Entertainer
Status of residence · Japan
- Residents, December 2025
- 2,853
- Share of all foreign residents
- 0.1%
- Change on a year earlier
- +8.3%
- Nationalities
- 98
Residents2,853Dec 2025
Year by year
Data as at Dec 2025
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Residents by year
Foreign residents holding the Entertainer status of residence at the end of each December. Theatrical performances, music, sports and other entertainment activities.
Foreign residents
Data table
| 2012 | 1,646 |
| 2013 | 1,662 |
| 2014 | 1,967 |
| 2015 | 1,869 |
| 2016 | 2,187 |
| 2017 | 2,094 |
| 2018 | 2,389 |
| 2019 | 2,508 |
| 2022 | 2,214 |
| 2023 | 2,505 |
| 2024 | 2,635 |
| 2025 | 2,853 |
- December 2025
- 2,853
- December 2012
- 1,646
- Work-related status
- Yes
By nationality
Top 20 nationalities, end of December 2025. Hong Kong is shown separately but, as in the source table, is also counted within China.
| Nationality | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 359 | 391 | 376 | 431 |
| Philippines | 436 | 535 | 533 | 356 |
| South Korea | 162 | 166 | 187 | 347 |
| New Zealand | 72 | 109 | 157 | 178 |
| Brazil | 181 | 159 | 167 | 160 |
| Australia | 103 | 128 | 136 | 159 |
| United Kingdom | 65 | 81 | 96 | 110 |
| China | 75 | 104 | 109 | 108 |
| South Africa | 50 | 51 | 50 | 67 |
| Colombia | 43 | 62 | 57 | 63 |
| Taiwan | 34 | 41 | 44 | 48 |
| Thailand | 54 | 69 | 40 | 46 |
| France | 29 | 20 | 29 | 46 |
| Tonga | 20 | 29 | 36 | 44 |
| Spain | 44 | 50 | 36 | 37 |
| Canada | 20 | 34 | 27 | 37 |
| Ukraine | 46 | 36 | 38 | 36 |
| Cuba | 18 | 15 | 25 | 34 |
| Germany | 21 | 15 | 13 | 33 |
| Russia | 36 | 39 | 32 | 28 |
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