Discover Nikkei

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Oda,Margaret

Being a tomboy

(1925 - 2018) Nisei educator from Hawai‘i

Yamada,Mitsuye

Expressing herself through poetry

(b. 1923) Japanese American poet, activist

Uchimura,Sawako Ashizawa

Unique Identity from Having Multiple Backgrounds

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

Moromisato, Doris

Does a Nikkei culture exist? (Spanish)

(b. 1962) Peruvian Poet, Okinawan descendant

Kansuma,Fujima

Dancing in Japan as an American, in the US as Japanese

(1918-2023) Nisei Japanese kabuki dancer

Bashi,Kishi

His Shin-Issei parents

(b. 1975) Musician, composer, and songwriter

Takamoto,Iwao

Developing Art Skills in Camp

Japanese American animator for Walt Disney and Hanna Barbera (1925-2007)

Futatsugui,Hideto

Deciding to migrate to Brazil upon the influence of my Senpai (Japanese)

(b.1911) Issei educator 

Kochiyama,Yuri

Visit to assembly centers by E. Stanley Jones

(1922–2014) Political and civil rights activist.

Tashima,A. Wallace

Camp as a Young Boy

(b. 1934) The First Japanese American Appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals. 

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