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East Asia

246 ethnic groups

Browse the 246 ethnic groups native to East Asia. Each profile documents facial features, skin tone, hair texture and body type. Explore the people below — or read the full East Asia phenotype and anatomy reference further down.

8 countries in East Asia

Aggregate phenotype profile per country · weighted by demographic composition

East Asia — Body & Anatomy Reference

East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype — adult AI generation reference across East Asia

East Asia Women — Boobs & Breasts

East Asia women's tits and boobs run small-to-medium cup, modest projection — the classic East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid bust profile across East Asia. Nipples and areolas show light-pink to medium-brown areolar pigmentation against the light-to-medium skin tone, with areolar diameter typically in the 26-36mm range and forward-set positioning rather than the the fuller South Asian or Levantine bust profile. East Asia breasts trend firm and modestly projecting; smaller cup size than the South Asian or Western Asian average, a function of the ectomorph-to-mesomorph, lean frame body habitus and mean adult female BMI 20-23. For anatomically-accurate AI-generated East Asia nude women the render preserves: small-to-medium cup, modest projection shape, 26-36mm areolas with regional pigmentation, and the torso proportions of the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype.

East Asia Women — Ass & Hips

East Asia women's ass and hip morphology presents as small-to-medium, modest projection, narrower hip profile — distinctly different from the fuller projected glutes of the West African or Polynesian phenotype. East Asia pelvic profile shows narrower iliac crests, less gluteal-femoral fat deposition, anchored in the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid skeletal pattern. East Asia butt shots in adult AI imagery should render the small-to-medium, modest projection, narrower hip profile silhouette with the ectomorph-to-mesomorph, lean frame build and the gluteal-femoral fat distribution typical of the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype rather than defaulting to a globally-averaged shape that generic AI generators produce.

East Asia Women — Vagina & Pussy

East Asia women's pussy and vulvar anatomy presents light-pink to medium-brown labial pigmentation, smaller labia minora — consistent with the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype's pigmentation pattern. East Asia pubic hair is typically straight fine texture, sparser distribution than the South Asian norm, distributed in the inverted-triangle pattern with regional-typical density. AI-generated East Asia nude imagery should preserve the light-pink to medium-brown labial pigmentation and the straight fine texture hair texture rather than defaulting to a Western-European pink-and-sparse template. For anatomically-accurate East Asia pussy renders the labial pigmentation should match the surrounding light to medium skin tone of the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype.

East Asia Men — Dicks & Penis

East Asia men's dick and penile anatomy in adult AI generation should anchor on the regional reference data: regional mean ~11-12cm erect, moderate girth, and light-brown shaft pigmentation. East Asia cock profile reflects the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid ancestral population's anthropometric measurements rather than a globally-averaged Western-pornography default. For anatomically-accurate East Asia nude male imagery the shaft pigmentation should track the surrounding light to medium skin tone, with continuous glans-to-shaft pigmentation transition and the straight fine texture pubic-hair texture distributed in the typical inverted-V escutcheon.

East Asia — Body, Curves & Build

East Asia body type and overall build presents as ectomorph-to-mesomorph, lean frame, with mean adult female BMI 20-23 — the characteristic East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid habitus. East Asia curves and proportions in adult AI imagery should preserve the regional skeletal frame (height, shoulder-to-hip ratio, limb proportions) rather than scaling to a Western-European mesomorph default. The East Asia nude female form, when rendered with anatomical fidelity, shows the height range, frame width, and adipose distribution pattern typical of the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype. Generic AI image generators tend to collapse regional body types into a few default shapes; the EthnicErotic phenotype-anchored approach preserves the East Asia build as its own reference category.

East Asia — Skin Tone & Hair Texture

East Asia skin tone falls in the light to medium (Fitzpatrick II-IV) band — the surface signal most often miscalibrated by generic AI nude generators trained on Western-photographic datasets. East Asia hair texture is typically straight 1A, fine-to-medium, predominantly black, characteristic of the East Asian Sinitic / Mongoloid phenotype. For anatomically-accurate East Asia nude renders the skin should hold the Fitzpatrick band consistently across body surface rather than showing the lighter-than-face body shading that AI generators default to.

East Asia — The Historical Erotic Record

Named positions and museum-attested works from this region’s manuals, art & literature

Dongxuanzi (Master of the Cavern Mystery)

Chinese (Tang dynasty) · c. 7th century CE

Su Nü Jing (Classic of the Plain Girl)

Chinese (Han dynasty tradition) · c. 2nd century BCE–2nd century CE; preserved in the Japanese Ishimpō (984 CE)

Shunga woodblock prints

Japanese (Edo period) · 17th–19th century CE

Shijūhatte (the Forty-Eight Techniques)

Japanese (Edo period) · 17th–19th century CE

Chinese spring-palace albums

Chinese (Ming–Qing) · 16th–18th century CE

In the museum record

Shunga — Edo-period ukiyo-e, 1603–1868

7 catalogued works

  • Hokusai, "Tako to Ama" ("The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife")British Museum, London
  • Utamaro, Utamakura ("Poem of the Pillow")British Museum & V&A (E.104-1954)
  • Torii Kiyonaga, Sode no Maki ("Handscroll for the Sleeve")MFA Boston & British Museum
  • Moronobu, "Two Lovers" & "Courtesan with a Young Man beside a Screen"Metropolitan Museum of Art (JP676)
  • Miyagawa Chōshun, Handscroll of Ten Nanshoku ScenesMetropolitan Museum of Art (2022.322)

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Ming–Qing Erotic Albums — "Spring Pictures," c. 1590–1900

7 catalogued works

  • Huaying Jinzhen ("Variegated Battle Arrays of the Flowery Camp")Muban Foundation, London
  • Fengliu Juechang Tu ("Pictures of the Height of Sophistication")Muban Foundation, London
  • Erotic leaves attrib. Gu Jianlong, from a Jin Ping Mei illustration albumNelson-Atkins Museum (2006.18.4)
  • "Secret Play on a Spring Night," fenben copy after Zhou FangBertholet Collection (context-supported)
  • "Album S," Qiu Ying decorative traditionVictoria and Albert Museum, London

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Full entries with verification notes on the history timeline.