
East Asia
298 ethnic groups
Browse the 298 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.
Achang
Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in western Yunnan, China (Lianghe, Longchuan and Yingjiang counties, and Mangshi), with a related population across the border in Myanmar's Kachin and Shan states
Aeta
Mountains of central and northern Luzon, Philippines: Zambales, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bataan, and the Sierra Madre
Blang
Mountain villages of southern Yunnan, China, chiefly Xishuangbanna, Pu'er and Lincang prefectures, with related communities across the border in northeastern Myanmar
Bunun
The Central Mountain Range and eastern foothills of Taiwan, chiefly Nantou, Hualien, Kaohsiung and Taitung counties.
Derung
The Dulong River valley in Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, northwest Yunnan, China, with related communities across the border in Kachin State, Myanmar.
Donghu
The steppe and river country of southeastern Inner Mongolia, western Liaoning and eastern Mongolia, centered on the Xilamulun and Laoha basins east of the Greater Khingan range, in present-day China and Mongolia.
Hlai
Central and southern Hainan Island, China, in the mountains around Wuzhishan and the counties of the former Hainan Li and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
Jino
Jinuo Mountain and the surrounding townships east of Jinghong, in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, southern Yunnan, China.
Jurchens
Manchuria: present-day northeast China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning) and the Amur and Ussuri basins of the Russian Far East, with a fringe along the northern Korean border
Khitan
Shira Muren and Laoha river basins of present-day Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, China, ranging into eastern Mongolia and the Russian Far East
Lahu
Highlands of southwestern Yunnan, China, and Myanmar's Shan State, extending into northern Thailand, northwestern Laos and a small area of northern Vietnam
Maonan
Huanjiang and neighboring counties in northern Guangxi, China, with a related population in southern Guizhou.
Moken
Mergui Archipelago of southern Myanmar and the Andaman coast and islands of southwestern Thailand, notably the Surin Islands
Mosuo
The Lugu Lake basin and Yongning plain, on the Yunnan and Sichuan border in southwest China.
Naimans
Western Mongolia between the Altai and Khangai ranges, reaching the upper Irtysh (present-day Mongolia, with margins in Kazakhstan, Russia and China)
Nakhi
Lijiang basin and the surrounding Hengduan Mountains of northwestern Yunnan, with communities in southwestern Sichuan, China
Nu
The Nu River (Salween) gorge in Nujiang Prefecture, northwestern Yunnan, China, chiefly Gongshan, Fugong and Lanping counties, with small communities in southeastern Tibet.
Oirats
Altai region: western Mongolia, Xinjiang (China) and southern Siberia (Russia); the Kalmyk branch lives on the lower Volga in Kalmykia, Russia
Oroqen
The Greater and Lesser Khingan ranges of northeastern China, in the Oroqen Autonomous Banner of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, and the forest counties of northern Heilongjiang, with a small related population across the Amur in Russia.
Padaung
Kayah State and southern Shan State, eastern Myanmar; refugee settlements in Mae Hong Son province, northern Thailand
Paiwan
Southern Taiwan: the lower Central Mountain Range and the coasts on both sides, mainly Pingtung County and southern Taitung County.
Pumi
Northwest Yunnan, chiefly Lanping, Ninglang, Lijiang, Yongsheng and Weixi counties, with related Prinmi communities in Muli and Yanyuan in southwest Sichuan, China.
Sakizaya
The Qilai Plain around Hualien City, with villages along the coast and in the East Rift Valley, Hualien County, eastern Taiwan
Semang
Hill and lowland rainforest of northern Peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Kedah, Kelantan, Pahang, Terengganu) and the Banthad range of southern Thailand
Tanguts
Northwest China: Ningxia, Gansu, eastern Qinghai, northern Shaanxi and western Inner Mongolia, with earlier origins on the eastern Tibetan plateau in Qinghai and Sichuan
Torghut
Bayingolin and Hoboksar in Xinjiang, China; Khovd Province in western Mongolia; and Kalmykia in southern Russia
Tsou
The Alishan range and the upper Zengwen river valleys of Chiayi County in south central Taiwan, with communities in Nantou and Kaohsiung.
Xianbei
Greater Khingan range and eastern Inner Mongolia, later the Mongolian Plateau and northern China (present-day China and Mongolia)
Xiongnu
Mongolian Plateau and adjoining steppe: Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and the Ordos in China, and Transbaikalia in southern Siberia, Russia
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
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)
- Cicada Clings— known today as Cicada Clings
- Tiger's Tread— known today as Doggy style
- Dragon Turns— known today as Dragon Turns
- Cranes Entwine Necks— known today as Entwined Cranes
- Fishes Interlock— known today as Fishes Interlock
- Monkey's Attack— known today as Legs on shoulders
- Cranes with Necks Entwined— known today as Lotus
- Mounting Tortoise— known today as Mating press
- Dragon Turns— known today as Missionary
- Monkey's Attack— known today as Monkey's Attack
- Phoenix Soars— known today as Phoenix Soars
- Clinging Cicada— known today as Prone bone
- Fish Linking Scales— known today as Prone cowgirl
- Rabbit Licks Its Fur— known today as Reverse cowgirl
- Tiger's Tread— known today as Tiger's Tread
- Turtle Rises— known today as Turtle Rises
- Phoenix Soaring— known today as Yawning position
Dongxuanzi (Master of the Cavern Mystery)
Chinese (Tang dynasty) · c. 7th century CE
- Fluttering Butterflies— known today as Cowgirl (woman on top)
- Wild Horse Leaps— known today as Legs on shoulders
- Silkworm Spinning a Cocoon— known today as Missionary, legs wrapped
- Mandarin Ducks Entwined— known today as Spooning
- Late-Spring Donkey— known today as Standing rear entry (bent over)
Shunga woodblock prints
Japanese (Edo period) · 17th–19th century CE
- Rear-entry prints— known today as Doggy style
- Mutual-oral prints— known today as Sixty-nine (69)
Shijūhatte (the Forty-Eight Techniques)
Japanese (Edo period) · 17th–19th century CE
- Ekiben (the station lunchbox)— known today as Ekiben (facing-away carry)
- Taimen-zai (face-to-face seat)— known today as Face-off (chair straddle)
- Matsuba-kuzushi (scattered pine needles)— known today as Pretzel (pretzel dip)
- Haimen-zai (rear-facing seat)— known today as Seated rear entry (lap ride)
Chinese spring-palace albums
Chinese (Ming–Qing) · 16th–18th century CE
- The chair scene— known today as Face-off (chair straddle)
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 Scenes — Metropolitan 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 album — Nelson-Atkins Museum (2006.18.4)
- "Secret Play on a Spring Night," fenben copy after Zhou Fang — Bertholet Collection (context-supported)
- "Album S," Qiu Ying decorative tradition — Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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