Interviewees | Discover Nikkei

Archie Miyatake

(1924–2016) Photographer and businessman.

Robert (Bob) Kiyoshi Okasaki

(b.1942) Japanese American ceramist, who has lived in Japan for ...

Young O. Kim

(1919 - 2006) World War II and Korean War veteran

Sakaye Shigekawa

(b. 1913) Doctor specializing in obstetrics in Southern California

Ann K. Nakamura

Sansei from Hawaii living in Japan. Teacher and businesswoman.

Masao Kinoshita

A central figure for the “Makegumi” (defeatists)

Doris Moromisato

(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant

Acey Kohrogi

Former Director of Asian Operations for Los Angeles Dodgers

Richard Kosaki

(b. 1924) Political scientist, educator, and administrator from Hawai`i

Masaki Tamashiro

Okinawan. Vice Principal of Japanese language school in Buenos Aires

Jero (Jerome Charles White Jr.)

(b. 1981) Enka Singer

Sawako Ashizawa Uchimura

(b. 1938) Philipines-born hikiagesha who later migrated to the United States.

Popular Tags

identity World War II discrimination family incarceration internment community migration racism camps education music Japan taiko redress hawaii peru politics immigration military nikkei FindingHome hapa culture language army 442nd business Brazil law multi racial civil rights food United States issei arts Canada Asian American movement nikkei in japan argentina medicine veteran doctors GIDRA Japanese baseball manzanar Shin-Issei 100th CWRIC Los Angeles california dance draft resisters Larry Shinoda Pearl Harbor citizenship FBI kibei Oizumi Post-World War II Yoshitaro Amano farming MIS nisei automobile coram nobis Dodgers gardeners Hideo Nomo

This guide will give you the fundamental knowledge you will need to conduct your own oral history interview.

Nikkei Roots: Digging into Our Cultural Heritage

Read the Nikkei Roots stories >>

Get updates

Journal feed
Events feed
Comments feed

Support this project

Discover Nikkei is a place to connect with others and share the Nikkei experience. To continue to sustain and grow this project, we need your help!

Ways to help >>

A project of the

Major support by