Asian men rarely get with non-Asian women in the media (fictional or otherwise), so when they do it’s pretty cool. Check out 10 of the hottest Asian male, X female couples, where X is a non-Asian woman.
If there’s one thing in this world that will help change Hollywood’s perpetual (and unfair!) casting of Asian men as walking and talking stereotypes, it’s seeing real-life examples of hunky Asian men blowing those stereotypes out of the water. Pick up the nearest People Magazine or Us Weekly, and the pages are plastered with white couple after white couple after white couple and the occasional Kardashian followed by more white couples.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a beautiful couple as much as the next girl, but if there’s one thing I love to see more than anything else, it’s an Asian man with a non-Asian woman, smashing stereotypes that Asian men can’t successfully date white women.
So where are all the hot Asian guys on the arms of those gorgeous women of many races? Right here!
10) Seung Yong Chung and Diane Farr
You might not recognize Seung Yong Chung, but you will want to know him if you ever want to break into showbusiness. This entertainment marketing executive married Diane Farr (of Numb3rs and Rescue Me fame) in 2006. The couple and their three children are the subject of her memoir on interracial relationships, Kissing Outside the Lines.
9) Han and Gisele (Fast & Furious 5/6)
Responsible for the steamiest AMXF scene since The Lover, Han (Sung Kang) and Gisele (Gal Gadot) are the definition of being made for each other. In Fast Five Han falls in love with the stunning Gisele after witnessing her incredible driving skills, and the two embark on a fast-paced journey to help take down a rogue former British soldier in exchange for political amnesty.
8) Daniel Wu and Lisa Selesner
One of the leading names in the Cantonese film industry, Daniel Wu (One Night in Mongkok, New Police Story), married the stunning Lisa Selesner (a Channel V VJ and Hong Kong based model) in South Africa in 2010. The couple have one daughter.
7) Harold and Maria (Harold and Kumar trilogy)
Every Asian man who has struggled to come to terms with being his true self in a world that expects him to be nothing more than a number-crunching, rice-eating machine knows what it’s like to have his heart set on a girl who doesn’t know he exists. The Harold and Kumar trilogy follows Harold (John Cho) as he throws off the yoke of stereotypes and chases the stunning Maria (Paula Garcés) through the streets of Amsterdam. Does it get any more badass than dating Machete’s daughter?
6) Han and Trish (Romeo Must Die)
A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo Must Die pits Asian and black gangs against one another in an all-out brawl for supremacy. But in the middle of it all, escaped convict and mafia prince Han (Jet Li) manages to win the heart of his worst enemy’s daughter (Aaliyah), bringing the bloody war to the ultimate conclusion.
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5) Will Yun Lee and Jennifer Birmingham
Two of the most beautiful people alive (literally—Will Yun Lee was voted both one of the 50 Most Beautiful People and 15 Sexiest Men Alive), Will Yun Lee and Jennifer Birmingham recently celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary. Both are actors, with Will Yun Lee being known for his roles in True Blood and Hawaii Five-0.
4) Grant Imahara and Jennifer Newman
This couple is the granddaddy of them all. Grant Imahara is THE nerdiest nerd of all time, AND he still got the girl. One of the official operators and restoration engineers of the aging R2-D2 robot (be jealous), Grant is best known for his work as the engineer on Mythbusters. But wait, it gets even better—his stunningly beautiful girlfriend Jennifer Newman is herself a robot enthusiast. Sorry boys, she’s already taken.
3) Glenn and Maggie (The Walking Dead)
Any list of AMXF couples is woefully incomplete if it leaves out Glenn and Maggie (Steven Yeun and Lauren Cohan). In an era of television where it’s still acceptable to portray Asian men in a negative light, Glenn smashes every stereotype to oblivion by proving himself to be a leader, a cold and calculating zombie-killing machine, all with the hottest brunette on television on his arm.
2) Bruce and Linda Lee
Bruce and Linda are THE interracial couple. AMWF in an era when interracial marriage was still illegal in some states, this beautiful couple met at the University of Washington and went on to have two children, Brandon and Shannon, before his untimely death in 1973. Bruce Lee is often credited with helping to change the way Asian men were cast in films, and his marriage to an American woman helped prove to an entire generation of Asian-American boys that anything is possible.
1) Eugene Jang and Ilia Calderon
This stunning couple is THE most beautiful couple I have ever seen in my entire life (take THAT Brangelina!). Here we see another couple where a lucky Asian man has captured the heart of a lovely celebrity lady; Eugene is a physical therapist, an Average Joe like you and me. His stunningly beautiful Colombian wife (and mother to their equally beautiful daughter Anna) is Ilia Calderon, a news anchor for the American Spanish-language network Univision.
Did we miss anyone on the list? Please let us know in the comments section.
Written by Cindy Young