Riyo Sato
Riyo Sato (1913-2009) was an artist, photographer, and an arts educator for over thirty years.
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Yoshiko Yamanouchi
Yoshiko Yamanouchi (1895–1973) was an early Buddhist community leader, businesswoman, and amateur painter.
Rose Matsui Ochi
While serving as a Reginald Heber Smith Fellow for the Western Center on Law and Poverty she won the landmark educational law reform case, Serrano v. Priest, serving as the co-counsel of record.
Ruby Yoshino
A celebrated opera soprano, Ruby Yoshino was among the first Nisei to achieve national stardom as a singer, and later served as president of the New York City Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) chapter.
Sae Tachikawa
Picture bride who was a noted educator and promoter of Japanese culture in Hawai’i.
Sanae Kawaguchi
Versatile Nisei performer and literary artist who made her mark in mainstream circles in New York during the postwar era.
Dr Ishiko Shibuya Mori
An early Issei female physician, Ishiko Shibuya Mori (1899–1972) was one of eight women from Hawai’i sent into internment on the mainland during WWII.
Wendy Yoshimura
Artist and fugitive who was arrested with heiress Patricia Hearst in a notorious 1970s case.
Sei Soga
Issei activist in Hawai’i who promoted Japanese cultural traditions and connections between Hawai’i and Japan.
Yoshiko Uchida
Yoshiko Uchida (1921–92) was an award-winning writer of children’s books, all of which are based on aspects of Japanese and Japanese American history and culture.