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Peggie Nishimura Bain

(b.1909) Nisei from Washington. Incarcerated at Tule Lake and Minidoka ...

Henry Shimizu

(b. 1928) Doctor. Former Chair of the Japanese Canadian Redress ...

Sumiko Kozawa

(1916-2016) Florist

Ron Kusumi

Independent film producer, friend of automotive designer Larry Shinoda

Venancio Shinki

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

Sosei Matsumoto

(1916-2019) Master of chado.

George Takei

(b. 1937) Actor, Activist

Toshiaki Toyoshima

(b. 1949) Sushi chef. Owner of Sushi Gen restaurant in ...

Wayne Shigeto Yokoyama

(b.1948) Nikkei from Southern California living in Japan.

Roger Shimomura

(b. 1939) Japanese American painter, printmaker & professor

Ryoko Hokama

(b. 1917) Okinawan, Issei Argentinean

Terumi Hisamatsu Calloway

(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

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