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Kenny Endo
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Kenny Endo

Collaborating with non-taiko groups

(b.1952) Master drummer, artistic director of the Taiko Center of the Pacific

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Robert T. Fujioka
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Robert T. Fujioka

Grandfather picked up by US Army

(b. 1952) Former banking executive, born in Hawaii

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Terumi Hisamatsu Calloway
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Terumi Hisamatsu Calloway

Disrespectful Child (Japanese)

(b. 1937) A war bride from Yokohama

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Masato Ninomiya
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Masato Ninomiya

My father forced me to speak Japanese at home

Professor of Law, University of Sao Paulo, Lawyer, Translator (b. 1948)

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Sabrina Shizue McKenna
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Sabrina Shizue McKenna

Impact of Coming Out on Her Family

(b. 1957) Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

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Roy H. Matsumoto
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Roy H. Matsumoto

Treatment of Kibei after return to United States

(b.1913) Kibei from California who served in the MIS with Merrill’s Marauders during WWII.

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Wally Kaname Yonamine
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Wally Kaname Yonamine

His parents' experience with Japanese resistance toward intermarriage with Okinawans

(b.1925) Nisei of Okinawan descent. Had a 38-year career in Japan as a baseball player, coach, scout, and manager.

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George Yoshida
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George Yoshida

Introduction to Jazz

(b. 1922) Musician

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Masaki Tamashiro
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Masaki Tamashiro

Thinking about his parents in Japan (Japanese)

Okinawan. Vice Principal of Japanese language school in Buenos Aires

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Harry Schneider
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Harry Schneider

Writing Letters

(1916 - 2013) Member of the U.S. Military Intelligence Service

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