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(b.1974) Japanese Colombian who currently resides in the United States

Yamada,Mitsuye

(b. 1923) Japanese American poet, activist

Shinki,Venancio

(b. 1932-2016) Peruvian painter

Kodama,Ryoichi

Kasato-maru immigrants

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Life in camp as teenager

(1926 - 2012) Scholar and professor of anthropology. Leader in the establishment of ethnic studies as an academic discipline

Family separated in the camps

(1924-2018) Researcher, Activist

Identifies as Japanese, but home is San Francisco

Shishimai (Lion dance) and Taiko player with San Francisco Taiko Dojo.

Oizumi, the Brazilian town in Japan (Portuguese)

(b. 1962) Japanese Brazilian owner of a Brazilian products store in Japan.

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Community Activist

His mentor, Iwao Takamoto

(b. 1934) Award-winning Disney animation artist who was incarcerated at Topaz during WWII

Drafted for Vietnam War

(b.1943) Shin-issei grand master of taiko; founded San Francisco Taiko Dojo in 1968.

To be “100 % Japanese”

(b.1944) Founder of Kobayashi Group, LLC

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Community activist

Carrying on the Legacy in the Colony of Paraguay (Japanese)

(b. 1943) Paraguayan Ambassador to Japan

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