ozawa, the quintessential
hafu JAV idol. The "
hafu-ness" is in her products. Firstly her face and body (for back then) was very exotic. Her look alone can well pass for a foreigner without her agency or promoter hanging a sign around her neck. Then when she spoke she demonstrated her bilingualism in a few of her AVs and other professional appearances (IIRC she played an English tutor in a DVD). And her backstory, real or embellished or fake or whatever, was more than minimally-detailed, that counts for something. Also I argue strongly that there's something even more subtle and powerful of a
hafu persona in her AV's. Her AVs seems more edgy and daring and almost hellish than typical of that time. I watched her, I jerked off to her and I felt sad for her. A
hafu, from a half-broken family, making porn but not just that. She didn't settle for a financially comfortable career, she went for a darker path by choice.
Of course I am not saying every "half" media celebrity need to be a tragic character. But many supposed "mixed blooded AV actress" being pasted in this thread (eg. Monika Hasegawa) has no "hafu-ness" other than a few word labels hyped on DVD covers. Even if it's true I don't GIVE A CARE unless it's in her products, say she speaks a mother tongue other than Japanese in a scene. I could be wrong... I didn't research most of the "mixed actress" in this thread, but the discussion gave me no impression that any of them are "real".
PS: maybe I'm a bit extreme, don't be shy to call me out. I don't think Obama is Black or even Half Black, there, bring it on.