BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk differs across Asian subgroups, possibly due to differences in hypertension burden. We characterized lifetime blood pressure (BP) trajectories for East and South Asian individuals and compared their associations with CVD risk. METHODS: Among 148 872 UK Biobank participants with primary care utilization data, life course BP trajectories were fitted as a function of age by sex according to self-identified ethnicity. We determined associations of time-averaged young adulthood (18-39 years), middle age (40-64 years), and later life (≥65 years) systolic BP (SBP) and diastolic BP with incident atherosclerotic CVD risk. RESULTS: The predicted SBP/diastolic BP (95% CI) at age 30 years was 108 (103-114)/68 (65-71) mm Hg for East Asian and 114 (110-118)/72 (71-73) mm Hg for South Asian individuals. By age 40, South Asian individuals were projected to reach an SBP of 130.0 mm Hg, whereas East Asian individuals reached the equivalent SBP by age 49 years. Among South Asian individuals, each SD increase in young adulthood SBP was associated with a higher atherosclerotic CVD risk with an odds ratio (95% CI) of 1.41 (1.12-1.75), but not among East Asians ( CONCLUSIONS: East and South Asian individuals exhibit distinct BP trajectories that age-differentially associate with incident CVD. Disaggregating Asian subgroups may inform tailored hypertension screening and management.