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Mixed/Japanese
3/4ths Japanese 1/4th Swedish student has been singled out because of his eye color, is a loner who wants to see ghosts and ghost photography, and Japanese student wants to take pictures his eyes
Korean/Japanese
Japanese man who is a nail artist has an instagram crush on a Korean man, who one day responds to one of his stories complimenting his work
Korean/Japanese
Down on his luck Japanese idol and a popular Korean idol who quit his group after his military conscription, join together to debut as a duo in Japan
AsianAm/Korean American/Latino
Takes place in NYC
Asian (Korean) American OCD workaholic lawyer has a one night stand with Latino man who becomes the new cleaner at his workplace after the fact
(Specifics unknown for countries, I’m guessing from the last names, this story wasn’t my thing so I didnt get too deep into it unfortunately, feel free to let me know if you do)
This story is a mystery and has fantastical elements, however it is set in a real historical context and real life cultures/nationalities. Reading on lezh!n for free, chapters are messed up here
Korean/Japanese
Set in Historical(potentially period accurate racism, as it is set during a time of colonization/war) Korea, a young Korean boy is paid to read to a Japanese boy who lives in the mysterious Tachibana manor
Chinese/Japanese
Slice of life, genuinely very funny
Chinese aspiring college student studying in Japan becomes housemates with the Japanese young man who got him fired. He quickly develops a crush on his new housemate’s “sister” who works at a maid cafe
There also seems to be a gnc/trans side character as well!
Jan 2026 note: I want to focus on this list more this year, but this is still a super niche topic for yaoi/bl thank you for following!
Japanese/Korean
On the fence about this one, but something new for now
Japanese dj takes home a Korean man who he soon learns is a kpop idol
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For anyone wondering about including white/european heritages, I decided to have some leeway because I kept getting recommended stories with fully white characters as a main character or love interest or both (which I will not accept any of those whatsoever). Mixed japanese people are still poc but I did add that the partially white heritage has to actually be a relevant part of the story. I do plan in the future to number/move the list where the white heritages are so that people who don’t want to read those are fine to avoid them. Unfortunately what I’m looking for seems to be very niche, open to any recommendations to lengthen and improve my list