# Chris Iijima

> Chris Kwando Iijima (1948-2005) was an American folksinger, educator and legal scholar. Iijima, Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto and Charlie Chin were the members of the group Yellow Pearl; their 1973 album, A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America, was an important part of the development of Asian American identity in the early 1970s.

*American musician-activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/chris-iijima

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1948-12-19
- **Died:** 2005-12-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Chris Kwando Iijima (1948-2005) was an American folksinger, educator and legal scholar. Iijima, Nobuko JoAnne Miyamoto and Charlie Chin were the members of the group Yellow Pearl; their 1973 album, A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America, was an important part of the development of Asian American identity in the early 1970s.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.2
- **Momentum:** 1.4

## Sources
- [Chris Iijima](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Iijima)
- [Chris Iijima](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Iijima)
- [كريس إيجيما](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e8693eea-4bde-4960-809d-9fbca7c084ca)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106965)

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