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Guy Aoki was born and raised in Hilo, Hawaii, and graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles. A pop music critic, he worked as a Los Angeles Times reporter, was a researcher and mixing producer for Casey Kasem’s “American Top 40,” and for 17 years wrote syndicated pop music radio shows for Dick Clark including “The U.S. Music Survey.” Between 1992 and 2017, the Yonsei co-wrote the Rafu Shimpo's “Into the Next Stage,” the longest-running column focusing on Asian Americans and the media. In 1992, he co-founded Media Action Network for Asian American (MANAA), the first Asian American watchdog organization.
Updated February 2024