Tatiana Maebuchi

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Born in São Paulo, Tatiana Maebuchi is a third generation Japanese Brazilian on her mother’s side, and fourth generation on her father’s side. She is a journalist with a degree from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica in São Paulo, and has written for magazines, websites, and media marketing. She is also a travel blogger. As a member of the communications team of the Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture and Social Welfare (Bunkyo), Maebuchi helped contribute to the dissemination of Japanese culture.

Updated July 2015

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8 coisas que aprendi escrevendo sobre nikkeis

By Tatiana Maebuchi
14 Jun 2023

Minha história na comunidade nikkei começou em 2008, exatamente no ano de comemoração do Centenário da Imigração Japonesa no Brasil – o que considero tarde, já que eu estava para concluir a faculdade de Jornalismo. Nos dois anos seguintes, fiz uma transformadora imersão cultural que se tornou a base para as descobertas que estavam por vir. Passei um período distante da comunidade por conta do trabalho até que me tornei colaboradora do Descubra Nikkei. A partir de 2015, então, comecei a desvendar hist&o…

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Fatos e curiosidades sobre nomes nikkeis brasileiros

By Tatiana Maebuchi
10 May 2023

Seu nome é composto? Pode soletrar? Você só tem um sobrenome? Essas são algumas das perguntas que já ouvi em relação ao meu nome e que, ao longo dos anos, me deixaram intrigada. Eis que chega o momento em que venho fazer observações sobre os nomes nikkeis brasileiros, com suas características particulares que merecem ser explicadas. Aviso que este texto não tem o objetivo de fazer um estudo científico, senão de abordar o tópico de uma maneira curiosa e bem-humorada. Assim, espero que quem vier a …

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Telma Shiraishi Gives a Unique Flavor to Japanese Cuisine with Brazilian Ingredients

By Tatiana Maebuchi
7 Nov 2022

Born in the city of São Paulo and with roots in the Japanese prefectures of Wakayama (her paternal grandfather) and Iwate (her maternal grandfather), chef Telma Shiraishi, 52, attended preschool at a Japanese school and received her elementary education at a state school. At age 10, she moved with her parents and two younger sisters to the countryside. After experiencing several robberies, her father, a branch manager of the old State Bank—his branch was located in Largo da Batata, in the Pinheiros district, near the Cotia Cooperative and the Pinheiros Market—became tire…

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito is the Creator of a Network that Connects Young Nikkei from All Over Brazil

By Tatiana Maebuchi
30 Aug 2022

On the paternal side, his great-grandfather’s parents came from the Hokkaido Prefecture and his great-grandmother’s from Gunma. On his mother’s side, his great-grandfather’s parents were from Miyagi and his great-grandmother’s from Yamaguchi and Hiroshima. These are the family origins of the 25-year-old Yonsei Douglas Mitsuyuki Ito, who holds a degree in Information Technology Management. Family culture “I feel that up until my grandparents’ generation there was a very strong Japanese cultural presence, with the practice of Buddhism and old custom…

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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Graziela Tamanaha: Young Leadership and Inspiration in the Brazilian Nikkei Community—Part 2

By Tatiana Maebuchi
24 Feb 2022

Read Part 1 >>Bunka Matsuri—Bunkyo’s Japanese Culture Festival“The following year, I was invited to join the communications team at Bunka Matsuri to promote the movie Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. For me, it was a great challenge,” she acknowledges, “because until then I hadn’t been part of any commission that had such a major impact on the community.” The Bunka Matsuri has always had a traditional format; however, from 2018 onwards it started to change, bringing in more [elements from the realm of] pop culture. In the eyes of this young…

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