Mara Huling Langevin
The first minority female aviator in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone
Lynne Yoshiko Nakasone dedicated her life to Okinawan dance through teaching, performing, and choreographing original dances to enrich the art form’s repertoire.
Sosei Shizuye Matsumoto
The US’s most influential teacher and accomplished master of chado tea ceremonies
Jeanne Sakata
Sakata has been a professional actress since the early 1980s and has performed in film, television, and theater. She made her playwriting debut with Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi in 2007.
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi
Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi, also known by her stage name Onoe Kikunobu, is one of the premier nihon buyo (Japanese classical dance) artists in Hawaii and has been studying the tradition for more than 50 years.
Hua Wenyi
Internationally renowned kunqu (Chinese opera) singer
P J Hirabayashi
The founders of San Jose Taiko, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi have helped to create a new Asian-American art form by infusing the traditional rhythms of Japanese drumming with musical and cultural influences from around the world.
Dr Chiaki Mukai
JAXA astronaut
Dr Kazue Togasaki
Dr. Kazue Togasaki was one of the first Japanese American women to become a doctor in the United States.
Jillian Tamaki
In collaboration with her cousin, Tamaki creates believable young female characters based on her own experiences and imagination and imbues her illustrations with a strong sense of place.