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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn

A Greek born man in 1850 that moved to Japan and sold books about how awesome Japan's culture is >_>

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafcadio_Hearn#Later_life_in_Japan
While in Japan, he encountered the art of ju-jutsu which made a deep impression upon him: "Hearn, who encountered judo in Japan at the end of the nineteenth century, contemplated its concepts with the awed tones of an explorer staring about him in an extraordinary and undiscovered land. "What Western brain could have elaborated this strange teaching, never to oppose force by force, but only direct and utilize the power of attack; to overthrow the enemy solely through his own strength, to vanquish him solely by his own efforts? Surely none! The Western mind appears to work in straight lines; the Oriental, in wonderful curves and circles."[19]

In the late 19th century, Japan was still largely unknown and exotic to Westerners. However, with the introduction of Japanese aesthetics, particularly at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1900, Japanese styles became fashionable in Western countries. Consequently, Hearn became known to the world by his writings concerning Japan. In later years, some critics would accuse Hearn of exoticizing Japan, but because he offered the West some of its first descriptions of pre-industrial and Meiji Era Japan, his work is generally regarded as having historical value

Interesting.
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The earliest I know of personally is the legendary Yusuke from 1556 AD:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

Best known as the surprisingly historically existent inspiration for Afro Samurai and and loyal samurai of one Oda Nobunaga. If befriending the borderline literal Demon Lord of feudal Japan doesnt get you weeb cred, literally nothing will. ^_~

In terms of contributions to anime and video games though, then the alpha and omega weeb prime would undoubtedly be Robert Woodhead:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Woodhead

If his biography starts to read like the history of subbed anime and birth of the computer RPG, theres a a reason for that. It is actually entirely possible that JRPGs and accessible anime as we know it today wouldnt have existed without him laying the foundation, hence why I respectfully like to refer to him as Weeb Prime.

Hmmm, the above article above has a lot less about him than I recall... Seems I still wasnt able find a detailed history, but this account of how some of the very first subbed anime came to be under AnimeEigo with Robert Woodhead and Roe Adams might shed some light on what I mean. ^_~

Francis Xavier (Saint Xavier) maybe. He was the first Christian missionary to Japan in 1549 and adopted alot of their culture to help spread Catholicism and Christianity. There were European merchants before him though so there most likely a weeb in that mix.

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I wonder if he liked other men.

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