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