Jero.

I woke up this morning to a black young American male on a Japanese morning show. This definitely intrigued me. I started googling "black male Japanese", random, and I found him. His name is Jerome "Jero" White Jr. Interesting story, he is an American who came to Japan in 2003 after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh. He entered into a singing competition and hasn't looked back since. He is the 1st black enka singer and his single "Umiyuki" reached No. 4 on the Japanese charts.