EXHIBIT 21.1

HOPE BANCORP, INC.

LIST OF WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES

1. Bank of Hope, a California state chartered commercial bank

2. Nara Capital Trust III

3. Nara Statutory Trust IV

4. Nara Statutory Trust V

5. Nara Statutory Trust VI

6. Center Capital Trust I

7. Wilshire Statutory Trust II

8. Wilshire Statutory Trust III

9. Wilshire Statutory Trust IV

10. Saehan Capital Trust I

11. Hope Scholarship Foundation