The first Japanese-Argentine Nisei (second generation), Seicho Arakaki, was born in 1911.
Los Parraleños, a band from Buenos Aires, is composed almost entirely of Japanese-Argentines [1]. The group mixes local music styles, primarily “cumbia”, with influences of rock and heavy metal and a good measure of sense of humor (some of their themes lampooning Japanese stereotypes). During the beginnings of their career, they used to play at parties held by the Japanese community, but today their performance is directed to mainstream Argentine public. During the 1990s, los Tintoreros (”the Dry Cleaners”), among whom only the drummer was not a Japanese descendant, enjoyed a certain success, chosen as a revelation group by the press in 1997