Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi

male, deceased (1988)
American furniture designer, Abstract expressionist artist, naturalized citizen of the United States, Columbia University alumni, JapaneseAmerican, artist…Japanese, American
was a prominent Japanese -American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known widely...
George Takei

George Takei

male, 72 years old (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Star Trek, Hikaru Sulu, Kaito Nakamura, heroes, helmsman, Hiro Nakamura…JapaneseAmerican, LGBT Asian American, JapaneseAmerican actor, American
George Hosato Takei (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor known for his role in the TV series "Star Trek", in which he played the helmsman...
Fred Korematsu

Fred Korematsu

male, deceased (2005)
World War II, United States Supreme Court, Secretary of War, West Coast of the United States, internment camps, Executive Order 9066…JapaneseAmerican internment, Imperial Japanese Navy, JapaneseAmerican
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu was one of the many Japanese-American citizens living on the West Coast during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial...
Daniel Inouye

Daniel Inouye

male, 85 years old
Democrat, University of Hawaii alumni, American military personnel of World War II, University of Hawaii, living in Honolulu HI, born in Honolulu HI…Japanese, Asian American in the United States Military, American, Asian American, JapaneseAmerican
Daniel Inouye is the eldest son of Japanese immigrants who worked on the Hawaiian sugar plantations where Daniel was born and raised. He lived in...
Mike Shinoda

Mike Shinoda

male, 32 years old
punk'd by Ashton Kutcher, Linkin Park member, artist, Michael Kenji Shinoda, Fort Minor, keyboardist…American, JapaneseAmerican, American Christian
Michael Kenji Shinoda (born February 11, 1977) is a American musician, record producer, and artist from Agoura Hills, California. He is best known...
Mike Honda

Mike Honda

male, 68 years old (San Jose, California, United States)
democratic party, congressman, San José State University alumni, Member of the California State Assembly, California's 15th congressional district, From San Jose, California…American, JapaneseAmerican, Asian American
Michael Makoto (Mike) Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic politician. He currently serves as Congressman for California's 15th...
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston

female, 75 years old
San Jose State University, writer, JapaneseAmerican, American, inglewood, Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is a Japanese American writer. She was born in Inglewood, California in 1934 and graduated from San Jose State University....
Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

female, 76 years old
Japanese, The Beatles, Performance artist, The Beatles' wife, Japanese musician, musician…American musician, JapaneseAmerican, Japanese-American, American
Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 "Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko)", born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She gained international fame becau...
Yoshiko Uchida

Yoshiko Uchida

female, deceased (1992)
writer, JapaneseAmerican, Non-fiction writer, Japanese-American, from Berkeley, California, American
Yoshiko Uchida (November 24, 1921 - June 21, 1992) was a Japanese-American writer.
Cynthia Kadohata

Cynthia Kadohata

female, 53 years old
JapaneseAmerican, Newbery Medal winner, newbery medal, The Floating World, In the Heart of the Valley of Love, Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam
Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956 in Chicago, Illinois) is a Japanese American writer known for writing coming of age stories about Asian American women....